Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2007

Computer Science is the scientific discipline that studies the foundations of computing, data storage, and information processing, and then applies this knowledge to improving the performance of current computer applications, or to develop new applications for computer systems.

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science is the flagship program at CTI. The program provides the training for a student to become a professional in Computer Science. The key difference between Computer Scientists and graduates in other IT disciplines is that computer scientists obtain a comprehensive foundation that permits them to adapt to as well as create new technologies, new paradigms, and new ideas.

Computer science is a broad field that spans such diverse areas as security and cryptography, robotics and computer vision, data mining and databases, distributed and mobile systems, intelligent systems and gaming, computational biology, and other exciting areas.

Computer Scientists are working on making better search engines, designing more realistic virtual reality computer games, making our appliances smarter, mining databases to create new insights, and harnessing the power of millions of desktop computers to help solve problems in computational biology and other sciences. They are also working on developing more efficient ways to encrypt information, send video and audio streams through the Web, search for patterns in texts, images or the web, and display complex images.

Coursework for B.S. in Computer Science: 

The coursework for the B.S. in Computer Science consists of the DePaul University Liberal Studies Program (19 courses, not including the Senior Capstone), Major Field courses (24 courses or 96 credits, including the Senior Capstone), and Open Elective courses (5 courses or 20 credits).

Note: CSC 208 The Computer and Social Responsibility must be taken to satisfy the PI liberal studies requirement.

The Major Field courses for the B.S. in Computer Science consist of 18 required (4 credit) courses and 6 Major Field elective courses (or 24 credits) chosen from the list below.

18 courses are required to provide training in the foundations of computer science:

1. the mathematical tools,
2. problem solving, algorithms, and structured programming,
3. modeling and object-oriented programming, and
4. computer systems.

They also include:
5. the communication requirement, and
6. the senior capstone course.

A. Mathematical Tools (5 courses):

B. Problem solving, algorithms, and structured programming (3 courses):

C. Modeling and Object-Oriented Programming (3 courses):

D. Computer Systems (4 courses):

E. Capstone

F. Communication

At least 4 of the 6 Major Field elective courses (i.e. 16 out of 24 credits) must be taken from the list of "ADVANCED MAJOR FIELD COURSES" (see below).

I. INTRODUCTORY MAJOR FIELD COURSES

II. ADVANCED MAJOR FIELD COURSES

The courses are listed by area; there is NO requirement that the 4 courses must be from the same or from different areas.

Theory of Computation

Data Storage

Computer Systems

Data Analysis and Mining

Computational Sciences

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Vision

Software Engineering

Human-Computer Interaction

Computer Graphics

Computer Gaming

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Software Engineering Concentration Program

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The coursework for the BS in CS: SE Track consists of the DePaul University Liberal Studies Program (19 courses), Major Field courses (24 courses or 96 credits), and Open Elective courses (5 courses or 20 credits).

Note: CSC 208 The Computer and Social Responsibility must be taken to satisfy the PI liberal studies requirement.

The Major Field courses for the BS in CS: SE Concentration consist of 21 required (4 credit) courses and 3 SE Concentration elective courses (or 12 credits). The 21 required courses include the 18 courses required for the BS in CS as well as the following 3 SE courses:

SE Concentration Elective courses (3 courses or 12 credits):

Students taking the SE Concentration have the option of taking the below senior capstone 2 course (or 8 credits) sequence in lieu of CSC 394 (which then reduces the Open Elective list to 4 courses):

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