Computer Science Department
TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING Concentration
This concentration is designed to prepare the student for employment where extensive programming is required.
Core Courses (Required of all CS majors):
| CS-200 | Programming I | 3 cr. |
| CS-201 | Discrete Structures | 3 cr. |
| CS-207 | Programming II | 3 cr. |
| CS-301 | Computer Organization with Assembly Language Programming | 3 cr. |
| CS-304 | Data Structures | 3 cr. |
| CS-308 | Operating Systems | 3 cr. |
| CS-319 | Fundamentals of Software Engineering | 3 cr. |
| CS-324 | Introduction to the Design of Algorithms | 3 cr. |
| _____ | ||
| 24 cr. |
Required Courses for the Technical Programming
Concentration:
| CS-302 | Systems Programming | 3 cr. |
| CS-317 | Event-Driven Programming | 3 cr. |
| CS-320 | Object Oriented Programming | 3 cr. |
| CS-334 | Open Source Systems | 3 cr. |
| Two CS 300-level electives, approved by the CS Department | 6 cr. | |
| CS Core Courses as listed above | 24 cr. | |
| _____ | ||
| Total | 42 cr. | |
Approved electives:
All CS 300-level courses, with the following exceptions:
CS-303 Basic Concepts in Computer Assisted
Instruction
CS-391 Supervised Field Study II and
CS-392 Supervised
Field Study III.
Only 3 credit hours of internship credit may
be applied to the major.
CS-310 Topics in Computer Science and
CS 314 Independent
Study in Computer Science
must be approved as electives in
advance, and will apply to the
Technical Programming Concentration only
if the content is
appropriate.
The major in Computer Science is planned as part of a four-year degree. A student interested in pursuing the Technical Programming concentration must take MATH-106 Precalculus Mathematics or MATH-111 Business Calculus.
A Computer Science major with an emphasis in Technical Programming will generally take at least six terms and should be started in the sophomore or junior year.
Students must complete prerequisite course(s) with a grade of 'C' or better before taking the next course. The order in which courses may be chosen is listed below. Students are advised to take no more than three computer science courses in one semester.Group one
CS-200 Programming I
CS-201 Discrete Structures
Group two
CS-207 Programming II
Group three
CS-304 Data Structures
CS-301 Computer Organization with Assembly Language Programming
CS-317
Event-Driven Programming
Group four
CS-308
Operating Systems
CS-319
Fundamentals of Software Engineering
CS-320
Object-Oriented Programming
CS-324
Introduction to the Design of Algorithms
Group five
CS-302
Systems Programming
CS-334
Open Source Systems
Group six
Two CS 300-level electives, as approved by the CS Department.*
*Electives may also be taken in groups two, three, four, and five on the condition that all prerequisites for the chosen electives are met.