Academic Catalog

Office:

108 Peltier Hall

Phone:

448 4381

Professors:

Asrabadi, Beslin (Head), B. Holmes.

Associate Professors:

R. Boudreaux, J. Bryden, Giguette (Computer Science Coordinator), Heck (Undergraduate Coordinator), L. Howell, K. White.

Assistant Professors:

Gray, Houston, I. West, Xing

Instructors:

Baney, L. Boudreaux, J. Chapman, Cheramie, Clapp, Courville, Dupree, Hubbell, D., Lasseigne, Ma, K. Smith, S. Smith, V. Smith, Soule, Watson, Zerangue.

The university awards the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in mathematics to the student who completes the curriculum listed below. The curriculum provides a sufficient number of electives to enable the student to concentrate his or her studies in pure mathematics or applied mathematics.

The minor in mathematics consists of a minimum of nine semester hours of credit in courses approved by the head of the Mathematics Department numbered above MATH 265.

 CLR ? Computer Literacy Requirement

 GER ? General Education Requirement

 OCR ? Oral Communication Requirement

 UR ? University Requirement

 FRESHMAN YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SOPHOMORE YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 CMPS 120 (CLR)

 3

 ACCT 205

 3

 ENGL 101, 102 (GER)

 6

 CMPS 221 or CIS 250

 3

 Freshman Seminar Course (UR)

 1

 ECON 255 (GER)

 3

 HIST 101, 102 (GER)

 6

 ENGL Literature Elective (GER)

 3

 MATH 165*, 166 (GER)

 10

 MATH 265, 355, 358

 9

 Natural Science Electives (GER)

 6

 Natural Science Electives (GER)

 6

 32

 Social Science Elective (GER)

 3

 30

 JUNIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SENIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 Arts Elective (GER)

 3

 MATH 405, 461, 481

 9

 ENGL 368 (GER)

 3

 MATH 499

 0

 MATH 360, 401, 402

 9

 MATH Electives**

 6

 SPCH 101 (OCR)

 3

 Electives

 15

 Electives***

 12

 30

 Total Hours Required for Degree:  

 122

* MATH 165 is the entry-level course for this major. All prerequisites for MATH 165 must be met.
** 300 or above approved by department.
*** Free electives provided that the requirement of 45 semester hours of courses 300 or above is met.

The university awards the degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in computer science to the student who satisfies these requirements:

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Completion of the computer science curriculum.

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Completion of the requirements for a minor as recommended by the minor department.

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Grade of C or better in each required computer science and mathematics course.

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree program at Nicholls is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (CAC/ABET).

A minor consists of CMPS 120, 220, 221, 222, 350, and 6 additional hours to be selected from any 300- or 400 level computer science course that counts for credit toward the major in computer science. A grade of C or better is required in each computer science course.

 CLR ? Computer Literacy Requirement

 GER ? General Education Requirement

 OCR ? Oral Communication Requirement

 UR ? University Requirement

 FRESHMAN YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SOPHOMORE YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 CMPS 120 (CLR), 220, 221

 9

 CMPS 222, 312, 316, 350

 12

 ENGL 101, 102 (GER)

 6

 ENGL 368 (GER)

 3

 Freshman Seminar Course (UR)

 1

 MATH 265

 3

 HIST 101, 102 (GER)
 MATH 165*, 166 (GER)

 6
 10

 Natural Science Sequence*** (GER)

 8

 32

 Social Science Elective** (GER)

 3

 SPCH 101 (OCR)

 3

 32

 JUNIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 SENIOR YEAR

 Sem.Hrs.

 CMPS 351, 402, 404, 406

 12

 Arts Elective (GER)

 3

 CMPS Elective****

 3

 CMPS 403, 405

 6

 Foreign Language Elective

 3

 CMPS Electives****

 6

 MATH 401, 402

 6

 ENGL Literature Elective (GER)

 3

 Natural Science Electives*** (GER)

 4

 ocial Science Elective** (GER)

 3

 28

 Electives

 9

 30

 Total Hours Required for Degree:  

 122

* MATH 165 is the entry-level course for this major. All prerequisites for MATH 165 must be met.
** From two different disciplines. Three hours of which must be at the sophomore level or above.
*** Students must take 12 hours of Natural Science courses, completing an eight-hour sequence plus an additional 4 hours in an area other than that of the sequence. Students may select from Option 1 or Option 2 with Biology 155 being a required course: Option 1: Biology 155 (4 hours) and an eight-hour sequence in either Chemistry (105, 106, and 110) or Physics (201, 203, 202, 204); Option 2: An eight-hour Biology sequence (155 and 156) and four additional hours taken from Chemistry (105, 106, 110) or Physics (201, 203, 202, 204) or Geology (101, 102).
**** Computer Science electives to be selected from CMPS 410, 412, 415, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 450, 490 with no more than one course from 450, 490.