Computer Science, Professional Computer Science Concentration, B.S.

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 Management who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science (non-thesis option) 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, Professional Computer Science, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	44 hours
Computer Science Core	(26 hours)
Professional Computer Science Concentration	(18 hours)
Supporting Courses	33 hours*
Electives	2-16 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

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)
Scientific Literacy: BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 ; CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 or CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 ; PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 or PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 * **

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

Professional Computer Science Concentration (18 hours)

The Professional Computer Science concentration which is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org, requires the following in addition to the core requirements:

CSCI 3210 - Theory of Programming Languages 3 credit hours
CSCI 4160 - Compiler Design and Software Development 3 credit hours
CSCI high-level language 3 credit hours
CSCI upper-division electives 9 credit hours

Supporting Courses (33 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 to 4 credit hours (course for Math majors)
Math elective 0 to 1 credit hours (not needed if math elective is 4 hours)
Science 8 credit hours (year-long sequence in the True Blue Core Scientific Literacy area; 8 credit hours may be counted in the True Blue Core)
Science 4 credit hours (Different prefix from year-long sequence)
PHIL 3170 - Ethics and Computing Technology 3 credit hours

Electives (2-16 hours)

At least 4 credits must be upper division

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 better 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: Professional Computer Science

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 4 credit hours *
Scientific Literacy (same rubric, second semester) 4 credit hours *
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

CSCI 3210 - Theory of Programming Languages 3 credit hours
Math elective 4 credit hours
CSCI upper-division elective 3 credit hours
CSCI 303_ 3 credit hours
Electives 9 credit hours
MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours
PHIL 3170 - Ethics and Computing Technology 3 credit hours
Science course (different prefix from year-long lab sequence) 4 credit hours **

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Senior

CSCI 4160 - Compiler Design and Software Development 3 credit hours
CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering 3 credit hours
CSCI upper-division elective 6 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
Electives 7 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

NOTE:

*Professional Computer Science concentration students choose one year-long sequence from BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 , CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 , CHEM 1020 /CHEM 1021 , CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 , CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 , PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 , PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2121 , PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 , PHYS 2120 /PHYS 2121 .

**Professional Computer Science concentration students choose one course with different prefix from that chosen in sophomore year from BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 , CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 , PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 , PHYS 2110 /PHYS 2111 .