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Bachelor's

BS in Computer Science

University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering 88 courses 128 total credits

About This Program

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from UIC, students need to complete university, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Computer Science degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Engineering (p. 237) section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies.

Degree Requirements

Nonengineering and General Education Requirements	46 credits
Required in the College of Engineering	46 credits
Technical Electives	18 credits
Required Mathematics Courses	9 credits
Free Electives	9 credits
Total Hours	128 credits

Nonengineering and General Education Requirements: Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
ENGL 160	Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts	3
ENGL 161	Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research	3
MATH 180	Calculus I	4
MATH 181	Calculus II	4
MATH 210	Calculus III	3
Total		46 credits

Required in the College of Engineering Courses: Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
ENGR 100 or ENGR 101	Engineering Success Seminar for Freshmen or Engineering Success Seminar for Transfer Students	1
Total		46 credits

Select one of the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
CS 111	Program Design I	3
CS 112	Program Design I in the Context of Biological Problems	3
CS 113	Program Design I in the Context of Law and Public Policy	3
CS 141	Program Design II	3
CS 151	Mathematical Foundations of Computing	3
CS 211	Programming Practicum	3
CS 251	Data Structures	4
CS 261	Machine Organization	4
CS 277	Technical and Professional Communication in Computer Science	3
CS 301	Languages and Automata	3
CS 341	Programming Language Design and Implementation	3
CS 342	Software Design	3
CS 361	Systems Programming	4
CS 362	Computer Design	4
CS 377	Ethical Issues in Computing	3
CS 401	Computer Algorithms I	3-4
CS 499	Professional Development Seminar	0

Technical Electives: Courses

Select six of the following, only one of which may be outside the CS rubric:

Code	Course Title	Credits
CS 351	Advanced Data Structure Practicum	3
CS 378	Framework-based Software Development for Hand-held Devices	3
CS 398	Undergraduate Design/Research	1-3
CS 402	Algorithms in Practice	3-4
CS 407	Economics and Computation	3-4
CS 411	Artificial Intelligence I	3-4
CS 412	Introduction to Machine Learning	3-4
CS 415	Computer Vision I	3-4
CS 418	Introduction to Data Science	3-4
CS 421	Natural Language Processing	3-4
CS 422	User Interface Design and Programming	3-4
CS 424	Visualization and Visual Analytics	3-4
CS 425	Computer Graphics I	0-4
CS 426	Video Game Design and Development	3-4
CS 427	Creative Coding	3-4
CS 428	Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality	3-4
CS 440	Software Engineering I	3-4
CS 441	Engineering Distributed Objects For Cloud Computing	3-4
CS 442	Software Engineering II	3-4
CS 450	Introduction to Networking	3-4
CS 453	Introduction to Parallel and Distributed Processing	3-4
CS 454	Principles of Concurrent Programming	3-4
CS 455	Introduction to High Performance Computing	3-4
CS 461	Operating Systems Design and Implementation	3-4
CS 463	Systems Performance and Concurrent Computing	3-4
CS 466	Computer Architecture	3-4
CS 468	Network Security	3-4
CS 473	Compiler Design	3-4
CS 474	Object-Oriented Languages and Environments	3-4
CS 476	Programming Language Design	3-4
CS 477	Public Policy, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing, Privacy, and Security	3-4
CS 478	Software Development for Mobile Platforms	3-4
CS 479	Wearables and Nearables Technology Laboratory	3-4
CS 480	Database Systems	3-4
CS 483	Big Data Mining	3-4
CS 484	Secure Web Application Development	3-4
CS 485	Networked Operating Systems Programming	4-5
CS 487	Building Secure Computer Systems	3-4
CS 488	Introduction to Cryptography	3-4
CS 489	Human Augmentics	3-4
ECE 469	Hardware Description Language Based Digital and Computer System Design	0-5
IT 301	Networks and Distributed Computing Technology	3
IT 302	Database Administration and Installation	3
MCS 320	Introduction to Symbolic Computation	3
MCS 425	Codes and Cryptography	3-4
MCS 471	Numerical Analysis	3-4
MCS 481	Computational Geometry	3-4

Required Mathematics Courses: Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
IE 342 or STAT 381	Probability and Statistics for Engineers or Applied Statistical Methods I	3
IE 342 or STAT 381	Probability and Statistics for Engineers or Applied Statistical Methods I	3
MATH 215	Introduction to Advanced Mathematics	3
MATH 220	Introduction to Differential Equations	3
MATH 218	Applied Linear Algebra	3

Science Electives Select two of the following: a

Code	Course Title	Credits
BIOS 110	Biology of Cells and Organisms	4
BIOS 120	Biology of Populations and Communities	4
CHEM 122	Matter and Energy	3
CHEM 123 or CHEM 116	Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I or Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry I	2
CHEM 124	Chemical Dynamics	3
CHEM 125 or CHEM 118	Foundations of Chemical Inquiry II or Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry II	2
PHYS 141	General Physics I (Mechanics)	4
PHYS 142	General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism)	4
EAES 101	Global Environmental Change	4
EAES 111	Earth, Energy, and the Environment	4
Total Science Electives Select two of the following: a		8 credits

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