DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Office: |
108 Peltier Hall |
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Phone: |
985-448-4381 |
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Professors: |
Asrabadi, Beslin (Head), B. Holmes. |
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Associate Professors: |
R. Boudreaux, Giguette, Heck, L. Howell, K. White (Computer Science Coordinator), Xing. |
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Assistant Professors: |
D. Baney, Gray, D. Plaisance, West. |
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Instructors: |
A. Aryal, L. Boudreaux, J. Chapman, L. Clapp, E. Clement, Dupree, Hubbell, D. Lasseigne, Ma, K. Smith, S. Smith, V. Smith, Soule, Zerangue. |
Mathematics Program
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.
Mathematics Minor
The minor in mathematics consists of a minimum of nine semester hours of credit in courses numbered above MATH 265 approved by the head of the Mathematics Department .
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics
- (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) | CMPS 221 or CIS 250 | 3 | |
| ENGL 101, 102 (GER) | 6 | ECON 255 (GER) | 3 |
| Freshman Seminar Course (UR) | 1 | ENGL Literature Elective (GER) | 3 |
| Approved History Sequence (GER) | 6 | MATH 265, 355, 358 | 9 |
| MATH 165*, 166 (GER) | 10 | Natural Science Electives (GER) | 6 |
| Natural Science Electives (GER) | 6 | Social Science Elective (GER) | 3 |
| 32 | 30 | ||
| JUNIOR YEAR | Sem.Hrs. | SENIOR YEAR | Sem.Hrs. |
| Arts Elective (GER) | 3 | MATH 405, 461, 481 | 9 |
| ENGL 368 or 468 (GER) | 3 | MATH 499 | 0 |
| MATH 360, 401, 402 | 9 | MATH Electives** | 6 |
| SPCH 101 (OCR) | 3 | Electives | 15 |
| Foreign Language Electives | 3 | 30 | |
| 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. No degree credit will be awarded for mathematics courses numbered below 165.
** 300 or above approved by department.
*** Free electives provided that the requirement of 45 semester hours of courses 300 or above is met.
Computer Science Program
The university awards the degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in computer science to the student who satisfies these requirements:
- Completion of the computer science curriculum.
- Completion of the requirements for a minor as recommended by the minor department.
- 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).
Computer Science Minor
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.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
- (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 358 | 3 |
| History Sequence (GER) | 6 | Natural Science Sequence** (GER) | 8 |
| MATH 165*, 166 (GER) | 10 | Social Science Elective (GER) | 3 |
| 32 | SPCH 101 (OCR) | 3 | |
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| 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 360, 401 | 6 | ENGL Literature Elective (GER) | 3 |
| Natural Science Electives** | 4 | Social 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. No degree credit will be awarded for mathematics courses numbered below 165.
** 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.