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College Requirements
| The students in the department are required to successfully complete a set of courses in their course of study. These courses are presented in the following table.
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Course | Course Title | Credits | CS 101 | Computer Programming I | 4 | CS 102 | Computer Programming II | 3 | CS 151 | Introduction to Digital Design | 3 | CS 210 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 | CS 251 | Introduction to Computer Organization and Assembly Language | 3 | CS 285 | Discrete Math. for Computing | 3 | CS 330 | Introduction to Operating Systems | 3 | CS 331 | Data Comm. and Computer Networks | 3 | xx 490* | CS 490 Internship (CS majors) IS 490 Internship (IS majors) | 3 | xx 498* | CS 498 Senior Project I (CS majors) IS 498 Senior Project I (IS majors) | 1 | xx 499* | CS 499 Senior Project II (CS majors) IS 499 Senior Project II (IS majors) | 3 | MATH 113 | Calculus II | 3 | Free Electives * | 9 | | Total | 44 |
| * See the Co-Op Section. | Free Electives: The students in the department must select 9 credit hours of elective courses from any discipline within PSU. It is recommended that the student uses these credit hours wisely to improve his chances of attaining more desirable career options. Contents of courses from their respective discipline areas in the catalog should be carefully read, and course selection should be done with the help of the student’s advisor. | | Co-Operative Education: Co-Op is a career-related professional program that is available to the CIS students. For more information, see the section of “Experiential Learning/Community Link At PSU” and the CS 492/IS 492 course descriptions. | | | CS 202: For non CS and IS majors only. | | | CS 483, CS 489: Instructor Consent. | | | CS 490: Advisor Consent. | | | CS 492, CS 494: Department Consent. | | | CS 498: Instructor Consent + Completion of 90 credit hours. | | | CS 499: CS 498. | | |
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3.1 The CS Core Courses | Besides the
College requirement courses, all students in Computer Science Program are required to take the following courses. | | Course | Course Title | Credits | CS Courses | CS 225 | Software Engineering: Design and Development | 3 | CS 311 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 | CS 320 | Programming Languages: Concepts & Paradigms | 3 | CS 340 | Introduction to Database Systems | 3 | Math Course | MATH *** | MATH 221 Numerical Analysis
OR MATH 223 Linear Algebra | 3 | Physics Courses | PHY 105 | Physics I | 4 | PHY 205 | Physics II | 4 |
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| | CS 202: For non CS and IS majors only. | | | CS 483, CS 489: Instructor Consent. | | | CS 490: Advisor Consent. | | | CS 492, CS 494: Department Consent. | | | CS 498: Instructor Consent + Completion of 90 credit hours. | | | CS 499: CS 498. | |
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| 3.3 The CS Electives (12 credits). |
Select at least 4 courses from below. Courses that have not been taken from the table in Section 3.2 above in fulfillment of complementary courses requirement, may also be selected as computer science electives. Additionally, a student may take at most two courses from the 300 or 400 Information Systems courses, given that all prerequisites for such courses are met. The student must obtain the approval of the advisor. |
Course | Course Title | Credits | CS 336 | Network Operations and Administration | 3 | CS 381 | Systems programming | 3 | CS 421 | Compiler Construction | 3 | CS 425 | Advanced Software Engineering | 3 | CS 430 | Advanced Operating Systems | 3 | CS 432 | Computer-Data Security and Privacy | 3 | CS 433 | Internet Technologies | 3 | CS 435 | Distributed Systems | 3 | CS 437 | Introduction to Parallel Computing | 3 | CS 440 | Database Mgt. Systems: Design & Imp. | 3 | CS 462 | Topics in Multimedia | 3 | CS 470 | Advanced Artificial Intelligence | 3 | CS 476 | Natural Language Processing | 3 | CS 483 | Computer Arabization | 3 | CS 489 | Selected Topics in Computer science | 3 | CS 494 | Industry Link | 3 | IS 3xx | --- | 3 | IS 4xx | --- | 3 |
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CS 202: For non CS and IS majors only. |
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| CS 483, CS 489: Instructor Consent. |
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| CS 490: Advisor Consent. |
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| CS 492, CS 494: Department Consent. |
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| CS 498: Instructor Consent + Completion of 90 credit hours. |
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| CS 499: CS 498. |
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| 3.4 Business Background Requirements (6 credits). | | Select 2 courses from below. |
Course | Course Title | Credits | ACC 101 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 | BUS 201 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | BUS 301 | Business Skills | 3 | BUS 351 | International Business | 3 | BUS 373 | Management Information System | 3 | |
COM 401 |
Personal Skills | 3 | ECON 101 | Microeconomic Analysis | 3 | ECON 103 | Macroeconomic Analysis | 3 | FIN 301 | Principles of Finance | 3 | MKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
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