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2025-2026 Catalog

Computer Science: Concentration in Computer Systems

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The concentration in Computer Systems includes both hardware and software design. This concentration prepares students for graduate studies and for careers in system and network programming, computer architecture design, scientific and engineering applications, and software development.

Note: Courses with an ECE prefix are only available to Engineering majors. A grade of C or higher in ECE 109, 209, 306, and 310 is required for these courses to count toward the computer science major.

 

I. Required courses in the major—41 hours, including:

   One course from:

 

One course from:

An additional 6 hours:

chosen from 300-400 level CSCI courses, ECE 306, and ECE 310.

II. Required courses outside the major—23-27 hours:

One course from:

III. Major competency:

Demonstrated by successful completion of CSCI 480 and 481.

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