The B.S. in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. Students who wish to obtain a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science must satisfy the following requirements.
A grade of “C” or better is necessary for any course to be applied to the computer science major. Transfer students majoring in computer science must complete at least 18 credits in CMSC, CMPE, or ENEE courses at UMBC. Students majoring in computer science must have a grade of “B” or better in both CMSC 201 and CMSC 202 as well as completing all the prerequisites for CMSC 341 before registering for CMSC 341.
One additional course must be another of the eight courses listed above, or a course from the list of approved science courses below. If additional credits are needed to reach 12 credits in this section, these credits can be earned either by taking additional courses from the science list below, or by taking a course from the list of approved additional math courses below.
Other science courses approved by the Computer Science Undergraduate Program director. In principle, approval will only be given to science courses designed for natural/physical science majors or engineering majors. In particular, statistics, computer science or
any of the following courses do not count toward the science requirement for computer science majors:
Chosen from previous courses listed or any other three-credit CMSC 400-level course, except CMSC 404 or CMSC 495-CMSC 499
Students may choose electives in this category from computer engineering courses with special permission from the CSEE department. Up to two of these courses also may be chosen from the following list of mathematics courses.
Courses cross-listed between CMSC and another designation can count toward the computer science B.S. requirement even if the other designation appears on the student’s transcript.
General Elective Credit
In addition to the requirements outlined above, students majoring in computer science are encouraged to consider taking the following courses for general elective credit:
Students majoring in computer science with a particular interest in computer game development, modeling, simulation or related fields may enroll in the computer science game development track. In addition to the regular requirements of the computer science major, students in the game development track must complete:
Game Development Track Requirements
Each of these may also count toward the computer science major requirements as indicated.
Two additional CMSC 400-level electives from the following list. (These electives may also count toward section F of the computer science degree requirements)
