COSC$Advising$Handout$ $ Revised:$19$October$2021$
BS#in#Computer#Science#(COSC)#
Suggested#Four-Year#Plan#
The$COSC$degree$requires$a$minimum$of$124$hours$to$complete.$
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YEAR%
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FALL%SEMESTER%
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SPRING%SEMESTER%
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COSC!10403:!Intro!to!Programming!
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COSC!20203:!Techniques!in!Programming!
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MATH!10524:!Calculus!I!
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MATH:!20123:!Discrete!Math!I!
Freshman%
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Elective!–!Science
1
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Elective!–!Science
1
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Elective!–!Religious!Traditions
2
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ENGL!10803:!Introductory!Comp!
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Elective!–!Historical!Traditions
2
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Elective!–!Cultural!Awareness
2
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COSC!20803:!Data!Structures!
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COSC!30253:!Computer!Organization!!
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CITE!30103:!Unix/Linux!System!Admin!
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COSC!30403:!Programming!Lang!Concepts!
Sophomore%
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MATH!30123:!Discrete!Math!II!
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MATH!30224:!Linear!Algebra!
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Elective!-!Science
1
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Elective!-!Science
1
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ENGL!20803:!Intermediate!Comp!
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Elective!–!Literary!Traditions
2
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COSC!30203:!Computer!System!Fund!
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COSC!40203:!Operating!Systems!
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COSC!30603:!Database!Systems!
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Elective!–!Computer!Science
3
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Junior%
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COSC!40403:!Analysis!of!Algorithms!
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Elective!–!Computer!Science
3
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MATH!10043:!Elementary!Statistics!
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Elective!–!Global!Awareness
2
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Elective!–!Oral!Communication
2
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Elective!–!Citizenship/Social!Values
2
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Elective!–!Fine!Arts
2
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COSC!40943:!Software!Engineering!
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COSC!40993:!Senior!Design!Project!
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Elective!–!Computer!Science
3
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Elective!–!Computer!Science
3
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Senior%
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Elective!–!Free!
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Elective!–!Free!
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Elective!–!Free!
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Elective!–!Free!!
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Elective!–!Free!
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Elective!–!Free!
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Note:!42!hours!must!be!in!advanced!courses!(30000!or!40000!level)!taken%at%TCU.!
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$All$courses$must$be$selected$from$Biology,$Chemistry,$Environmental$Science,$Geology,$Physics,$or$Psychology$fr om$at$least$two$differen t$su b jec t$
areas.$$Must$include$a$two-course$sequence.$$Any$two$of$the$three$listed$Astronomy$courses$may$count$as$a$two-course$sequence.$$Must$include$two$
courses$having$a$lab$component.$$$
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$Must$be$selected$from$university-approved$courses.$$The$approved$courses$are$identified$in$the$schedule$of$classes.$
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$Must$be$approved.$
