Dec 20, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Concentration, B.S.

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

The Computer Science major offers preparation for computing careers in business, government, education, and industry as well as for graduate school. The Artificial Intelligence concentration introduces students to the foundational principles and methods of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on core areas such as machine learning, natural language processing, and robotics.

Five Year BS/MS

High achieving students majoring in Computer Science who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science may apply to participate in an accelerated bachelors/masters 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 this 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 this pathway, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map

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

Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Concentration, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	44 hours
Computer Science Core	(26 hours)
Artificial Intelligence 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

Artificial Intelligence Concentration (18 hours)

CSCI 4350 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 credit hours
CSCI 4360 - Intelligent Robot System 3 credit hours
CSCI 4820 - Natural Language Processing 3 credit hours
CSCI 4850 - Neural Networks 3 credit hours
Choose two:
CSCI 3038 - Computer Languages: Python 3 credit hours
CSCI 3350 - Machine Learning 3 credit hours
CSCI 4330 - Parallel Processing Concepts 3 credit hours
CSCI 4410 - Web Technologies 3 credit hours
CSCI 4710 - Secure Software Systems 3 credit hours
CSCI 4860 - Computer Vision 3 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)

Notes:

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: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Concentration

Freshman Fall

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

Subtotal: 15 hours

Freshman Spring

Information Literacy 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
CSCI 2170 - Computer Science II 4 credit hours
MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 14 hours

Sophomore Fall

Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy (first semester/year-long sequence) 4 credit hours*
COMM 2200 - Audience-Centered Communication 3 credit hours
CSCI 3080 - Discrete Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3130 - Assembly and Computer Organization 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 17 hours

Sophomore Spring

Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy (second semester/year-long sequence) 4 credit hours*
CSCI 3110 - Algorithms and Data Structures 3 credit hours
CSCI 3240 - Introduction to Computer Systems 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 14 credit hours

Junior Fall

CSCI 4350 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 credit hours
MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours
Science course (different from year-long sequence) 4 credit hours**
Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 hours

Junior Spring

CSCI 4360 - Intelligent Robot System 3 credit hours
CSCI 4820 - Natural Language Processing 3 credit hours
PHIL 3170 - Ethics and Computing Technology 3 credit hours
MATH elective (MATH major course) 4 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 hours

Senior Fall

CSCI 4850 - Neural Networks 3 credit hours
CSCI Artificial Intelligence elective 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Senior Spring

CSCI 4700 - Software Engineering 3 credit hours
CSCI Artificial Intelligence elective 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Elective 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 hours

NOTE:

*Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 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 .

**Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 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 .