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BA in Applied Computing - 120 Credits Req
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
Minimum credits at WCSU
A minimum of 30 credits must be taken at WCSU.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required
Foreign Language Requirement
See Foreign Language Requirement section
General Education Competency Requirements
See General Education Competency Requirements section
General Education Course Requirements
See General Education Course Req. Including Cognates
section
Major Requirements
See Major in Applied Computing section
General Electives
See General Electives - Applied Computing section
Foreign Language Requirement
Foreign Language Requirement
Complete a foreign language at an elementary II level or above.
Students who have completed three years of language in high school
with at least a 'C' average have satisfied this requirement. Consult
your advisor.
General Education Competency Requirements
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
Students must complete each of the competencies listed below. In
addition, students must complete 3 of the competencies a second time
excluding First Year (FY) and WRT 101 (WI).
General Education Competencies
Creative Process (CP)
1 to 2
Critical Thinking (CT)
1 to 2 Classes
Oral Communication (OC)
1 to 2 Classes
Health and Wellness (HW)
1 to 2 Classes
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
1 to 2 Classes
Intercultural Competence (IC)
1 to 2 Classes
Information Literacy (IL)
1 to 2 Classes
First Year Experience (FY)
1 Class
Culminating Experience (CE)
1 to 2 Classes
Writing Course (WRT 101)
WRT 101
Writing Intensive II (W2)
1 to 2 Classes
Writing Intensive III (W3)
1 to 2 Classes
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
1 to 2 Classes
General Education Course Req. Including Cognates
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
40 credits are required.
WRITING COURSE (3 S.H.)
WRT 101
COMPUTER SCIENCE COGNATE REQUIREMENTS (15 S.H.)
Ethics in Computing
PHI 227
MAT 181; or MAT 170 and MAT 171; - Choose from one of the following
Calculus I
MAT 181*
Calculus with pre-calculus
MAT 170* and 171*
Lab Science Sequence - choose from one of the following sequences
General Physics (Calculus) I & II
PHY 110* and 111*
General Physics I & II
PHY 120* and 121*
General Chemistry I & II
CHE 110 and 111*
General Biology I & II
BIO 103* and 104*
22 CREDITS IN CLASSES OUTSIDE MAJOR
Major in Applied Computing
Unmet conditions for this set of requirements:
49-51 credits are required.
Minimum 2.5 major GPA
Minimum credits at WCSU
A minimum of 25 credits must be taken at WCSU.
Introduction to Programming
CS 140* or 143
Language C++
CS 170*
Data Modeling & Database Design
CS 205
Computer Architecture
CS 215*
Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures
CS 221*
Computer Organization & Software
CS 240
Software Engineering Elective
CS 305* , 350*, or 360*
Operating Systems
CS 450*
Elementary Statistics or Introductory Statistics
MAT 120* or 222*
Foundational Discrete Mathematics
MAT 141*
General Electives - Applied Computing
General Elective Requirements
29-31 credits are required. You may use electives to fulfill any or all of the concentrations below.
Applied Computing Concentrations
COMPUTER SECURITY
You must complete all of the following:
Introduction to Cryptology
MAT 127*
Information Systems Security
MIS 341*
Computer Security Implementaion with Java
CS 265*
DIGITAL MEDIA
You must complete all of the following:
Linear Algebra
MAT 272*
Digital Media
CS 235*
Computer Animation
CS 340*
SOFTWARE ENGINERRING
You must complete all of the following:
Introduction to Unix
CS 166*
Select Two of the following Options
Choose from 2 of the following:
CS 305, 350, 360
CS 305*, 350*, or 360*
Advanced Topics in Programming Using Java
CS 250*
Web Applications Development
CS 245*
Notes
12 Credits Computer Science Electives