Admission to the program is contingent upon completion of CPTR 1100 and CPTR 2100, a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, and acceptance by the department. The department will not accept D grades in any required major courses or required supportive courses, either as transfer credit or completed at Chicago State University.

Requirements include completion of 120 semester hours including 39 hours in general education (refer to the College of Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements; not that the 39 credit hours reflect the University General Education requirements); 34 hours in computer science; 20-21 hours in required supportive courses; an honors thesis. By demonstrating proficiency, a student may be able to obtain credit for certain mathematics and computer science courses at the recommendation of the department.

CPTR 1100, 1900, 2100, 2400, 3100, 3500, 4200, 4220*, 4400, 4600, 4730, 4800 (* CPTR 4220 fulfills the senior thesis/capstone requirement)

• Mathematics: MATH 1410 or 1415, 1420, 1600 or 4600, 2200, 2800
• Ethics: PHIL 2530

Electives must be selected from CPTR or MATH with the departmental advisor’s approval. Courses in other STEM disciplines can be taken with the approval of the Chair. Electives can also be selected to meet the Information Technology minor offered the department.

REQUIRED COURSES (15 CREDIT HOURS): CPTR 1100, 2100, 2400, 3100, and one course selected from 3500, 3620, or 4600

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 CREDIT HOURS): Completion of one computer science course at the 3000 level or higher. The minor may be modified depending upon the student's interests and objectives.

The requirements for minors must be completed prior to graduation in order for the minor to appear on the transcript. For more information about this minor, click here.

The requirements for minors must be completed prior to graduation in order for the minor to appear on the transcript. For more information about this minor, click here.

Basic concepts of data processing, introduction to the modern digital computer and its peripheral devices, data representation, and computer arithmetic. Additional course fee.

An introduction to personal computer environment using Windows and the Microsoft Office package: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including Web page publishing. Additional course fee.

xxxPrerequisite: MATH 0990, placement exam, or consent of the instructor.
Macintosh operating system, terminal applications, networking, word processing, spreadsheets, elementary database solutions, iWeb, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, and podcasts.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1060 or consent of the department.
Continues CPTR 1060, exploring Microsoft PowerPoint, Access, and Explorer. Using the Internet. Web page creation. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.
Introduction to basic web design technologies. Client-server architecture, structuring web pages with HTML/XHTML, representation of multimedia and interactivity, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, and CSS. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: Math 0990/099 (or concurrent enrollment), consent of department.
Introduction to basic concepts of computer science: problem solving skills, algorithm development, programming logic, design. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: MATH 0990 (or concurrent registration).
Basic elements of C++ programming, control structures, functions, arrays, pointers, and strings. Credit may not be given for both CPTR 140 and 1100. Additional course fee. IAI: CS 911, ENR 922.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1080 and 1090.
Interactive and animated web pages, dynamic HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, scripting access to objects embedded in different applications. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: MATH 0990 or by mathematics placement examination.
Windows programming language to create powerful applications for Microsoft Windows operating system, to use graphical user interface (GUI), to use other Windows applications' objects (OLEO), and to explain advanced programming techniques such as DE and DLL. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: None.
Computer Hardware, Software and Network, Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting Computers and Networks.

Prerequisite: None.
Databases Concepts: Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, and SQL; Designing and Creating Browser-Based Database Applications by using GUI; Programming Concepts: Classes, Objects, Properties, Methods, and Events.

