Computer Science Certificate

Computer Science Department | College of Science and Mathematics

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Program Requirements

Complete at least 27 credits from eight courses including six required courses, one computer science elective, and one application elective.

Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the program.

Course Requirements

Required Courses (21 Credits)

MATH 140 - Calculus I 4 Credit(s)
CS 110 - Introduction to Computing 4 Credit(s)
CS 210 - Intermediate Computing with Data Structures 4 Credit(s)
CS 220 - Applied Discrete Mathematics 3 Credit(s)
CS 240 - Programming in C 3 Credit(s)
CS 310 - Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms 3 Credit(s)

Computer Science Elective (3 Credits)

CS 341 - Computer Architecture and Organization 3 Credit(s)
or
Take one of the following courses:
CS 410 - An Introduction to Software Engineering 3 Credit(s)
CS 413 - Applied Cryptography 3 Credit(s)
CS 430 - Database Management 3 Credit(s)
CS 444 - An Introduction to Operating Systems 3 Credit(s)
CS 446 - Introduction to Internetworking 3 Credit(s)
CS 450 - The Structure of Higher Level Languages 3 Credit(s)
CS 451 - Compilers 3 Credit(s)
CS 460 - Graphics 3 Credit(s)
CS 470 - An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 Credit(s)
The following graduate level courses can also be used, but require departmental approval. Descriptions can be found in the Graduate Catalog.
- CS 615 User Interface Design
- CS 620 Theory of Computation
- CS 622 Theory of Formal Languages
- CS 624 Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 630 Database Management Systems
- CS 634 Architecture of Database Systems
- CS 636 Database Application Development
- CS 637 Database-Backed Websites
- CS 639 XML and Semi-Structured Data on the Web
- CS 641
- CS 644
- CS 646 Computer Communications Networks
- CS 651 Compiler
- CS 662
- CS 664
- CS 670 Artificial Intelligence
- CS 672
- CS 680 Object-Oriented Design and Programming

Application Elective (3 Credits)

Take one CS course between CS 410 and CS 699. Some courses outside of Computer Science may be used with prior approval from the Computer Science Department.