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Computer Information Science (BAS)

This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (baS)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Professional Studies
DBUE 2301PR - Lifelong Learning (S-L)

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List.

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

4

PHSC 1402 - Physical Science II

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science

POLS 2301 American National Government

3

Total Core Experience

41

Additional Program General Education Hours

10

COSC 1405 - Foundations of Computer Science I

Choose one 3-hour course from RELI Course List.

Choose one 3-hour course from LANG/BL Language Course List or HIST/FA/SS Course List

Major Core

27

COSC 1408 - Foundations of Computer Science II

COSC 2403 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

COSC 2306 - Data Structures and Introduction to Algorithms

COSC 3301 - Database Management Systems

COSC 3305 - Organization and Architecture

COSC 3306 - Networks and Telecommunication

COSC 4402 - Software Engineering (S-L)

Please select one 3-hour upper level COSC course.

Concentration

12

The student must complete a concentration consisting of 12 upper-level credit hours in a discipline other than Computer Information Science or Systems Technology and Information Management. This requirement may be satisfied by transfer credit hours. The concentration must be approved by the dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Electives*

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

8

22

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated. 

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.  

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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