2019 - 2020 Catalog
Engineering Degrees

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Offered at Richland College in conjunction with the
University of Texas at Dallas

Degree Code: AS.UTD.COMP.SCI

Students who complete this degree with no grade below that of "C" and who meet all admissions requirements at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will be accepted into the UTD's Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program. Students should follow this plan only if they wish to transfer to UTD in Computer Science. Students wishing to transfer to another university should not assume this entire plan will transfer.

In order to be eligible to receive this AS degree in Computer Science, a student must:

1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours indicated in this degree plan;
2. Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
3. Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C")
   
4. Give permission to DCCCD and UTD to share transcript data in order to evaluate degree program progress and assist in degree completion requirements and reporting;
5. Meet all Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements and course prerequisites; and
6. Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction by the college awarding the degree.

This degree does not include all Core Curriculum course requirements. Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.

Students completing this degree must submit to UTD a completed Texas Common Application within 12 months of their anticipated enrollment at UTD.

This page includes Coordinating Board (CB) Codes.

and

Select ONE of the following:
HIST 1302, 2301, 2328, 2381

Select EACH of the following:
COSC 1436 Programming Fundamentals I
COSC 1437 Programming Fundamentals II
COSC 2436 Programming Fundamentals III
ENGR 2105 Electrical Circuits I Laboratory
MATH 2305 Discrete Mathematics
MATH 2414 Calculus II
MATH 2418 Linear Algebra

Select the following:
ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering

Students must take both ENGR 1201 and 2105 to receive credit for the UTD ECS 1200 and CE 1202. In addition, student will be required to make up one additional credit hour in major upper level courses.