Program: Computer Science, Business Applications Concentration (Business Administration Minor), B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Computer Science
615-898-2397, program
Medha Sarkar, program coordinator
Medha.Sarkar@mtsu.edu

The Computer Science major offers preparation for computing careers in business, government, education, and industry as well as for graduate school.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Computer Science who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM pathway, students must submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Computer Science, Business Applications (Business Administration Minor), B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	44 hours
Computer Science Core	(26 hours)
Business Applications Concentration	(18 hours)
Supporting Courses	20 hours*
Business Administration Minor	18 hours
Elective	0-3 hours
TOTAL	120-123 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

COMM 2200 (NWC)
MATH 1910 (Quant Lit)

Major Requirements (44 hours)

Computer Science Core (26 hours)

CSCI 1010 - Computer Science Colloquium 1 credit hour
CSCI 1170 - Computer Science I 4 credit hours
CSCI 2170 - Computer Science II 4 credit hours
CSCI 3080 - Discrete Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3110 - Algorithms and Data Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3130 - Assembly and Computer Organization 4 credit hours
CSCI 3240 - Introduction to Computer Systems 4 credit hours
CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering 3 credit hours

Business Applications Concentration (18 hours)

CSCI 4410 - Web Technologies 3 credit hours
CSCI 4560 - Database Management Systems 3 credit hours
CSCI elective 3 credit hours
CSCI upper-division electives 9 credit hours

Supporting Courses (20 hours)

COMM 2200 - Audience-Centered Communication 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (3 credit hours may be counted in the True Blue Core, 1 credit hour remaining)
MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours
MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours
MATH elective 3 credit hours (course for Math major)
PHIL 3170 - Ethics and Computing Technology 3 credit hours

Business Administration Minor (18 hours)

See Business Administration Minor for further information.

Elective (0-3 hours)

Notes:

A maximum of 3 hours in the major may come from CSCI 4280 , CSCI 4600 , and CSCI 4910 . Credit in secondary computer languages toward the major is limited to 3 hours. In order to take any computer science course having a prerequisite, the student must have earned a grade of C (2.00) or higher in the prerequisite. Each course counted toward the 44 credit hours of required Computer Science courses and MATH 1910 and COMM 2200 must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or higher.

CSCI 1150 is considered a service course and does not count toward a major or minor.

Curriculum: Business Applications Concentration (Business Administration Minor)

Freshman

CSCI 1010 - Computer Science Colloquium 1 credit hour
CSCI 1170 - Computer Science I 4 credit hours
CSCI 2170 - Computer Science II 4 credit hours
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 29 Hours

Sophomore

COMM 2200 - Audience-Centered Communication 3 credit hours (NWC)
CSCI 3080 - Discrete Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3110 - Algorithms and Data Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3130 - Assembly and Computer Organization 4 credit hours
CSCI 3240 - Introduction to Computer Systems 4 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

PHIL 3170 - Ethics and Computing Technology 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours OR
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours AND
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
Math elective 3 credit hours
CSCI upper-division electives 6 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
CSCI elective 3 credit hours
MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

CSCI 4410 - Web Technologies 3 credit hours
CSCI 4560 - Database Management Systems 3 credit hours
CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering 3 credit hours
CSCI upper-division elective 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours OR
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours
FIN 3000 - Survey of Finance 3 credit hours OR
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours