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Undergraduate Advising
Each LSU student is expected to read and understand his/her General Catalog.
This site is intended to assist you in choosing a plan of study and is not a substitute for your General Catalog.
Once you are a student at LSU, your online degree audit will be a most valuable tool for viewing required courses,
allowable substitutions, and courses not available for degree credit. Also you are encouraged to see an advisor
within the department for one-on-one personal advising.
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Major in Computer Science |
The Department of Computer Science is in the College of Basic Sciences and a student must meet the admission
requirements before entering this college. Do familiarize yourself with the degree requirements of the
college found in your General Catalog
Check out these Important Degree Requirements for all Curriculum Years
• A communication studies (speech) course is required and must be from the General Education Humanities
list.
• Two science sequences are required. One sequence must be a biology sequence and the other a physical
science. The physical science sequence must be from a choice of Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry or Geology. Two
hours credit in lab work is required and the total lab credit must be associated with only one of the two
sequences. Science sequences in geography or physical science will NOT count toward your science requirements.
• The six hours chosen from English at the 2000+ level or HNRS at the 2000+ level must be chosen from
the General Education Humanities list.
• Approved electives are any course you would like to take - with a few exceptions. Sometimes these
courses are called "free electives" or referred to as "courses taken for elective credit". See your
General Catalog in the introduction section to the College of Basic Sciences, the section for the Department of
Computer Science and your degree audit for restrictions on your approved electives.
• A two-course sequence in a foreign language is required. A single foreign language must be
chosen. International students may satisfy the foreign language in other ways. Do see your
General Catalog in the introduction section of the College of Basic Sciences for further explanation
of the foreign language requirement.
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Concentrations and Semester by Semester Planning |
- 2007-2008 General Catalog
NOTE: A concentration should be selected in the middle of your second semester sophomore year.
- Computer Science and a Second Discipline Concentration
- Networking Concentration
See an advisor for approval of networking electives not on the pre-approved list.
- Software Engineering Concentration
See an advisor for approval of software engineering electives not on the pre-approved list.
- 2006-2007 General Catalog
NOTE: A concentration should be selected in the middle of your second semester sophomore year.
- Computer Science and a Second Discipline Concentration
- Networking Concentration
See an advisor for approval of networking electives not on the pre-approved list.
- Software Engineering Concentration
See an advisor for approval of software engineering electives not on the pre-approved list.
- 2004-2005, 2005-2006 General Catalogs
- 1993-1994 through 2003-2004 General Catalogs
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Enrollment in Two Degree Programs |
You must follow the requirements as specified in your
General Catalog for dual enrollment.
Often the content of courses in the two departments will overlap such as the departments of computer
science and electrical engineering.
For the catalog years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 a student enrolled as a major in Computer Science and in
another department is allowed at most 1 substitution from a department outside the Department of
Computer Science. For the catalog years 1993-2003 two substitutions are allowed.
You must get written permission from an advisor in the Department of Computer
Science and then the College of Basic Sciences must approve the substitution(s). The advisor must
determine if the computer science course content has been covered in the other department's course
sufficiently.
Also if a student has taken a course in another department similar to a required computer science course,
then another computer science course may be taken in its place with written permission obtained from an
advisor.
You are cautioned to read the catalog course descriptions because frequently credit will not be given for
two similar courses. You are encouraged to choose courses that do not duplicate content.
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Undergraduate Minor in Computer Science |
Students desiring a Minor in Computer Science must take the total hours required all from the Department
of Computer Science. No substitutions outside of the department will be allowed. There are exceptions
for Electrical and/or Electrical Computer Engineering majors and mathematics majors.
You are cautioned to read the catalog course descriptions because frequently credit will not be given for
2 similar courses. You are encouraged to select courses that do not duplicate content with courses taken
in another department. If you have received credit outside of the computer science department for a
course similar to a course that is required for the minor, then seek written permission from an
advisor to substitute another computer science course.
- Minor in Computer Science Flowchart General Catalogs 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
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Restricted Area |
Newer Computer Science catalogs allowing the concentration, Computer Science and a Second Discipline,
and older catalogs require a 15-hour restricted area or option. The fifteen hours comprise another
area of study of study excluding computer science. The Department of Computer Science does not require
an official university departmental minor but does encourage students to pursue that goal.
The courses should form a sequence meaning the content builds on previous courses, be from the same
department (there may be exceptions), and be challenging such as a major would take. At least two
3000-4000 level courses are suggested and the more high level courses the better. You must see an
advisor to obtain written approval of your plan of study for the
Restricted Area.
Click
here to obtain a copy of the Restricted Area Plan of Study Form.
If Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS) is chosen as the restricted area note the following:
• ISDS requires ISDS 1100 as a prerequisite to some courses and our CSC 1100 cannot be substituted
at this time for this course.
• Courses on the Restricted Area Plan of Study must be from ISDS 3100 and above.
• ISDS will allow IE 3302 to substitute as the statistics course ISDS 2000. For upper-level
ISDS courses requiring ISDS 2001, ISDS 2001 should be taken as the required prerequisite.
Note that the computer science department will not accept ISDS 2000 and ISDS 2001 as a substitute for
IE 3302. Do make sure that you avoid courses for which computer science students will not receive credit.
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Advising |
CS majors should have received an email indicating who your advisor is within the department. This faculty
member will be able to help you plan your schedule of classes for the semester.
You may also see Coretta Douglas (douglas@csc.lsu.edu) Room 295 Coates Hall for:
- help with your semester-by semester plan of study,
- for class enrollment overrides,
- for special permission of course substitutions,
- for departmental approval (signature) for your Restricted Area Plan of Study for the concentration,
Computer Science and a Second Discipline,
- for departmental approval of elective credits for the Networking and Software Engineering
concentrations not on the pre-approved list,
- evaluation of transfer credit,
- approval to take computer science credit tests .
Appointments are suggested but walk-ins are welcomed.
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