Undergraduate Program

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Degree Requirements

Students develop analytical and creative skills which enable them to pursue careers within the tech industry. The program starts with necessary foundations for computational thinking such as decomposition, abstraction, modeling, iterative design, stepwise refinement, and basic software design principles. It culminates in a capstone design course in which a small team of students designs a software system of their choosing.

Degree Requirements

Concentrations

Accelerated Master's (AM)

The Accelerated Master’s Degree offers the opportunity for outstanding students to begin earning credit toward a master's degree while still pursuing undergraduate studies. Our accelerated programs allow a student to complete a master's in less time and at a lower cost.

Master's Degree Options

Students in AM may select from two different MS programs:

• Computer Science
• Cybersecurity

Minimum Requirements

Students must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.2. Students may not enroll in graduate courses until they have:

1. completed all requirements for the Core Curriculum
2. completed a minimum of 75 hours of undergraduate work with at least 15 hours of upper-level courses completed in the major
3. been conditionally admitted to a master’s program.

More Info

See: Accelerated Master's Program

Minor

An undergraduate student may earn a minor in Computer Science by completing 18 credit hours of courses, each with a grade of C or better, from the list below:

• CSCI 2120:  Software Design & Development in Java - II
• CSCI 2125:  Data Structures
• CSCI 2450:  Assembly Programming
• CSCI 3301:  Computer Organization
• CSCI 4xxx:  4000-level elective computer science course (3cr.)
• CSCI 4xxx:  4000-level elective computer science course (3cr.)

Note: Credit in CSCI 1583 is required for CSCI 2120. Credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3721 is required for CSCI 2125. A transfer student must complete a minimum of nine credit hours in required computer science courses at LSU New Orleans, and these must include CSCI 2125 and a three credit 4000-level course from the approved list.

Honors

An honors program is available to Computer Science majors. Successful completion of the program will result in graduation with Honors in Computer Science. To be eligible for admission to the program, a student must complete Computer Science 2125 and must have a faculty member willing to serve as thesis advisor.

In order to complete the program a student must do the following:

1. fulfill all graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science;
2. maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better and a grade point average of 3.5 or better in computer science courses;
3. earn six credits in Computer Science 3099;
4. produce a written honors thesis and conduct an oral defense before a committee consisting of the faculty thesis advisor, at least one other faculty member selected by the department chairman, and a representative of the Honors Program.

Enrollment and Graduation Data

The following table summarizes enrollment and graduation data for the BSc Computer Science program for the past 5 years.  More detailed numbers can be obtained from LSU New Orleans’s Institutional Research and Data Management (IRDM) website.