Dec 22, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Computer Science and Cybersecurity, BS Major in

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This program is designed to cover all required knowledge units defined by the National Security Agency (NSA) - National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). Graduates of the BS in computer science and cybersecurity program will:

Advance in graduate studies or be successful practitioners in applied fields of computer science and cybersecurity.
Apply communication and organizational skills in the context of ethical issues affecting the discipline or society.
Think critically and creatively to solve local or global problems and become lifelong learners and contributors to society.
Apply knowledge and skills to solve problems effectively and efficiently and to contribute to the technical advancement of computer science and cybersecurity.

Program Requirements

Candidates for graduation must fulfill the following requirements as well as the general BS degree requirements.

1. The Successful Completion of at Least 124 Semester Hours

The successful completion of at least 124 semester hours and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in work completed at Hofstra.

2. Liberal Arts

A minimum of 60 semester hours must be in liberal arts courses.

3. Residence Requirements

There are two requirements that must ordinarily be completed in residence at Hofstra: 15 semester hours in the major field of specialization and the last 30 semester hours. The 15 semester hours need not be included within the last 30 hours.

4. Writing and Composition

WSC 001 and 002 , or placement examination (see University Degree Requirements). If this requirement is fulfilled by passing the placement examination, the 6 s.h. in the humanities or social sciences should be taken with adviser’s approval.

WSC 001 - Composition

and

WSC 002 - Composition

or placement examination¹, see University Degree Requirements .

5. Humanities Distribution

3 semester hours in appreciation and analysis—literature (LT) distribution courses.

6. Social Sciences Distribution

3 semester hours in history and philosophy (HP) and 3 semester hours in behavioral social sciences (BH) distribution courses.

7. Cross-Cultural Distribution

3 semester hours in cross-cultural (CC) distribution courses.

8. Humanities and/or Social Science

Additional 6 semester hours, not limited to distribution courses.

9. Minimum Requirements in the Major

Includes computer science requirements, mathematics requirements, and natural sciences requirements.

The senior design topic must be in cybersecurity.

Computer Science Requirements

CSC 014 - (MA, CS) Discrete Structures for Computer Science I Semester Hours: 3
CSC 015 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science I: Problem Solving and Program Design Semester Hours: 4
CSC 015S - Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Semester Hours: 3
CSC 016 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science II: Data Structures, Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programming Semester Hours: 4
CSC 017 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science III: Advanced Data Structures and Object-Oriented Programming Semester Hours: 3
CSC 024 - Discrete Structures for Computer Science II Semester Hours: 3
CSC 110 - Introduction to Computer Architecture Semester Hours: 3
CSC 110A - Computer Architecture Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
CSC 111 - Assembly-Language Programming Semester Hours: 3
CSC 112 - Computer Operating Systems Semester Hours: 3
CSC 115 - Introduction to Secure Systems/Ethical Hacking Semester Hours: 3
CSC 120 - Algorithms and Data Structures Semester Hours: 3
CSC 123 - Programming Languages: Survey, Design and Implementation Semester Hours: 3
CSC 155 - Systems Programming Semester Hours: 3
CSC 161 - Introduction to Automata Theory Semester Hours: 3
CSC 163 - Computing, Ethics, and Society Semester Hours: 1
CSC 170 - Principles of Database Management Semester Hours: 3
CSC 175 - Data Communication and Networking Semester Hours: 3
CSC 183 - Introduction to Web Application Development Semester Hours: 3
CSC 184 - Introduction to Mobile Device Programming Semester Hours: 3
CSC 185 - Methods of Random Process Semester Hours: 3
CSC 188 - Introduction to Network Security Semester Hours: 3
CSC 190 - Software Engineering Semester Hours: 3
CSC 197A - Independent Senior Design I Semester Hours: 1
CSC 197B - Independent Senior Design II Semester Hours: 1
CSC 198F - Senior Seminar Semester Hours: .5
CSC 198S - Senior Seminar Semester Hours: .5

Mathematics Requirements

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Semester Hours: 4
MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Semester Hours: 4

Natural Science Requirements

One two-semester sequence of science courses with laboratories (PHYS 11A & 11B and 12A & 12B, or CHEM 3A & 3B and 4A & 4B, or BIO 11 and 12), and at least one additional 3 semester hours course for science majors.

PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics Semester Hours: 4
and
PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
and
PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics Semester Hours: 4
and
PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
and
CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I Semester Hours: 3-4
and
CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I Semester Hours: 1
and
CHEM 004A - (NS) General Chemistry II Semester Hours: 3
and
CHEM 004B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II Semester Hours: 1
and
BIOL 113 - (NS) General Biology II Semester Hours: 4
and
BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I Semester Hours: 4

10. A Grade of C- or Better

A grade of C- or better in all courses required for the major.

11. An Overall Average of C or Better

An overall average of C or better in required in CSC 14, 15, 16, and 24 for continuation in the major. In addition, a student may not take any of these four courses more than twice.

CSC 014 - (MA, CS) Discrete Structures for Computer Science I Semester Hours: 3
CSC 015 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science I: Problem Solving and Program Design Semester Hours: 4
CSC 016 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science II: Data Structures, Algorithms and Object-Oriented Programming Semester Hours: 4
CSC 024 - Discrete Structures for Computer Science II Semester Hours: 3

Suggested Four-Year Sequence (124 s.h.)

First Year

	1st. Sem.	2nd. Sem
MATH 071 , MATH 072	4	4
CSC 014 ,015 ,016 ,024	8	7
Distribution	-	3
WSC 001 , 002	3	3
Total	15	17

Second Year

	1st. Sem.	2nd.Sem.
CSC 015S , 017 , 184	3	3
CSC 110 , 110A	3	1
CSC 111 , 112	3	3
CSC 163 , 175	-	4
Science I (PHYS 011A , 011B , 012A , 012B or CHEM 003A , 003B , 004A , 004B or BIOL 113 , 112 )	4-5	4-5
Distribution	3	-
Total	16-17	15-16

Third Year

	1st. Sem.	2nd. Sem.
CSC 120 , 161	3	3
CSC 123 , CSC 190	3	3
CSC 170 , 183	3	3
CSC 155	3	-
Science/Distribution	3	6
Total	15	15

Fourth Year

	1st. Sem.	2nd. Sem.
CSC 197A , 197B	1	1
CSC 198F , 198S	0.5	0.5
CSC 115 , 188	3	3
CSC 185	3	-
Distribution	3	3
Free electives	6	7
Total	16.5	14.5

Footnotes

¹If this requirement is fulfilled by passing the placement examination, 6 semester hours in the humanities or social sciences should be taken with adviser’s approval.

² Students taking BIO 11 and BIO 12 as part of their Natural Science requirements will have to take BIO 12 and CHEM 3A as prerequisites to BIO 11. The sequence of three courses BIO 12, CHEM 3A and BIO 11 will then fulfill the Natural Science requirements.

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