The Bachelor of Technology in computer science at Charleston Southern University is a full four-year degree combining a liberal arts education with a cognate of mostly junior/senior professional courses that prepare the individual to enter the job market at the bachelor degree level. It is designed for persons holding an associate degree in an approved technical field and can be completed online. Because courses transferred in from the associate degree are diverse, each individual’s degree is custom built considering the transferred coursework and the individual’s goals.

• Successful applicants must have an accredited associate degree in approved areas (e.g., computer technology, telecommunications management or engineering technology).
• Applicants must also have completed at least one face-to-face programming course (Visual Basic or C++ preferred), and at least a college level course in Intermediate Algebra or have placed into the CSU Math 111 College Algebra course.
• Each student must take the liberal arts core and at least 18 hours in the cognate (15 hours of which must be at the 300 level or above).
• The student must attain at least 125 hours to graduate.

17 – 24 months

125

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Within three to five years after graduation, graduates of the Bachelor of Science in computer science program at CSU are expected to achieve the following:

• Apply their knowledge and skills to succeed in a computer science-related career and/or obtain an advanced degree.
• Exhibit effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Practice their profession ethically and recognize societal and global needs from a Christian worldview perspective.
• Pursue lifelong learning, leading and serving to include participation in professional organizations.

Graduates of all programs will have an ability to:

1. Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.

Additionally, for the Bachelor of Science in CS degree:
Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.

Enrolled
2024-25: 44
2023-24: 59
2022-23: 63
2021-22: 49
2020-21: 66
2019-20: 61
2018-19: 75
2017-18: 73
2016-17: 65
2015-16: 58
2014-15: 50

Graduates
2023-24:  8
2022-23:  7
2021-22: 14
2020-21:  8
2019-20: 10
2018-19:  8
2017-18:  3
2016-17:  6
2015-16:  6
2014-15:  9