Computer Science, BS
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2025 and after)
**Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. However, it is available via Online/Distance Learning to all FSU students via the Panama City, FL campus.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and multicultural requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
The Computer Science Department degree program provides a broad background in programming, theoretical computer science, hardware, mathematics, physics, and science.
This undergraduate program in computer science has a retention policy:
Upon admission into the program, the student must maintain a 2.50 or higher GPA in courses taken at FSU that are required for the Computer Science major, including core, elective, and collateral courses. Prerequisite courses are excluded from this GPA calculation.
Students starting math at a level below calculus will graduate with more than the minimum 120 hours needed for the degree but will not be considered "off-course". Students may want to consider full-time enrollment in summers to ease the academic pressures during the fall and spring terms.
Mapping Coordinator: Shellie Camp
Email: scamp@fsu.edu
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
| Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
| ENC1101 Freshman Composition3 |
| MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I4 |
| COP 3363 Introduction to C++ for majors or COP3014 Programming I 3 |
| COP3353 Intro to UNIX (if COP3014 is taken instead of COP3363)1 |
| GE Core Social Science3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 1 |
| Complete ENC1101 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete 1st GE Mathematics ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
| ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context 3 |
| MAC2312 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II4 |
| COP 3330 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming I3 |
| GE Core Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 2 |
| Complete ENC2135 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete 2nd GE Mathematics ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Summer hrs |
| PHY2048C General Physics A with lab 5 |
| GE Natural Science (for Majors)3/4 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
| PHY2049C General Physics B with lab5 |
| MAD2104 Discrete Mathematics I3 |
| CDA3100 Computer Organization I3 |
| GE History3 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 3 |
| Complete MAC2311 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
| COP4530 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming II3 |
| MAD3105 Discrete Mathematics II3 |
| CIS3250 Ethics in Computer Science 3 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 4 |
| Complete MAC2312 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete minimum 8 of the required 12 hours of Natural Science coursework for the major |
| Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
| COP4610 Operating Systems & Concurrent Programming3 |
| GE Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
| Foreign Language I4 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 5 |
| Complete COP3014 or COP3363 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Maintain minimum retention GPA ≥ 2.50 in CS major applicable (core, elective, collateral) courses taken at FSU, excluding State Common Prerequisite courses. |
| Civic Literacy requirement |
| Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
| STA4442 Introduction to Probability 3 |
| COP 4521 Secure Parallel & Distributed Computing w/ Python3 |
| Foreign Language II4 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 6 |
| Complete MAD2104 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete COP3330 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Maintain retention GPA ≥ 2.50 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
| COT4420 Theory of Computation3 |
| Foreign Language III4 |
| CEN 4020 Software Engineering I3 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 7 |
| Complete CDA3100 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete COP4530 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Maintain retention GPA ≥ 2.50 |
| Complete Pre-Graduation Check |
| Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
| CEN 4090L Software Engineering Capstone1 |
| GE Social Science3 |
| CS Elective or Advanced Math Elective3 |
| CS Elective3 |
| CS Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 8 |
| Maintain retention GPA ≥ 2.50 |
| Apply for Graduation in 1st two weeks |
Employment Information
Salary Information: For more information go to: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Programmer (Scientific, Business, Systems), Technical Writer, Systems Analyst, Operations-Research analyst, Software Engineer, Webmaster, Teacher of High School, Technical support Representative, Manager, Data Processing System Manager, Network Administrator, Sales Representative for Computer or Software Manufacturers.
Representative Employers: Computer Firms, High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Financial Firms, Private Industry, Governmental Agencies.