Prerequisite: None.
Application; Data and Host security; Identity Management; Cryptography and Access Control; Compliance and Operational Security; Threats and Vulnerabilities; Disaster Recovery and Risk Management.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100 (or concurrent enrollment).
A survey of career opportunities for computer science professionals in industry, government, and education. Overview of the skills, training, strategies, and education required for the various occupations and computer science curriculum. Introduction to the resources available to aid the computer science major. May not be used to fulfill general education requirements.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100, CPTR 1900 (or concurrent enrollment), and MATH 0990.
Classes and data abstraction, operator overloading, inheritance, virtual functions and polymorphisms, templates, file processing. Credit may not be given for both CPTR 240 and 2100. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100.
Introduction to basic multimedia techniques, including hardware and software. Manipulating media information (sound, image, and video) under Windows environment such as analog to digital data conversion and media information capturing. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100 and 1120.
Server site script to respond to requests from client applications, CGI, PERL, PHP, and ASP.NET. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100.
Introduction to COBOL data processing computer language. File processing techniques. Retrieval, access, and maintenance of sequential and index files. Data storage manipulation. Methods of system analysis and design. Credit not given for both CPTR 211 and CPTR 2150. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100.
Assembly language and numbering system. Hardware and software architecture. Macro assembler, I/O services. Conditional processing, arithmetic processing. Subroutines. High-level language interface. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100.
UNIX operating system: UNIX standardization and implementations; the file system; files and directories; advanced I/O. Some utility programs. Use of Vi editor. Communication with other users. Formatting text. System administrator. UNIX and inter-process communication. Communicating with Post Script printer. Credit not given for both CPTR 312 and CPTR 2550. Additional course fee. NOTE: A prerequisite for any 3000 or higher level computer science course is the successful completion of the university qualifying examinations in English and reading.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 and MATH 2800.
An introduction to data representations and data structures, followed by a detailed study of operations and applications with character strings (including character sorting, table searching, text editing), linearly linked lists, trees, and graphs. Additional course fee. IAI: CS 921.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100.
Classes, data encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphisms, OOD/OOP technologies, C++ and other OOP languages. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 and MATH 1410.
Numerical methods in problems in mathematics, including numerical integration and differentiation, calculation of roots, interpolation, numerical techniques in linear algebra, programming in a high-level language. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 and MATH 1210 or 1250.
Among the topics covered are line drawing algorithms, tables, clipping algorithms, techniques for motion, and other topics in two-dimensional graphics. Students are required to write programs implementing the techniques discussed. Some evaluation of graphics software, as well as an introduction to three-dimensional graphics. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2400 and 3100.
Introduction to the basic components and functions of operating systems, resources management and performance evaluation. (A writing emphasis course.) Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2120.
Multi-layer (2/3) architectures used for web-based applications. Model and design databases, entity-relationship (ER) diagrams, Standard Query Language(SQL), CGI, PERL, PHP, and ASP.NET. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2550.
Digital data flow and error control, multiplexing, switching architecture, satellite communication, network structure and topology, layering, protocols, interfaces, OSI reference model, IEEE 802 LAN. (A writing emphasis course.) Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 or 2120.
Mobile applications, service designs, platforms (Apple iOS, Google Android, et al.), specific constraints and requirements of user interface design for limited devices. The course combines conceptual overview, design issues, and practical development issues.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3100.
Design and analysis of algorithms. Searching, sorting, and combinatorial algorithms. Time and space complexity. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: MATH 2800.
Corequisite: CPTR 3100.
Regular expressions and languages; finite-state machines; formal grammars; regular, context-free, context-sensitive, and unrestricted grammars; pushdown automata; context-free languages; Turing machines; Church's thesis; random-access machines; recursive functions; P- completeness problem; intractable problems. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3100.
Language syntax; lexical properties, BNF, and parsing examples; language processors; compilers, interpreters, and direct execution; language representations and language styles. Course work require writing in the IEEE format a significant project and its presentation. Satisfies the University undergraduate thesis requirement. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 or consent of the instructor.
Introduction to SCJA Exam: Fundamental object-oriented concepts, UML representation and Java implementation of object-oriented concepts, algorithm design and implementation, Java development fundamentals, Java platforms and integration technologies, client technologies, server technologies.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100 or 2120.
Introduction to SCJP or OCPJP Exams: Fundamentals, Declarations, Initialization and Scoping, Flow Control, OO Concepts, API Contents, Concurrency, Collections / Generics.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3100 and MATH 1600 or 4600.
Decision theory, parameter estimation, supervision learning, nonparametric methods, clustering, unsupervised learning, introduction to image processing. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3100.
Problem representation, problem solving, game playing, knowledge representation, and predicate calculus, resolution and refutation, expert systems, robot problem solving, A.I. languages (LISP and/or PROLOG). Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3100 and MATH 1600 or 4600.
Simulation methodology, techniques of random number generation, discrete system simulation, simulation languages, model validation, and case studies. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2400.
Introduction to hardware concepts of digital computation: logical design, data representation, and transfer. Digital arithmetic, input-output facilities, system organization. Additional course fee. Credit not given for both CPTR 4400 and CPTR 303. IAI: CS 922.

