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B.S. Combined Major for Computer Science and Business

By itiadmin
Monday, September 17th, 2012

This degree program requires 12 Business courses plus both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. This means that the degree demands almost the full set of courses required for a single major in Business. A student who follows this degree program is prepared to enter the world of business with a very strong technical background or to pursue graduate study.

This degree program requires 133 SH

Computer Science (49 or 50 SH: 11 @ 4 SH, 5 or 6 @ 1 SH)

Required Computer Science Courses (44 or 45 SH)

Freshmen and certain transfers will take CS 1200 during Fall semester.

Starting in Fall 2012, all students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.

Prior to Fall 2012, transfers took CS 1220 instead of CS 1210. Starting in Fall 2012, CS 1220 will not be offered.

  • CS 1200 CS/IS Overview 1 [1 SH]
  • CS 1210 CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation [1 SH]
  • CS 1220 CS/IS Co-op Preparation [1 SH]

Freshman level courses with labs or recitations

  • CS 1800 Discrete Structures [4 SH]
    • CS 1801 Recitation for CS 1800 [0 SH]
  • CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 [4 SH]
    • CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500 [1 SH]
  • CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 [4 SH]
    • CS 2511 Lab for CS 2510 [1 SH]
  • CS 2800 Logic and Computation [4 SH]
    • CS 2801 Lab for CS 2800 [1 SH]

Upper level courses

  • CS 2600 Computer Organization [4 SH]
  • CS 3200 Database Design [4 SH]
  • CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design [4 SH]
  • CS 3600 Systems & Networks [4 SH]
  • CS 3800 Theory of Computation [4 SH]
  • CS 4500 Software Development [4 SH]

Senior Seminar

  • CS 4000 Senior Seminar [1 SH]

Computer Science Elective Requirement (4 SH)

A CS elective is a 4 SH course that is not already required and that is in the ranges:

  • CS Elective [4 SH]
  • CS 2600 or higher, except CS 5010
  • IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900

English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)

  • ENGL 1111 College Writing [4 SH]
  • ENGL 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions [4 SH]

With permission, you may substitute ENGL 3301 for ENGL 3302.

  • ENGL 3301 Advanced Writing in the Disciplines [4 SH]

Mathematics (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)

Choose one:

  • MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering [4 SH]
  • MATH 1231 Calculus for Business and Economics [4 SH]

General Requirements (12 SH: 3 @ 4 SH)

  • ECON 1115 Macroeconomics [4 SH]
  • ECON 1116 Microeconomics [4 SH]
  • SOCL 4528 Computers & Society [4 SH]

Business (48 SH: 12 @ 4 SH)

Required Business Courses (28 SH)

  • ACCT 1201 Financial Accounting and Reporting [4 SH]
  • ACCT 2301 Managerial Accounting [4 SH]
  • FINA 2201 Financial Management [4 SH]
  • ORGB 3201 Organizational Behavior [4 SH]
  • MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing [4 SH]
  • MGSC 2301 (MGSC 1201) Business Statistics [4 SH]

Choose one of the following (4 SH)

  • STRT 4501 Strategy in Action [4 SH]
  • STRT 4514 Internal Case Competition Challenge [4 SH]
  • STRT 4516 External Case Competition Challenge [4 SH]
STRT 4501, STRT 4514, and STRT 4516 all satisfy the Capstone Requirement.

Required Business Concentration (16 SH)

A 4-course business concentration (other than MISM)

  • Business Concentration 1 [4 SH]
  • Business Concentration 2 [4 SH]
  • Business Concentration 3 [4 SH]
  • Business Concentration 4 [4 SH]

Integrative Course (4 SH)

  • MISM 3305 Information Resource Management [4 SH]

General Electives (12 SH: 3 @ 4 SH)

  • Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core [4 SH]
  • Elective 2 [4 SH]
  • Elective 3 [4 SH]

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

1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:

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.

Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core

Combined majors with Business are eligible to take the following course to satisfy this requirement:

  • INTB 1203 International Business and Global Social Responsibility [4 SH]
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