College Catalog 2024-2025

Computer Science AS (CMPS)

Degree Type: AS

Program Code: CMPS

Hegis Code: 5101.00

This AS degree program provides a solid foundation in algorithm development techniques and the implementation of algorithms and data structures in a modern high-level programming language. Hardware capabilities are examined in depth, with an emphasis on better understanding of program behavior. Computer architecture, theory of computation, concurrence, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and program complexity, correctness, and efficiency are introduced. This program is designed to provide the first two years of a rigorous program in Computer Science. Recommended high school preparation: Three years of mathematics courses and high school electives in computer science.

Freshman Seminar Requirement

HRD 100College Learning: Theory and Practice

2

HRD 100ACollege Life Seminar

2

HRD 110First Year Seminar

1

Total Credit Hours:1-2

General Education Requirements

ENG 101Introduction to College Writing

3

Total Credit Hours:3
ENG 102Academic Writing

3

ENG 103Writing in and about the Sciences

3

ENG 104Writing for Business and the Professions

3

ENG 105Writing in and about the Social Sciences

3

ENG 106Writing in and about the Performing and Visual Arts

3

ENG 107Language, Structure and Style

3

ENG 108Writing in and about Literature

3

ENG 109Elements of Creative Writing

3

ENG 110Elements of Technical Writing

3

Total Credit Hours:3
MAT 131Calculus I

4

Total Credit Hours:4
SUNY Gen Ed Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) Lab Science

3-4

Total Credit Hours:3-4
SUNY Gen Ed World History and Global Awareness

3

SUNY Gen Ed US History and Civic Engagement

3

SUNY Gen Ed Social Sciences GESS

3

Total Credit Hours:6
SUNY Gen Ed The Arts

3

SUNY Gen Ed World Languages

3

SUNY Gen Ed Humanities GHUM

3

Total Credit Hours:3
SUNY Gen Ed Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice GDVR

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Additional Math or Science Requirement

SUNY Gen Ed Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)

3

SUNY Gen Ed Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) GNSC

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Program Core Requirements

CIS 143Introduction to Programming

3

CIS 144Intermediate Programming in a Windows Environment

3

CIS 150Topics in Computing

3

CIS 243Data Structures and Objects in C++

4

CIS 244Computer Systems and Programming

3

MAT 129Discrete Mathematics

3

Total Credit Hours:19
EGR 183Digital Logic Design

3

CIS 151Server Side Scripting

3

CIS 237Database Management Systems

3

MAT 132Calculus II

4

MAT 231Calculus III

4

Total Credit Hours:3-4
CIS 120PC Hardware Fundamentals

3

CIS 131Introduction to Networking

3

EGR 120Introduction to Engineering

3

CIS 278IT Internship

3

CIS 135Network Security I

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives

Liberal Arts and Sciences

1-3

Total Credit Hours:6

Electives

Total Credit Hours:4

Recommended Sequence

Total Credit Hours:16-17
Total Credit Hours:15
Total Credit Hours:16-18
Total Credit Hours:17

Notes

Total Credit Hours: 64