Recommended General Education Requirements for School of Computing Majors

Please meet with a major advisor if you have any concurrent enrollment, early college, AP, transfer coursework, etc. that may count towards these requirements.

Core

 Computer Science (CS)                    Cybersecurity & Network Management (CYBR) WEB & User Experience (WEB)                  
Introductory College Writing ENGL 1010 ENGL 1010 ENGL 1010
Composition ENGL 2010 ENGL 2010 ENGL 2010
American Institution (AI) Any Any Any
Quantitative Literacy (QL) MATH 1210 or prereqs MATH 1040 or 1050 MATH 1050
Cultural Competence (CC) ETC 2001 CA/CC* CA/CC* or SS/CC*
Breadth Computer Science (CS) Cybersecurity & Network Management (CYBR) WEB & User Experience (WEB)
Creative Arts (CA) ENGL 2250 Any/CC* Any/CC*
Humanity (HU) COMM 2110 COMM 2110 COMM 2110
Social Science (SS) ETC 2001 ECON 1010 PSY 1010 for UXD, Any/CC for FSD*
Physical Science (PS) PS with Lab*** OR Any** Any**
Life Science (LS) LS with Lab*** Any** Any**

* CYBR majors:  Recommend double dip Creative Arts and Cultural Competency
  WEB Full Stack Development (FSD) majors: Recommend double dip a Creative Arts or a Social Science with a Cultural Competency.
  WEB User Experience Design (UXD) majors: Recommend double dip a Creative Arts with a Cultural Competency.

** CS, CYBR, and WEB majors: can not duplicate departments (ie, can not take 2 ANTH courses)
    See Gen Ed list for courses that are "Any"

*** CS majors: Either the Physical or Life science course must include a lab. See following list for recommended courses.

LIFE SCIENCE (LS)             

  • BTNY 1403 Principles of Environmental Science (4 credits) or
  • HTHS 1110 Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits) or
  • ZOOL 1610 Principles of Zoology (4 credits) or
  • ZOOL 2420 Human Physiology (4 credits)

PHYSICAL SCIENCE (PS)                                                                             

  • CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry and 1115 Lab (5 credits) or
  • CHEM 1130 Introduction to General, Organic & Biochemistry and 1135 Lab (5 credits) or
  • CHEM 1210 Principles of Chem. I and 1215 Lab (5 credits) or
  • GEO 1060 Environmental Geosciences and GEO 1115 Lab (4 credits) or
  • GEO 1110 Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology and GEO 1115 Lab (4 credits) or
  • PHYS 2010 College Physics I and 2019 Lab (5 credits) or
  • PHYS 2210 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and 2219 Lab (5 credits)