This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 148 - COMPUTER SCIENCE II (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 220 - ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 231 - DATA STRUCTURES (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES OR MATH 205 - MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: DATA 225 - ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY OR INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 311 - OPERATING SYSTEMS WI (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO 224 - PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CMPS 305 - CYBER SECURITY (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 327 - NETWORK PROGRAMMING OR INFO 335 - NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 370 - CYBER AND NETWORK DEFENSE (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS/INFO/ELECTIVE 1 of 4 (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: MATH 240 - CRYPTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS/INFO/ELECTIVE 2 of 4 (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS/INFO/ELECTIVE 3 of 4 (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) OR DATA 225 - ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS/INFO/ELECTIVE 4 of 4 (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 450 - SENIOR PROJECT WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
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