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Applied Computer Science Major (BS)

A total of 124 units are required to earn the Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science. Students must complete 88 units with technical courses, and 44 of those 88 units must be Upper Division.

Required Courses

ACS 1100Introduction to Programming (CS 1.0)

3.00 units
ACS 1111Object Oriented Programming (CS 1.11)

3.00 units
ACS 1120Introduction to Data Structures (CS 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 1700Web Foundations (WEB 1.0)

3.00 units
ACS 1710Web Architecture (WEB 1.1)

3.00 units
ACS 1910Introduction to Product Development (SPD 1.1)

3.00 units
ACS 1920Agile Development & UX/UI (SPD 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 2910Fall Intensive 1 (INT 1.1)

1.00 unit
ACS 2911Winter Intensive 1 (INT 1.2)

1.00 unit
ACS 2912Spring Intensive 1 (INT 1.3)

2.00 units
ACS 2930Team Software Project (SPD 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 2941Engineering Careers: Communication & Interviewing (SPD 1.41)

3.00 units
ACS 2951Engineering Careers: Management & Leadership (SPD 1.5)

3.00 units
ACS 3910Industry Collaboration Project: Client Work (SPD 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3920Industry Collaboration Project: Analytics & Growth (SPD 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 4910Fall Intensive 2 (INT 2.1)

1.00 unit
ACS 4911Winter Intensive 2 (INT 2.2)

1.00 unit
ACS 4912Spring Intensive 2 (INT 2.3)

2.00 units
ACS 4931Testing & Architecture (SPD 2.31)

3.00 units
ACS 4941Onboarding Into Companies (SPD 2.41)

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:50

*Students must register for SPD and INT courses every term they are actively enrolled (this does not include students on Leave of Absence or registered in Supervised Work Experience internship)

 

Internship

ACS 4996Supervised Work Experience (SWE 2.1)

10.00- 12.00 units
or
Upper Division Technical Elective

3.00 units
Upper Division Technical Elective

3.00 units
Upper Division Technical Elective

3.00 units
Upper Division Technical Elective

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:10-12

 

 

Upper Division Electives:

If a student is declaring a concentration, select 12 units that are outside of the declared concentration (18 units). Select additional courses so that the units in the Applied Computer Science major are 88.
 
Note: Many upper division electives have concentration specific prerequisites. Students not choosing a concentration should carefully consider course prerequisites.
ACS 3110Advanced Trees & Sorting Algorithms (CS 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3120Advanced Recursion & Graphs (CS 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3210Advanced Back End Web Patterns (BEW 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3220DevOps, Deployment & Containers (BEW 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3230Introduction to Web Security (BEW 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3240Decentralized Apps & Distributed Protocols (BEW 2.4)

3.00 units
ACS 3310Writing JavaScript Libraries (FEW 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3320Web Design & Advanced CSS (FEW 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3330Single Page Web Applications (FEW 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3340Native Development with JavaScript (FEW 2.4)

3.00 units
ACS 3410Local Persistence in iOS (MOB 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 34202D Mobile Game Development (MOB 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3430iOS Concurrency & Parallelism (MOB 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3510Machine Learning (DS 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3520Deep Learning (DS 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3530Data Science in Production (DS 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3970Entrepreneurship (ENT 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3990Technical Interviewing (SEM 2.2)

1.00 unit
ACS 4210Patterns & Practices in Strongly Typed Languages (BEW 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4290Back End Web Technical Seminar (BEW 2.9)

3.00 units
ACS 4310Data Visualization & Web Graphics (FEW 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4320Managing Application State (FEW 2.6)

3.00 units
ACS 4330Front End Query Languages

3.00 units
ACS 4390Front End Web Technical Seminar (FEW 2.9)

3.00 units
ACS 4410Advanced Architectural Patterns in iOS (MOB 2.4)

3.00 units
ACS 4490Mobile Technical Seminar (MOB 2.9)

3.00 units
ACS 4511Core Applications of Artificial Intelligence (DS 2.41)

3.00 units
ACS 4520Natural Language Processing (DS 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4590Data Science Technical Seminar (DS 2.9)

3.00 units
ACS 4951Product Management

3.00 units
ACS 4991Supervised Intensive Study (SUP 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 4992Supervised Intensive Project (SUP 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 4995Part-Time Supervised Work Experience

3.00 units
ACS 4999OL: Independent Study

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:30

Total Credit Hours: 88

Concentrations:

Front End Concentration

Select a minimum of 18 units (9 upper division) from the following courses.
ACS 1320JavaScript Foundations (FEW 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 2330Responsive Web Design (FEW 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3310Writing JavaScript Libraries (FEW 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3320Web Design & Advanced CSS (FEW 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3330Single Page Web Applications (FEW 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3340Native Development with JavaScript (FEW 2.4)

3.00 units
ACS 4310Data Visualization & Web Graphics (FEW 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4320Managing Application State (FEW 2.6)

3.00 units
ACS 4390Front End Web Technical Seminar (FEW 2.9)

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:18

Back End Concentration

Select a minimum of 18 units (9 upper division) from the following courses.
ACS 1220Authentication, Authorization & Advanced Queries (BEW 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 2230Server-Side Architecture & Frameworks (BEW 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3210Advanced Back End Web Patterns (BEW 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3220DevOps, Deployment & Containers (BEW 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3230Introduction to Web Security (BEW 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 3240Decentralized Apps & Distributed Protocols (BEW 2.4)

3.00 units
ACS 4210Patterns & Practices in Strongly Typed Languages (BEW 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4290Back End Web Technical Seminar (BEW 2.9)

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:18

Data Science Concentration

Select a minimum of 18 units (12 upper division) from the following courses.
ACS 2500Data Exploration and Visualization (DS 1.0)

3.00 units
ACS 2511Introduction to Data Science Workflow (DS 1.11)

3.00 units
ACS 3510Machine Learning (DS 2.1)

3.00 units
ACS 3520Deep Learning (DS 2.2)

3.00 units
ACS 3530Data Science in Production (DS 2.3)

3.00 units
ACS 4511Core Applications of Artificial Intelligence (DS 2.41)

3.00 units
ACS 4520Natural Language Processing (DS 2.5)

3.00 units
ACS 4590Data Science Technical Seminar (DS 2.9)

3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:18

Additional Courses:

Note: Many Upper Division Electives have Lower Division prerequisites listed here and can also be counted towards the technical electives requirements.

ACS 1220Authentication, Authorization & Advanced Queries (BEW 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 1320JavaScript Foundations (FEW 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 1410Introduction to Swift (MOB 1.1)

3.00 units
ACS 1970Contracting (ENT 1.1)

3.00 units
ACS 2130Core Data Structures & Algorithms (CS 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 2230Server-Side Architecture & Frameworks (BEW 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 2330Responsive Web Design (FEW 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 2420Introduction to iOS Development in Swift (MOB 1.2)

3.00 units
ACS 2430Dynamic iOS Applications (MOB 1.3)

3.00 units
ACS 2500Data Exploration and Visualization (DS 1.0)

3.00 units
ACS 2511Introduction to Data Science Workflow (DS 1.11)

3.00 units
ACS 2520SQL & Relational Databases

3.00 units