Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Science in CS
Computer System Concentration

• CS Undergraduate Advisor Listing
  Undergraduate students are required to be advised before they are able to register for classes the next semester. The advising hold will not be removed unless you are advised. Typical advising sign-up week is the 9^th week of Fall and Spring semester and advising is during the 10^th.

  Find your advisor from the list and sign-up for advising with your advisor during the 9^th week and then be present at that appointment to be advised. Once you are advised, the necessary paperwork is filled and submitted to the CS Student Affairs office (905 SEO), who will remove your advising hold.

  Questions regarding advising can be directed to the CS Student Affairs Office, 905 SEO. Phone: 312-413-4950 / 312-9960 or E-mail: ugrad@cs.uic.edu.

• Information for Prospective Students
• Student Graduation Objectives
• Undergraduate curriculum for students entering IN OR AFTER Fall 2007
  
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS, Computer System Concentration
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS, Software Engineering Concentration
• Undergraduate curriculum for students who entered BEFORE Fall 2007
  
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS, Computer System Concentration
  • Required for the Bachelor of Science in CS, Software Engineering Concentration

Required for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science,
Computer System Concentration (128 semester hours)

boldface items indicate differences from the typical CS Bachelor's degree

Required Outside of the College of Engineering (60 semester hours)

• Engl 160 – English Composition I (3 hrs)
• Engl 161 – English Composition II (3 hrs)
• Math 180 – Calculus I (5 hrs)
• Math 181 – Calculus II (5 hrs)
• Math 210 – Calculus III (3 hrs)
• Math 220 – Introduction to Differential Equations (3 hrs)
• Phys 141 – General Physics I (Mechanics) (4 hrs)
• Phys 142 – General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism) (4 hrs)
• General Education Core (15 hrs)
  
  • Exploring World Cultures (3 hrs)
  • Understanding the Creative Arts (3 hrs)
  • Understanding the Past (3 hrs)
  • Understanding the Individual and Society (3 hrs)
  • Understanding US Society (3 hrs)
• Humanities/social sciences/art electives (15 hrs)

Required in the College of Engineering (38 semester hours)

• CS 101 – Introduction to Computing (3 hrs)
• CS 102 – Introduction to Programming (3 hrs)
• ECE 225 – Circuit Analysis (4 hrs)
• CS 201 – Data Structures and Discrete Mathematics I (4 hrs)
• CS 202 – Data Structures and Discrete Mathematics II (3 hrs)
• CS 266 – Computer Architecture I: Logic and Computer Structures (4 hrs)
• CS 301 – Languages and Automata (3 hrs)
• CS 335 – Computer Ethics (2 hrs)
• CS 366 – Computer Architecture II: Hardware-Software Interface (4 hrs)
• CS 376 – Practicum in Computer Science Presentations (1 hrs)
• CS 385 – Operating Systems Concepts and Design (4 hrs)
• CS 469 – Computer Systems Design (3 hrs)
• Engr 100 – Orientation (0 hrs)
  Engr 100 carries one equivalent hour; does not carry credit towards graduation.

Technical Electives (18 semester hours)

Students must complete at least 18 hours from among the following technical elective courses, of which at most 11 hours may be from any department outside Computer Science. MCS 471 may count toward either the Technical Elective or Mathematics requirement.

• CS 340 – Software Design (4 hrs)
• CS 398 – Undergraduate Design/Research (3 hrs)
• CS 401 – Computer Algorithms I (3 hrs)
• CS 411 – Artificial Intelligence I (3 hrs)
• CS 415 – Computer Vision I (3 hrs)
• CS 421 – Natural Language Processing (3 hrs)
• CS 422 – User Interface Design and Programming (3 hrs)
• CS 426 – Video Game Design and Development (3 hrs)
• CS 440 – Introduction to Software Engineering (3 hrs)
• CS 450 – Introduction to Networking (3 hrs)
• CS 455 – Design and Implementation of Network Protocols (3 hrs)
• CS 466 – Advanced Computer Architecture (3 hrs)
• CS 472 – Testing & Verification of Real-Time Software (3 hrs)
• CS 473 – Compiler Design (3 hrs)
• CS 474 – Object-Oriented Languages and Environments (3 hrs)
• CS 476 – Programming Language Design (3 hrs)
• CS 480 – Database Systems (4 hrs)
• CS 485 – Networked Operating Systems Programming (4 hrs)
• CS 488 – Computer Graphics I (3 hrs)
• ECE 340 – Electronics I (4 hrs)
• ECE 367 – Microprocessor-Based Design (4 hrs)
• ECE 465 – Digital Systems Design (3 hrs)
• ECE 467 – Introduction to VLSI Design (4 hrs)
• MCS 320 – Introduction to Symbolic Computation (3 hrs)
• MCS 425 – Codes and Cryptography (3 hrs)
• MCS 471 – Numerical Analysis (3 hrs)
• MCS 481 – Computational Geometry (3 hrs)
• Stat 471 – Linear and Non-Linear Programming (3 hrs)

Required Mathematics Courses (9 semester hours)

Students must complete at least 6 hours from among the following list of courses, with at least one course taken from IE 342 (Probability and Statistics for Engineers), Stat 381 (Applied Statistical Methods), or Stat 401 (Introduction to Probability).

• One of the following three courses must be chosen: (3 hrs)
  • IE 342 – Probability and Statistics for Engineers (3 hrs)
  • Stat 381 – Applied Statistical Methods (3 hrs)
  • Stat 401 – Introduction to Probability (3 hrs)
    Students may take both Stat 381 and Stat 401, although students who take IE 342 will not receive credit for either Stat course.
• Math 215 – Introduction to Advanced Mathematics (3 hrs)
• One of the following two courses may be chosen: (3 hrs)
  • Math 310 – Applied Linear Algebra (3 hrs)
  • Math 320 – Linear Algebra I (3 hrs)
• Math 430 – Formal Logic I (3 hrs)
• Math 435 – Foundations of Number Theory (3 hrs)
• Math 436 – Number Theory for Applications (3 hrs)
• MCS 421 – Combinatorics (3 hrs)
• MCS 423 – Graph Theory (3 hrs)
• MCS 471 – Numerical Analysis (3 hrs)
• Stat 473 – Game Theory (3 hrs)

Note that students may choose to use MCS 471, Numerical Analysis, toward either the CS technical elective requirement (from outside the CS department) or toward the required mathematics requirement, but not both.

Free Electives (6 semester hours)

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