Prerequisite: CPTR 1100 and consent of the instructor.
Database system architecture. Relational, hierarchical, network database models. Query languages and data definition languages. Security and system evaluation. Case studies. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 4600. Corequisite: CPTR 3100.
Relational data model. Normalization. SQL. Concurrent control. Query optimization. Emphasis in laboratory work, including system development using a software package. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3700.
Local area network topology. Protocols. Access media. Client/server. Network management and trouble-shooting. Novel network. TCP/IP. Open system. Emphasis in laboratory work. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3700.
Computer systems, network, and data security; formal definitions of security, privacy, and integrity; risk assessment and management; establishing security policies; securing the infrastructure; perimeter security components; encryption technology overview; coding, cryptography, and crypto-analysis; authentication methods and digital signatures; network security management tools; malicious software (e.g., viruses and logic bombs); audit and control methods; legal factors; databases and inference controls; security kernels and verification methods; internet/intranet firewalls. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3700.
Simple network management protocol; structure and identification of management information bases; managing interfaces; address translation; IP addresses; ICMP, TCP, and UDP management; gateway protocol management; reporting SNMP traffic; managing the Ethernet; token ring; FDDI; PPP; X.25 and the frame relay interface; bridge management. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3500.
The OSI model and TCP/IP protocol; TCP/IP architecture; IP addressing, subnetting, and routing. ARP and RARP address resolutions; Internet control message protocol; user datagram protocol; routing protocols; application layer and client-server model; domain name system; file transfer protocol; simple mail transfer protocol; telnet remote login; network security. Additional course fee.

Corequisite: CPTR 4700 or consent of instructor.
A comprehensive description of the concepts used in modern wireless and cellular systems. Wireless channel models, multi-access issues, such as FDMA/TDMA and CDMA with a brief view of GSM, digital transmission methods in wireless, receiver diversity, channel estimation and multi-user detection, and wideband communications. Methods to increase the data rate: antenna diversity and sectorization, adaptive equalization, multi-rate transmission and multi-amplitude phase modulation. Spread spectrum for digital cellular, personal communications and wireless LAN applications. Lab fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 3640 and CPTR 3700.
Installation and maintenance of web and database servers; configuration of web and database servers; software installation; application and database backups; security and access control. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100.
Project management fundamentals; software design and development; software life cycle; tools for verification and validation software; software metrics, project estimation, testing methods and strategies; walk-through and inspection; object-oriented software engineering. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: CPTR 2100.
An introduction to the system development life cycle. Emphasis on strategies and techniques of system planning, analysis form and file design, documentation, implementation and evaluation. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: To be determined by instructor and consent of the department.
Computer science topics of current interest. May be repeated for credit with a different topic for a maximum of 6 hours. Additional course fee.

Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in three 3000-level computer science courses, earned 80 semester hours toward the bachelor's degree and major in computer science, or consent of the department.
A student project or activity in a computer science environment outside the department where the techniques of computer science are applied in an essential way. Activity to be performed must be approved in advance by the department. A written final report is required. Additional course fee.