B.S. Combined Major for Computer Science and Information Science
For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later
Summer 2013
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The College of Computer and Information Science reserves the right to modify
the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses
as necessary in the future.
Computer Science (52 or 53 SH: 12 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (52 or 53 SH)
Students will take CS 1200 during their first semester.
Students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.
CS 1200
CS/IS Overview 1
1
CS 1210
CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation
1
Freshman level courses with labs or recitations
CS 1800
Discrete Structures
4
CS 1801
Recitation for CS 1800
0
CS 2500
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
4
CS 2501
Lab for CS 2500
1
CS 2510
Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
4
CS 2511
Lab for CS 2510
1
CS 2800
Logic and Computation
4
CS 2801
Lab for CS 2800
1
Upper level courses
CS 3200
Database Design
4
CS 3500
Object-Oriented Design
4
CS 3650
Computer Systems
4
CS 3700
Networks and Distributed Systems
4
CS 3800
Theory of Computation
4
CS 4400
Programming Languages
4
CS 4500
Software Development
4
CS 4800
Algorithms & Data
4
Information Science (21 SH: 4 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)
Required Information Science Courses (29 SH)
Courses in Information Science
IS 2000
Principles of Information Science
4
IS 3500
Information System Design & Development
4
IS 4300
Human Computer Interaction
4
IS 4800
Empirical Research Methods
4
IS 4900
Information Science Senior Project
5
IS 4900 satisfies the Capstone Requirement.
Behavioral Science (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
PSYC 1101
Foundations of Psychology
4
Computing and Social Issues (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
Students learn how computing and social issues intersect.
Choose one.
SOCL 4528
Computers & Society
4
SOCL 3485
Environment, Technology, and Society
4
ANTH 3418
Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics
4
POLS 3308
Governance and Society in the Cyberage
4
IA 5240
Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
4
Mathematics (16 SH: 4 @ 4 SH)
MATH 1341
Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
4
MATH 1342
Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
4
MATH 2331
Linear Algebra
4
Statistics Requirement. Choose one.
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
4
ECON 2350
Statistics
4
English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ENGW 1111 (ENGL 1111)
College Writing
4
ENGW 3302 (ENGL 3302)
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
4
With permission, you may substitute ENGW 3301 for ENGW 3302.
ENGW 3301 (ENGL 3301)
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
4
General Electives (28 SH: 7 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
4
Elective 2: Level 1 Science/Technology Core (see below)
4
Elective 3
4
Elective 4
4
Elective 5
4
Elective 6
4
Elective 7
4
The general electives must be consistent with the policy
on general electives articulated by the College of
Computer and Information Science on the college web site.
NU Core
1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:
Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
1 of the general electives must be a science chosen from the
Level 1 Science/Technology core. This course must not be a
technology course. If the science course chosen requires a
lab then that lab must be taken as well.
Comparative Cultures Requirement
The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done
by taking a course then this course must be one of the general electives
that is taken in addition to the NU Core Level 1 electives.