VCCS PROGRAM PLANNING: COMPUTER FOUNDATIONS - COMPUTER SCIENCE
Program planning for students admitted Fall Semester 2016 and after. Courses subject to change.
Bolded courses indicate specific major and departmental recommendations.
CNU Requirement
CNU Equivalent Course
VCCS Transfer Course(s)
I. Liberal Learning Foundations (21 hours minimum)
Foundation courses may NOT be used to satisfy the A of I requirement.
Second Language Literacy is a graduation requirement for all students.
Written Communication Literacy
ENGL 123 and ENGL 223
ENG 111 and ENG 112
(6 hours minimum)
ARAB 201
ARA 201
CHIN 201 or 202
CHI 201 or 202
FREN 201 or 202
FRE 201, 203 or 202, 204
Second Language Literacy
(200 level or higher)
GERM 201 or 202
GERM 201, 203 or 202, 204
(3 hours minimum)
ITAL 201 or 202
ITA 201 or 202
LATN 200 or 202
LAT 201 or 202
SPAN 201 or 202
SPA 201, 203 or 202, 204
MATH 115
MTH 180 or 181
MATH 123
MTH 151, 161, or 283
MATH 125
MTH 146, 157, 240, 241, or 242; or BUS 216, 220, 221, or 225
Mathematical Literacy
(6 hours minimum)
MATH 130
MTH 113, 114, 115, 116, 164, 166, or 172
MATH 135
MTH 270 or 271
MATH 140
MTH 173 or 273
COMM 239
CST 228; or SPD 228
AST 232; or BUS 226; or CIS 100, 110; or CSC 110, 155; or IST
CPSC 110
114, 117; or ITE 100, 115, 119, 120, or 215
Logical Reasoning
CPSC 150
CIS 176 or 237; or CSC 201
(3 hours minimum)
PHIL 101
PHI 115
PHIL 205
PHI 111 or 112
PHIL 207
BUS 265
Economic Modeling & Analysis
ECON 201 or ECON 202
ECO 201 or 202
(3 hours minimum)
II. Liberal Learning Areas of Inquiry (A of I) (19 hours minimum)
No more than one course in the discipline of the major may be presented to satisfy the A of I requirements.
No more than eight hours across the Areas of Inquiry may be taken from any single disciple to satisfy the A of I requirements.
PLS 135
Civil & Democratic Engagement (AIDE) GOVT 101
(3 hours minimum)
HIST 121
HIS 121
ENGL 250
ENG 211
FNAR 128
ART 291; or DRF 202
FNAR 201
ART 101, 105, or 201
FNAR 202
ART 102, 106, or 202
FNAR 241
ART 151 or 153
Creative Expressions (AICE)
MUSC 101
MUS 149
(3 hours minimum)
MUSC 102
MUS 148, 248, or 266
MUSC 105
MUS 138, 237, or 238
MUSC 114
MUS 125 or 249
THEA 210
CST 140, 141, or 231; SPD 141, 231, or 273
THEA 230
CST 131; or SPD 131
Recommended major courses are bolded.
10/2016
CNU Requirement
CNU Equivalent Course
ANTH 203
HIST 111
Global & Multicultural Perspectives
HIST 112
(AIGM)
PHIL 201
(3 hours minimum)
RSTD 211
RSTD 270
BIOL 107/109L
BIOL 108/109L
BIOL 112/109L
BIOL 113/109L
BIOL 115/109L
CHEM 103/103L
Investigating the Natural World
CHEM 104/104L
(AINW)
CHEM 121/121L
(7 hours minimum)
CHEM 122/122L
The seven hour minimum must include
PHYS 141/105L
two lecture courses and one
PHYS 142/105L
accompanying laboratory.
PHYS 144/105L
PHYS 151/151L *
PHYS 152/152L *
PHYS 201/201L *
PHYS 202/202L *
PSYC 201
CLST 201
HIST 122
Western Traditions (AIWT)
PHIL 202
(3 hours minimum)
RSTD 212
RSTD 232
CPEN 214
Other courses that earn transferable CPSC 125
major credit for this department
CPSC 150/150L
– for Bachelor of Science degree in
CPSC 250/250L
Computer Foundations: Computer
MATH 240
Science specifically
MATH 260 *
VCCS Transfer Course(s)
SOC 211
HIS 111
HIS 112
PHI 211 or 295
REL 230, 231, or 237
REL 233
BIO 102
BIO 101, 106, or 114
BIO 161
NAS 161, NAS 171; or BIO 140
ENV 195; or FOR 105, 115, or 265; or NAS 215, 216; or SCT 111
CHM 101 or 121
CHM 102 or 122
CHM 111 or 113
CHM 112 or 114
PHY 101 or 121
PHY 102 or 122
NAS 130
PHY 201
PHY 202
PHY 231 or 241
PHY 232 or 242
PSY 200 or 201
ENG 257; or HUM 259
HIS 122
PHI 212
REL 232 or 238
REL 246 or 247
CSC 205
CIS 126 or CSC 200
CSC 201
CSC 202
MTH 174 or 274
MTH 285
* See Undergraduate Catalog for specific details of the sequence
Recommended major courses are bolded.
10/2016