Computer Science Department

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The Computer Science Department is one of eighteen academic departments at Knox. It offers one major and one minor. The department is located in SMC.

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Cooperating Faculty From Other Programs[edit]

Computer Science[edit]

See main page at Computer Science.

The department offers one computer science major and one computer science minor.

Computer Science (major)[edit]

This major allows advanced study in computer science. http://deptorg.knox.edu/registrar/encyclopedia/enrollment.html

Courses Required for the Computer Science major[2][edit]

13 credits:

  • All of the following:
    • CS 141 (Introduction to Computer Science)
    • CS 142 (Program Design and Methodology)
    • CS 201 (Computer Organization and Assembly Language)
    • CS 205 (Algorithm Design and Analysis)
    • CS 226 (Operating Systems and Networking)
    • CS 262 (Information Management)
    • CS 292 (Software Development and Professional Practice)
    • MATH 175 (Discrete Mathematics)
  • Two of the following:
  • Three of the following:
    • CS 242 (Digital Electronics)
    • CS 303 (Computer Graphics)
    • CS 305 (Operating Systems)
    • CS 306 (Automata Theory and Programming Languages)
    • CS 308 (Networks and Distributed Systems)
    • CS 310 (Compilers and Interpreters)
    • CS 317 (Artificial Intelligence)
    • CS 320 (Database Systems)
    • CS 322 (Software Engineering)
    • CS 330 (Cryptography and Computer Security)
    • CS 340 (Human-Computer Interaction)
    • CS 360 (Natural Language Processing)
    • CS 395 (Special Topics)
    • CS 399 (Research Seminar in Computer Science)
    • MATH 311 (Scientific Computing)
  • One of the following:

Two credits from outside the department may be counted toward the major with the chair's permission.

Computer Science (minor)[edit]

This minor allows for intermediate study in computer science.

Courses Required for the Computer Science minor[3][edit]

6 credits:

  • All of the following:
    • CS 142 (Program Design and Methodology)
    • MATH 175 (Discrete Mathematics)
  • Four additional credits, at least one at the 300-level and the rest at the 200-level. One related course outside the department may be used with permission

Meeting the Competency Requirements [4][edit]

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