Computer Science Minor

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Contact Information

Dr. Kyle Riley
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
McLaury 308
(605) 394-2471
E-mail: Kyle.Riley@sdsmt.edu

A minor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science must be approved by the student‘s major department. The Office of the Registrar and Academic Services has forms that should be completed and signed by the department heads from both departments involved in this minor. The minor in computer science requires the completion of 21 credit hours.

The core coursework includes

CSC 150/150L Computer Science I/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CSC 250 Computer Science II Credits: (4-0) 4
CSC 251 Finite Structures Credits: 2 or 4
CSC 300 Data Structures Credits: (4-0) 4
At least 6 credit hours from an approved list.

The approved list of courses for the minor:

CSC 314/314L Assembly Language/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
CSC 317 Computer Organization and Architecture Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 372 Analysis of Algorithms Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 410/510 Parallel Computing Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 412/512 Cryptography Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 415/415L/515/515L Introduction to Robotics/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
CSC 416/516 Advanced Algorithms for Robotics Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 468/568 Graphical User Interface Programming Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 433/533 Computer Graphics Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 441/541 Networking and Data Communications Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 442/542 Digital Image Processing Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 445/545 Introduction to Theory of Computation Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 447/547 Artificial Intelligence Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 448/548 Machine Learning Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 449/549 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 456/456L Operating Systems/Lab Credits: (3-1) 4
CSC 461 Programming Languages Credits: (4-0) 4
CSC 470 Software Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 476/476L/576/576L Mobile Computing Development Credits: (2-1) 3
CSC 484 Database Management Systems Credits: (3-0) 3