1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

The computer science major is intended to expose students to the following areasof the discipline: mathematical procedures, programming languages, systems programming,and software engineering. After taking an upper-division course in each ofthese areas, students are required to take additional advanced courses in areas ofinterest to them.Normally, students are first admitted to the pre-computer science program ofstudy. After meeting the requirements, the student then moves into the computerscience program. This transition into the computer science program normally takesplace at the end of the sophomore year.Admission RequirementsComputer Science Program of StudyGeneral requirements for admission to the pre-computer science program of studyare that all prospective students must qualify for admission to WVU and to the Collegeof Arts and Sciences and present secondary school credit for two units of algebra, oneunit of geometry, and a half unit of trigonometry or advanced mathematics or one unitof chemistry or physics.Additional Admission Requirements: Applicants must take either the StandardACT test or the SAT test. Automatic admission to pre-computer science is granted ifany two of the three requirements shown below are met:• A 3.0 grade-point average in high school;• A math ACT score of 22, or math SAT score of 467;• A composite ACT score of 22, or combined SAT score of 920.Applicants not satisfying these admission requirements may gain admission topre-computer science as transfer students as described below.Transfer Students: Students wishing to transfer into pre-computer science orcomputer science must satisfy WVU and Arts and Sciences admission requirementsand must petition the Department of Statistics and Computer Science for admission.Petitions should be addressed to the Computer Science Academic Standards Committeewith a transcript of all college level course work attempted and an indication ofwhen the student wants to transfer to Computer Science (May or August). Petitions areevaluated about April 1 for May admission and about July 15 for August admission.Transfer students are expected to meet the following:• A grade-point average of at least 3.0 in all college-level work attempted; and• Grades as listed in the next catalog section under "Computer Science DegreeProgram" for any of C.S. 1 5, C.S. 1 6, C.S. 26, C.S. 56, C.S. 76, Math 1 5, and/or Math16 which have been attempted.The number of transfer students accepted into the department is governed by theenrollment capacities of the degree programs. First admission priority is given to thosestudents currently matriculated at WVU; second priority, to students enrolled incomputer science curricula at external colleges and universities; third priority, tostudents enrolled in other degree programs at external colleges and universities.Within the last two priorities, preferential admission is in the following order: WestVirginia residents, U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and international students.Computer Science Degree ProgramTo be admitted to the Bachelor of Science degree program with a major incomputer science, students must earn these minimum grades:1. A minimum of a"C" in C.S. 15 before enrolling in C.S. 16.2. A minimum of a"C" in C.S. 16 and at least one "B" in either C.S. 15 or C.S. 16before enrolling in any of C. S. 26, C.S. 56 or C.S. 76.3. A minimum of a"C" in C.S. 26, C.S. 56 and C.S. 76 and at least one "B"in one of these courses.4. A minimum of a "C" in Math. 15, Math. 16, and Stat.201 . Students are permittedto repeat only one course in the C.S. 15 and C.S. 16 sequence and only one course inComputer Science 103