General information for all A.C.S. degree seekers
The Associate in Computer Science (A.C.S.) degree is a pre-professional curriculum designed to inspire students for transfer to a four-year college or university that offers a BS or BA degree in Computer Science. In contrast, various Associate in Applied Science degrees in Computer Science prepare students for immediate employment in more specialized, practical fields.
The required and elective Computer Science, Math, and Science courses in this degree are typical of requirements for the first two years of a four-year program that follows guidelines established by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). These ACM-style degree programs provide the theoretical foundation and programming experience that forms the basis of academic Computer Science.
Academic four-year Computer Science degrees address essential skills future soft- ware developers need for computer programming, network design, and database management.
Individual degree requirements vary at each four-year college or university. Students should check with the transfer school or speak to an advisor or counselor to ensure selection of the right classes for transfer credit. By design, the ACS degree electives are sufficiently flexible to accommodate a wide range of transfer options.
Degree Requirements
The Associate in Computer Science degree requires completion of the requirements for all degrees listed under Degree Graduation requirements, plus specific course requirements described below
Associate in Computer Science
| General Education Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Communications: | |||
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Reading I | 3 | |
| ENGL 102 ENGL 215 |
Composition and Reading II or Technical Writing |
3 | |
| COMM 100 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | |
| American Institutions: (Choose one of the following): | |||
| HIST 120 | United States History to 1865 | 3 | |
| HIST 121 | United States History since 1865 | ||
| POLS 136 | Introduction to U. S. National Politics | ||
| Sciences (one course with lab): | |||
| BIOL 101 | General Biology | 5 | |
| BIOL 104 | General Botany | ||
| BIOL 106 | General Zoology | ||
| BIOL 110 | Human Anatomy | ||
| CHEM 111 | General College Chemistry I | ||
| PHYS 130 | General Physics I | ||
| PHYS 220 | Engineering Physics | ||
| Western Civilization (Choose one of the following): | |||
| HIST 133 | Foundations of Western Civilization | 3 | |
| HIST 134 | Modern Western Civilization | ||
| Social Sciences: (Choose one of the following): | |||
| ANTH 100 | General Anthropology | 3 | |
| ANTH 110 | Cultural Anthropology | ||
| ECON 210 | Macroeconomics | ||
| ECON 211 | Microeconomics | ||
| PSYC 140 | General Psychology | ||
| SOCI 160 | Sociology | ||
| Humanities (Choose one of the following): | |||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Literature | 3 | |
| ENGL 220 | British Literature to 1750 | ||
| ENGL 221 | British Literature 1750 to Present | ||
| ENGL 222 | American Literature to 1860 | ||
| ENGL 223 | American Literature 1860 to Present | ||
| ENGL 268 | Women's Literature | ||
| PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 200 | Logic | ||
| PHIL 203 | Ethics | ||
| Humanities Appreciation: | |||
| ARAB 101, ART 108, ART 150, ART 151, CHIN 101; All French, All German, All Spanish, MUSI 108, MUSI 160, THEA 106, SIGN 101, SIGN 102 | 3 | ||
| Total General Education Credit Hours | 29 | ||
| Program Requirements | |||
| CSIS 123 | Programming Fundamentals | 3 | |
| CSIS 223 | Object-Oriented Programming or | 3 | |
| CSIS 222 | Object-Oriented Programming with Java | ||
| MATH 180 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus I | 5 | |
| Program Electives | |||
| Choose from these courses with at least 6 hours having a CSIS designator. Consult with an advisor to determine the best options for transfer: | |||
| CSIS 143 | Database Design and Management | 21 | |
| CSIS 152 | Linux Operating System | ||
| CSIS 221 | Introduction to Computer Architecture | ||
| CSIS 228 | Advanced Web Development | ||
| CSIS 250 | Assembly Language Programming | ||
| CSIS 265 | .NET Web Programming with C# | ||
| CSIS 271 | Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis | ||
| CSIS/MATH 141 | Discrete Structures for Computer Science I | ||
| CSIS/MATH 241 | Discrete Structures for Computer Science II | ||
| MATH 115 | Statistics | ||
| MATH 150 | Precalculus | ||
| MATH 190 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus II | ||
| MATH 210 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus III | ||
| PHYS 220 | Engineering Physics I | ||
| PHYS 221 | Engineering Physics II | ||
| Total Credit Hours Required | 61 | ||