Computer Science Minors

Course selections are tailored to the student’s needs in consultation with departmental advisors.

Clinical Applications (Health Informatics)

NURS 3213Business Analysis of Health-Generated Data3
NURS 3223Internet Resources for Health Promotion3
NURS 4113Applications and Devices for Health Promotion3
NURS 4213Interface Design in Health Informatics3
NURS 4313Telecommunications/Networking for Remote Management3
NURS 4723Applied Statistics in Healthcare Informatics3
Total SCHs18

Community Informatics

CSCI 4623Big Data and High Performance Computing3
CSCI 4823Principles of Data Mining3
LS 3153Knowledge Economy3
Any Community Informatics related courses approved by advisor9
Total SCHs18

Computer Science

The minor requires 18 semester credit hours of coursework, some of which may have prerequisites.

CSCI 2493Programming Fundamentals II3
CSCI 3053Data Structures3
CSCI 3423Database Management3
CSCI 4313Networking and Data Communication3
Select two of the following6
Interface Design and Development
Advanced Modeling and Visualization
Machine Learning
Principles of Data Mining
Total SCHs18

A departmental computer science faculty advisor must approve the minor program.

Cybersecurity

The minor in Cybersecurity prepares students with basics in cybersecurity field. The minor requires 18 semester credit hours of coursework.

CSCI 2513Information Security and Ethics3
CSCI 3423Database Management3
CSCI 4313Networking and Data Communication3
Electives
Select three of the following9
Fundamentals of Cryptography
Digital Forensics
Ethical Hacking and Systems Defense
Digital Trust and Privacy
Total SCHs18

A departmental computer science faculty advisor must approve the minor program.

Data Science

The minor in Data Science, concerned with the extraction of knowledge from data, employs techniques and theories drawn from many fields within the broad areas of mathematics, statistics, computer science, and information technology. The minor requires 18 semester credit hours of coursework, some of which may have prerequisites.

CSCI 3113Fundamentals of SAS Programming3
CSCI 3423Database Management3
CSCI 3603Foundations of Data Science3
CSCI 4303Advanced Modeling and Visualization3
CSCI 4623/5673Big Data and High Performance Computing (graduate course required for accelerated track students)3
CSCI 4823Principles of Data Mining3
Total SCHs18

A departmental computer science faculty advisor must approve the minor program.

Environmental Science Minor

The Minor in Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary minor offered through the School of the Sciences. It will expose students from diverse majors to multiple scientific disciplines, including technology and communication, to enable them to incorporate an environmental perspective into their major disciplines.  The minor requires 21-24 semester credit hours.

ENVS 1213Introduction to Environmental Science3
SCI 2113Earth Science: Global Perspectives3
POLS 4813Seminar in Public Policy3
MATH 1703Elementary Statistics I3
Choose one of the following3-4
Ecology
and Ecology Laboratory
Community Conversation in Sustainability
Water in a Changing Environment
Climate Change: A Human Perspective
Choose 2 of the following6-8
Principles of Biology I
and Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Plant Biology
and Plant Biology Laboratory
Ecology
and Ecology Laboratory
Scientific Communication
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry Laboratory I
Environmental Chemistry I
and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory I
Software Systems Design and Tools
Geographic Information Systems
Technical Writing
Elementary Statistics II
Community Conversation in Sustainability
Water in a Changing Environment
Climate Change: A Human Perspective
Total SCHs21-24