Computer Science Minor

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Contact Information

Jeff McGough, Department Head
Computer Science and Engineering
(605) 394-2722
Email: jeff.mcgough@sdsmt.edu
Department website: https://www.sdsmt.edu/cse/

A minor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering must be approved by the student’s major department. The Office of the Registrar has forms that should be completed and signed by the department heads from both departments involved in this minor.

The core coursework includes

CSC 215 Programming Techniques Credits: (4-0) 4
CSC 251 Finite Structures Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 315 Data Structures & Algorithms 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 340 Software Engineering and Design 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 414/514 Introduction to Computer Vision Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 415/415L/515/515L Introduction to Robotics/Lab Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 416/516 Advanced Algorithms for Robotics 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 424/524 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 454/554 Data Mining Theory Credits: (3-0) 3
CSC 458/458L Operating Systems and Virtual Machines/Lab Credits: (4-0) 4
CSC 461 Programming Languages Credits: (4-0) 4
CSC 468/568 Graphical User Interface Programming 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