B.S. Combined Major for Computer Science and Physics
For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later
Summer 2013
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The College of Computer and Information Science and the Department of Physics reserve the right to modify the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses as necessary in the future.
The 2009 version of these requirements may be found at 2009 Requirements
Change History
Computer Science (41 or 42 SH: 9 @ 4 SH, 5 or 6 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (37 or 38 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 3500 Object-Oriented Design 4
CS 3800 Theory of Computation 4
CS 4500 Software Development 4
CS 4800 Algorithms & Data 4
Senior Seminar
CS 4000 Senior Seminar 1
Computer Science Elective Requirements (4 SH)
CS Elective 4

A CS elective is a 4 SH course that is not already required and that is in the ranges:
  • CS 2600 or higher, except CS 5010
  • IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900
See note below on Capstone.
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
Physics (38 SH: 9 @ 4 SH, 2 @ 1 SH)
Required Physics Courses (30 SH)
PHYS 1161 Physics 1 4
PHYS 1162 Lab for PHYS 1161 1
PHYS 1165 Physics 2 4
PHYS 1166 Lab for PHYS 1165 1
PHYS 2303 Modern Physics 4
PHYS 2305 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 4
PHYS 2371 Electronics 4
PHYS 2372 Lab for PHYS 2371 0
PHYS 3600 Advanced Physics Laboratory 1 4
PHYS 3602 Electricity and Magnetism 4
Physics Elective Requirements (8 SH)
Physics Elective 1 4
Physics Elective 2 4
Physics Elective: PHYS 3000 or higher.
See note below on Capstone.
Mathematics (20 SH: 5 @ 4 SH)
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4
MATH 1342 Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering 4
MATH 2321 Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering 4
MATH 2351 Ordinary Differential Equations 4
MATH 4525 Applied Analysis 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
General Electives (24 SH: 6 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core 4
Elective 2: Level 1 Social Sciences Core 4
Elective 3 4
Elective 4 4
Elective 5 4
Elective 6 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
2 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:
Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
Level 1 Social Sciences Core
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.
Capstone Requirement
Either the CS elective or one of the two Physics electives must satisfy the Capstone requirement.
Integrative Courses
See all Mathematics courses.
See PHYS 2371 Electronics.