Portland-State-University 2015-2016 Bulletin

Computer Applications Minor—College-Wide

The computer applications minor may accompany any departmental major. This minor is designed to encourage and emphasize the application of computer technology and to acquaint the student with hardware and software function and design appropriate to modern academic disciplines. The minor is tailored to the specific needs and interests of the student.

All students who declare this minor must coordinate their program through an assigned adviser in one of the following departments: Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Biology, Chemistry, Communication, Economics, English, Geography, Geology, History, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, or World Languages and Literatures. Selection of a department constitutes a student’s declared emphasis.

Requirements

Courses

Three lower-division, adviser-approved computer science courses selected from, but not restricted to, the following:

CS 105Computing Fundamentals I

4

CS 106Computing Fundamentals II

4

CS 107Computing Fundamentals III

4

CS 161Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving

4

CS 162Introduction to Computer Science

4

CS 163Data Structures

4

CS 199Special Studies

0-12

CS 201Computer Systems Programming

4

CS 202Programming Systems

4

CS 250Discrete Structures I

4

Also required:

Four adviser-approved courses in advanced computer applications

12

A one-term, adviser-approved senior practicum or seminar

3

Adviser-approved, upper-division research project

3

Adviser-approved courses in advanced computer applications: must include at least 3 credits outside the student’s major department. These courses may come from any unit in the University but may not include 405 reading/conference courses