Undergraduate Computer Science Degree Program
Admission Requirements
The department accepts freshmen and transfer students. Students should refer to the general statements on admission to the College of Engineering and Computer Science and to the University requirements for freshmen and for transfer students.
Students transferring from a Florida state college should have completed 60 lower division credits including the following courses:
| Title | Course No. | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Programming in C* | COP 2220 | 3 |
| Calculus with Analytic Geometry I & II | MAC 2311 MAC 2312 |
8 - 10** |
| Physics for Engineers with Labs or General Physics with Calculus I & II with Labs |
PHY 2043 PHY 2048L PHY 2044 PHY 2049L PHY 2048 PHY 2048L PHY 2049 PHY 2049L |
8**-10** |
| Additional science course(s) designed for science majors | 4 - 8** |
* BCC students take COP 1334C, Introduction to Programming in C++
** The number of credits varies among lower division institutions.
*** Science courses to bring the total credits in calculus, physics, and other sciences to at least 21 credits. These additional science courses must come from biology, chemistry, or geology, and must be equivalent to courses taken by science majors at FAU.
Degree Requirements
The minimum number of credits required for the Bachelor of Science with major in Computer Science is 120 credits. The following are requirements for the degree BS in Computer Science:- Satisfy all admission and degree requirements for the department.
- Meet all University general requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. This includes the completion of the Foreign Language Graduation Requirement, which usually requires students who are not native speakers of a language other than English to complete a second term college-level foreign language course.
- Complete the computer science core courses with at least a 2.5 GPA and earn a grade of "C" or better in COT 3002 - Foundations of Computer Science and COP 3530 - Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis.
- Complete required physics, calculus, and mathematics elective courses with at least a 2.5 GPA and a grade of "C" or better in each of the courses.
- Earn a grade of "C" or better in Introduction to Programming in C.
- Complete the requirements for Computer Science electives and other electives.