Computer Science Degree Requirements

for students entering before Fall 2010 and following the old program.

• Prerequisite Chart
• The students admitted to the program on/after Summer 2013 should use these requirements.
• The students admitted before Summer 2013 should use these requirements.

1. General Education and Entrance into Major Requirements (60 credits)

2. Core Requirements (60 credits)

3. Additional Requirements

• English (9 credits)

	English Composition [GWS]		ENGL 015 or 030
	Technical Writing [GWS]		ENGL 202C
	Speech [GWS]		CAS 100

• Mathematics (12 credits)

	Calculus I [GQ]		MATH 140 (4 credits)
	Calculus II [GQ]		MATH 141 (4 credits)
	Other Math Courses (4 credits)		MATH 017, MATH 018, 220, or CMPSC 360

• Computer Science (9 credits)

	Comp Sci I [GQ]		CMPSC 121
	Comp Sci II [GQ]		CMPSC 122
	Other		CMPSC 360, or CMPEN 271

• Natural Sciences
    9 credits of any courses with a GN suffix

• Arts
    6 credits of any courses with a GA suffix

• Humanities
    6 credits of any courses with a GH suffix

• Social & Behavioral Sciences
    6 credits of any courses with a GS suffix

• Health & Physical Activities
    3 credits of any courses with a GHA suffix

• General Electives
    5-6 credits of any non-remedial courses

• SSET 295 (1 credit)
This is required if you start as a freshman at Penn State Harrisburg.

• Required Computer Science Courses (27 credits)
	CMPSC 312*	Computer Organization and Architecture
	CMPSC 422	Object-Oriented Programming with C++
	CMPSC 452	Numerical Analysis I
	CMPSC 460	Principles of Programming Languages
	CMPSC 462*	Data Structures
	CMPSC 463*	Design and Analysis of Algorithms
	CMPSC 469*	Formal Languages with Applications
	CMPSC 472	Operating Systems
	CMPSC 487W	Software Engineering and Design

• Required Mathematics Courses (9 credits)
	MATH 315*	Foundations of Mathematics
	MATH 430	Linear Algebra and Discrete Models I
	MATH 444	Mathematical Statistics and Applications I


* Computer Science students must receive a grade of C or better in this course.

• Technical Electives (12 credits) Select at least four courses from the following. Other courses are to be chosen in consultation with the advisor and with program approval.
	CMPSC 313	Assembly Language Programming
	CMPSC 402	Unix and C
	CMPSC 423	Object-Oriented Programming with Java
	CMPSC 426	Object-Oriented Design
	CMPSC 428	Introductory Ada and Program Design
	CMPSC 429	Advanced Ada Programming
	CMPSC 430	Database Design
	CMPSC 436	Data Communications and Networking (4 credits if optional lab is taken, cross-listed with EET)
	CMPSC 441	Artificial Intelligence
	CMPSC 457	Computer Graphics Algorithms
	CMPSC 470	Compiler Construction
	CMPSC 496	Independent Studies
	CMPSC 497	Special Topics in Computer Science
	MATH 411	Ordinary Differential Equations
	MATH 412	Fourier Series and Partial Differential Equations
	MATH 425	Introduction to Operations Research
	MATH 431	Linear Algebra and Discrete Models II
	MATH 445	Mathematical Statistics and Applications II
	MATH 450	Mathematical Modeling
	MATH 475	Introduction to the History of Mathematics
	MATH 496	Independent Studies
	MATH 497	Special Topics in Mathematics

• Additional Electives (6 credits)
Additional courses at 300-400 level are to be chosen in consultation with the advisor and with program approval.

• First-Year Seminar, 1 credit of any course with a S, T, X, or PSU designations.

• United States Cultures and International Cultures Requirements, 3 credits of any course with a US designation and 3 credits of any course with an IL designation. These can be satisfied simultaneously with any of the above requirements, or any course in the degree requirements.

• Writing Across the Curriculum requirement is satisfied by CMPSC 487W, a required course in the COMP degree program.