The Computer Science undergraduate program at the University of New Mexico provides students with a well rounded general education and a broad set of skills and knowledge in the basic areas of computer programming and computer science.
The program allows for computer science electives and requires a minor field of study; these allow students to customize their education in Computer Science and its applications in a direction suited to students' individual goals. Alternatively they may elect to direct their studies toward a particular application area such as business, linguistics, mathematics, or the sciences.
UNM Computer Science students can work with faculty on research in areas including cyber-security, computational biology, visual computing and physical interaction.
The program of this department is intended to provide students with a well-rounded general education and a broad set of skills and knowledge in the basic areas of computer programming and computer science.
The following expected Student Outcomes apply to the department Objectives. Each course is regularly assessed by using an appropriate subset of the Outcomes to determine how well Objectives are supported by the course, and each course is revised if necessary.
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English - 4 units with at least 1 composition course in the 11th or 12th grade.
Mathematics - 4 units: Typically college preparatory courses at the Algebra I content/skill level and higher.
Social Science - 3 units: one unit should be U.S. History, other courses might include additional history courses, sociology and psychology.
Physical Science - 3 units: two courses should be laboratory science such as Biology, Chemistry or Physics. Other courses might include Earth Science, Geology, Physical Science, anatomy, and astronomy.
Foreign Language - 2 units of a single language other than English or demonstrated proficiency equal to a typical second level course.
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