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General Information: The Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering offers several degree programs and service courses. Bachelor’s degree programs and a minor are available in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, and Engineering. For a description of the minor, refer to the College of Engineering catalog section. Master’s degree programs and a Ph.D. program also are available.

The Major in CLAS: A minimum of 120 semester 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, 2313 and the first physics course with a C or better grade while maintaining a 2.5 critical tracking GPA. Students with little or no programming background should take an appropriate programming course (such as CGS 2414) before taking CIS 3020. Fulfilling the minimum requirements, however, does not guarantee admission to the program.

Department requirements:

  • Mathematics requirements:MAC 2311, 2312 and 2313, MAS 3114, STA 2023 and STA 4033.

  • Physics requirement: PHY 2048L or 2053L and either PHY 2048 or 2053; PHY 2049L or 2054L and either PHY 2049 or 2054.

  • English requirement: ENC 2210 (grade of C or better).

  • Major courses: CIS 3020 (grade of C or better) and 4914, CDA 3101, COP 3530 and 4600, COT 3100 and 4501, CEN 3031 and EEL 3701C.

  • One of COP 4720 or CAP 4800.

  • Six hours of approved CISE electives.

  • An exit interview is required during the last semester. Please see a CISE adviser.

Before registering for CIS 4914, a project must be approved by an adviser.

The student also must satisfy the basic distribution requirements.

Honors: To graduate cum laude, a student must have an overall GPA of 3.5. To graduate magna cum laude (high honors) or summa cum laude (highest honors) requires two additional approved CISE courses. Highest honors also requires an overall GPA of 3.8. A student must petition for approval to attempt CISE honors at least one semester before graduation.

Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Program: The combined bachelor’s/master’s program allows up to 12 hours of graduate course work to be used in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. See a CISE adviser for admission criteria.

The Minor: Refer to the CISE section in the College of Engineering.

Computer Science

To remain ‘on track’ for this major, a student must meet the following critical tracking criteria.

Semester 1:

  • 2.0 UF GPA required in semesters 1-5

  • Complete MAC1147 or MAC2311

Semester 2:

  • Complete MAC2311

Semester 3:

  • Complete MAC2312

Semester 4:

  • Complete MAC2313 and Physics I and lab with a 2.5 GPA on all critical tracking course work

Semester 5:

  • Complete Physics 2 with lab and 2 CIS courses with a 2.5 GPA on all critical tracking course work

Semester 1

Credits

Humanities (GE)

3

Foreign Language

4-5

MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (GE-M)

4

Composition (GE)

3

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Total

14-15

Semester 2

Credits

Foreign Language

3-5

PHY 2053 Physics 1 or PHY 2048 Physics with Calculus 1 (GE-P)

3-4

PHY 2053L or PHY 2048L Physics Lab (GE-P)

1

MAC 2312 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 (GE-M)

4

Electives (CGS 2414 recommended)

3

_____

 

Total

14-17

Semester 3

Credits

 

 

PHY 2054 Physics 2 OR PHY 2049 Physics with Calculus 2 (GE-P)

3-4

PHY 2054L OR PHY 2049L Physics Lab (GE-P)

1

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

_____

 

Total

14-15

Semester 4

Credits

Humanities (GE)

3

Social & Behavioral Science (GE-S)

3

COT 3100 Applied Discrete Structures (GE-M)

3

EEL 3701C Digital Logic and Computer Systems

4

_____

 

Total

13

Semester 5

Credits

Humanities (GE-H)

3

Biological Science (GE-B)

3

Social & Behavioral Science (GE-S)

3

CDA 3101 Introduction to Computer Organization

3

ENC 2210 Technical Writing

3

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Total

15

Semester 6

Credits

Biological Science (GE-B)

3

Social & Behavioral Science (GE-S)

3

COP 3530 Data & Algorithm Structures

4

MAS 3114 Computational Linear Algebra

3

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Total

13

Semester 7

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

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Total

15

Semester 8

Credits

CIS 4914 Senior Project

3

COP 4600 Operating Systems

3

STA 4033 Computational Statistics

2

CISE Elective

3

Electives (only if 4-3-3 foreign language

 

option)

2-6

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Total

13-17
 
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