Read the sections describing general education and CLAS requirements. Refer especially to the Majors and Minors in the College section.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The department was created to serve the needs of the entire university. Several service courses and degree programs are available. Bache-lor’s degree programs and a minor are available in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business Admini-stration and Engineering. For a description of the minor, refer to the CISE section in the College of Engineering. Master’s degree programs and a Ph.D. program are also available.
THE MAJOR IN CLAS: A minimum of 120 semes-ter hours and a junior/senior level GPA of 2.0 is required for a bachelor’s degree with a major from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
To continue to the junior/senior level, a student should complete all general education requirements, at least MAC 2311, 2312 and 2313 and the first physics course with a C+ or better grade. Students must also take two courses in computer science as part of their general education. Fulfilling the minimum requirements, how-ever, does not guarantee admission to the program.
Department requirements:
The student also must satisfy the basic distribution requirements.
HONORS: A student must attain an overall GPA of 3.5. High or highest honors requires two additional approved CISE courses. Highest honors also overall GPA of 3.8. A student must petition for approval to attempt CISE honors at least one semester before graduation.
THE MINOR: Refer to the CISE section in the Col-lege of Engineering.
NOTE: Read the Academic Advising section of this catalog regarding the Gordon Rule communication and computation requirement. Many general education courses qualify; check the schedule of courses. Six gen-eral education credits must be international/diversity (I).
Critical tracking courses
for semester 1-4 are bold; these courses must be completed with a combined
GPA of 2.5 or higher and must be completed during the se-mester listed
or earlier.
FRESHMAN YEAR | |
Semester 1 - Fall | Credits |
Humanities (GE) | 3 |
Foreign Language | 4-5 |
MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (GE-M) | 4 |
Composition | 3 |
|
14-15 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete MAC 1147 or 2311 by the end of semester 1
Semester 2 - Spring | Credits |
Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
Foreign Language | 3-5 |
ENC 2210 Technical Writing | 3 |
MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 (GE-M) | 4 |
Electives | 1-3 |
|
14-16 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete MAC 2311 by end of semester 2
SOPHOMORE YEAR | |
Semester 3 - Fall | Credits |
PHY 2053L or 2048L Physics Lab (GE-P) | 1 |
PHY 2053 Physics I (GE-P) or PHY 2048 Physics with Calculus 1 (GE-P) | 4-3 |
MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 (GE-M) | 4 |
CIS 3020 Introduction to Computer and Information Sciences | 3 |
Elective (or foreign language if 4-3-3 option) | 3 |
|
14-15 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete MAC 2312 by end of semester 3
Semester 4 - Spring | Credits |
Humanities (GE) | 3 |
Social & Behavioral Science (GE-S) | 3 |
COT 3100 Applied Discrete Structures (GE-M) | 3 |
PHY 2054L or 2049L Physics Lab (GE-P) | 1 |
PHY 2054 Physics 2 Or PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2 (GE-P) | 3-4 |
Electives | 1-3 |
|
14-16 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• 2.0 cumulative UF GPA
• Complete MAC 2313 and either PHY 2053 or 2048 requires an • GPA
of 2.5 or better in tracking courses listed as critical tracking criteria
in
semesters 1-4
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JUNIOR YEAR | |
Semester 5 - Fall | Credits |
Humanities (GE-H) | 3 |
Social & Behavioral Sciences (GE) | 3 |
COP 3530 Data & Algorithm Structures | 4 |
EEL 3701C Digital Logic and Computer
Systems |
4 |
|
14 |
Critical Tracking Criteria:
• Complete tracking criteria semesters 1-4
• Complete PHY 2054 or 2049
• Complete two CISE courses
• GPA of 2.5 or better in courses listed as critical track-ing criteria
in semesters 1-4
Semester 6 - Spring | Credits |
Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
CDA 3101 Introduction to Computer Organization | 3 |
STA 2023 Intro to Statistics
Or STA 3032 Engineering Statistics |
3 |
MAS 3114 Computational Linear Algebra | 3 |
Social & Behavioral Science (GE-S) | 3 |
|
15 |
SENIOR YEAR | |
Semester 7 - Fall | Credits |
CEN 3031 Intro to Software Engineering. | 3 |
COP 4720 (fall only) Database Management
Systems Or CAP 4800 System Simulation |
3 |
COT 4501 Numerical Analysis | 3 |
CISE Elective | 3 |
Elective | 3 |
|
15 |
Semester 8 - Spring | Credits |
CIS 4914 Senior Project | 3 |
COP 4600 Operating Systems | 3 |
STA 4033 Computational Statistics | 2 |
CIS Elective | 3 |
Electives (only if 4-3-3 foreign language
option) |
2-6 |
|
13-16 |