Freshman year

Sophomore year

Junior year

Senior year

Notes

A grade of C or better is required for all graded courses listed by specific course number above.

All students new to the CS department must complete CIS 015.

Math/Science electives must have departmental approval.

Humanities/social science electives must be taken from the list approved by the College of Engineering.

*Communications Elective Credits: (3) The Communications Elective must be chosen from:

• COMM 322 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3
• COMM 323 - Nonverbal Communication Credits: 3
• COMM 326 - Small Group Discussion Methods Credits: 3
• MANGT 420 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
• THTRE 261 - Fundamentals of Acting Credits: 3
• THTRE 265 - Fundamentals of Improvisation I, II Credits: 3

Technical electives must be comprised of the following:

• C or better in either CIS 520-Operating Systems I, CIS 525-Introduction to Network Programming, or CIS 625-Concurrent Software Systems.

• A capstone experience consisting of a C or better in either CIS 598-Computer Science Project or the two-semester course consisting of CIS 642-Software Engineering Project I and CIS 643-Software Engineering Project II.
• Additional 500-level or higher CIS courses or other approved computing-related courses to bring the total number of technical elective credits to 12.

Entrepreneurship Option:

• For this option, the 12 credits of technical electives must be compromised of the following:

• C or better in either  CIS 520 - Operating Systems I Credits: 3

• or

• CIS 625 - Concurrent Software Systems Credits: 3
• C or better in  CIS 596 - Entrepreneurial Computer Science Project Credits: 3
• ENTRP 340 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship Credits: 3

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  In addition, the unrestricted electives must be satisfied by 9 credits taken from the following:

• ENTRP 350 - Technology and Innovation Management Credits: 3
• ENTRP 411 - Intrapreneurship Credits: 3
• ENTRP 435 - Entrepreneurial Experience Credits: 3
• ENTRP 466 - Digital Business Credits: 3
• ENTRP 497 - Topics in Entrepreneurship Credits: 1-3
• ENTRP 520 - Social Entrepreneurship Credits: 3
• ENTRP 540 - Entrepreneurial Consulting Credits: 3
• ENTRP 575 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation Capstone Credits: 3 (to be taken the semester immediately following CIS 596)
• FINAN 561 - Finance for Entrepreneurs Credits: 3
• MANGT 430 - Business Law I Credits: 3
• MANGT 520 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
• MANGT 531 - Human Resources Management Credits: 3

Cybersecurity Option

• For this option, the 12 credits of technical electives must be comprised of the following:

• C or better in:  CIS 525 - Introduction to Network Programming Credits: 3
• C or better in:  CIS 599 - Cybersecurity Project Credits: 3
• CIS 551 - Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security Credits: 3
• CIS 553 - Fundamentals of Cryptography Credits: 3

• In addition, 6 of the 15 hours of Humanities and Social Science electives must be:

• SOCIO 211 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
• SOCIO 550 - Technocrime, Security, and Society Credits: 3

• Finally, the unrestricted electives must include one of the following:

• CIS 655 - Security and Reliability of Computing Systems Credits: 3
• CIS 755 - Systems Security Credits: 3

NOTE: K-State 8 General Education Requirements

For additional information about the University General Education program, check the requirements specified by the College of Engineering.

Total hours required for graduation (120 credit hours)