Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

All students must complete the University requirements as explained in the FIU catalog. For students entering after Fall 2003, these will be the University Core Requirements.

You must have earned at least 120 credit hours in order to graduate with a B.A. or B.S. degree.

At least 35 hours must be in 3000-4000 level courses that are taken at FIU.

Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 to earn a degree.

If a student takes a course at FIU and has already received transfer credit for an equivalent course at another institution, then the credits for the repeated course at FIU are not applicable toward graduation.

At least 50% of the upper division credits offered by the school must be taken at FIU.

A grade of "C" or better must be obtained in all courses required for the major.

Note: A "C-" is not an acceptable grade.

Additional Requirements for Computer Science majors in both tracks:

No computer-related courses in other departments (including CGS 3300) may be taken even for elective credit by a CS major, unless specifically approved in writing by the student's advisor.

No credit for graduation will be given to CS majors for the following courses offered within the School: CGS 2060, CGS 2100, CGS 2423, CGS 2518, CGS 3559, COP 2250, COP 3175, and COP 3804 unless the student took the course before declaring a CS major.

Students must complete Computer Programming in Java at an acceptable level, Calculus through infinite series (and including trigonometric functions), and Physics.

For a student who has not completed these prerequisites, the courses at FIU that satisfy them are:

Two tracks are available in the upper division program. The Computer Science (CS) track should be followed by the student who intends to continue to graduate study in computer science. The Software Design and Development (SDD) track may be followed by the student who intends to pursue a software engineering career.

All computer science majors must complete the following (both tracks):

SDD track additional required courses

*Senior Project Guidelines:

• Students need to obtain permission from the academic adviser by the 4th week in the semester prior to the semester in which they plan to complete all the CS courses required for the CS major. Students may register to take the Senior Project course in or after the semester in which they complete all the CS courses required for the CS major. Students must take CEN 4010 Software Engineering I before they can take the Senior Project course.
• Meet with faculty and discuss potential projects in the semester prior to the semester in which they take the Senior Project course.
• Identify the faculty adviser for their project before the end of the semester prior to the semester in which they take the Senior Project course.
• Notify the Senior Project course coordinator who their faculty adviser will be before the end of the semester prior to the semester in which they take the Senior Project course.

Students from both tracks must complete two courses from Set 1

In addition, CS-track students must complete one course from Set 2.

CS students are required to take two additional one-semester courses in science for science majors with strong emphasis on quantitative methods.