ANNOUNCING A NEW UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
A DUAL BS DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE (ICS) WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AT ULM, GERMANY
The Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology is pleased to announce the launch of a dual BS-degree program in International
Computer Science with the University of Applied Sciences at Hochschule Ulm, Germany. This
four-year program leads to two BS degrees – one from Rose-Hulman and one from Hochschule
Ulm.
Students at Rose-Hulman will spend their first two years of study on the Rose-Hulman campus.
For their third year, the students will be in Ulm, Germany, meeting their peers from Ulm and
taking classes together (in English) as a cohort. For their fourth year, both the Rose-Hulman and
the Ulm students will be on the Rose-Hulman campus.
For Rose-Hulman students, the ICS curriculum is the same as the regular CS curriculum with a few
“tweaks”:
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Students are required to take GE 111, GE 112, and GE 113 (German I, II, III); these count
as three of the seven required HSS electives.
Students must do Senior Thesis (CSSE 494-495-496) as their capstone experience.
Students need to have an internship during the summer after their sophomore year.
Suggested terms in which some courses are taken are different (see next page).
Rising sophomores for the 2014-2015 year may switch into ICS as long as they have already taken
German or sign up for German I in the fall. For more information please contact Dr. Cary Laxer,
head of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, via e-mail (laxer@rosehulman.edu) or phone (812-877-8429).
Comparison of Traditional CS and International CS Curricula
Traditional CS Curriculum
Freshman Year
Fall Term
CSSE
MA
PH
RH
CLSK
120
111
111
131
100
Credit
Intro to Software Development ............ 4
Calculus I ................................................ 5
Physics I .................................................. 4
Rhetoric and Composition ..................... 4
College and Life Skills ........................... 1
18
Winter Term
CSSE 220 Object-Oriented Software Development 4
MA 112 Calculus II ............................................... 5
PH 112 Physics II ................................................. 4
HSS
Elective.................................................. 4
17
Spring Term
CSSE 132
MA 113
HSS
Science
Intro to Computer Systems ..................... 4
Calculus III .............................................. 5
Elective.................................................... 4
Elective.................................................. 4
17
Sophomore Year
Fall Term
Credit
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I ............................... 4
CSSE 232 Computer Architecture I ........................ 4
MA 212 Matrix Algebra and Systems of
Differential Equations .......................... 4
MA 275 Discrete and Combinatorial Algebra I ... 4
16
Winter Term
CSSE 230
CSSE 333
MA 375
HSS
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis . 4
Database Systems .................................. 4
Discrete and Combinatorial Algebra II .... 4
Elective.................................................. 4
16
Spring Term
CSSE 304 Programming Language Concepts ......... 4
ECE 332 Computer Architecture II ........................ 4
MA 381 Intro to Probability with
Statistical Applications ......................... 4
RH 330 Technical and Professional
Communication ................................. 4
16
International CS Curriculum
Freshman Year (at Rose-Hulman)
Fall Term
Credit
CSSE 120 Intro to Software Development ............ 4
MA
PH
RH
CLSK
111
111
131
100
Calculus I ................................................ 5
Physics I ................................................. 4
Rhetoric and Composition ..................... 4
College and Life Skills ............................ 1
18
Winter Term
CSSE 220 Object-Oriented Software Development 4
MA 112 Calculus II ............................................... 5
PH 112 Physics II ................................................ 4
HSS
Elective .................................................. 4
17
Spring Term
CSSE 132
MA 113
HSS
Science
Intro to Computer Systems .................... 4
Calculus III .............................................. 5
Elective ................................................... 4
Elective .................................................. 4
17
Sophomore Year (at Rose-Hulman)
Fall Term
Credit
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I ............................... 4
GE
111 German Language and Culture I ............ 4
MA 212 Matrix Algebra and Systems of
Differential Equations ......................... 4
MA 275 Discrete and Combinatorial Algebra I.... 4
16
Winter Term
CSSE 230 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis 4
GE 112 German Language and Culture II ............ 4
MA 375 Discrete and Combinatorial Algebra II.... 4
Tech
Elective ................................................. 4
16
Spring Term
CSSE 304 Programming Language Concepts ......... 4
GE 113 German Language and Culture III ........... 4
MA 381 Intro to Probability with
Statistical Applications ......................... 4
RH 330 Technical and Professional
Communication .................................. 4
16
Traditional CS Curriculum
Junior Year
Fall Term
Credit
CSSE 371 Software Requirements Engineering ...... 4
CSSE/ MA 473 Design and Analysis of Algorithms ..... 4
CSSE
Elective ................................................... 4
HSS
Elective ................................................. 4
16
Winter Term
CSSE 332 Operating Systems .................................. 4
CSSE 374 Software Design ...................................... 4
CSSE/ MA 474 Theory of Computation ...................... 4
HSS
Elective.................................................. 4
16
Spring Term
CSSE
Tech
Free
Free
Elective.................................................... 4
Elective.................................................... 4
Elective.................................................... 4
Elective ................................................. 4
16
Senior Year
Fall Term
Credit
CSSE 497 or CSSE 494 or CSSE 487
Sr Project/Thesis/Research Project I ....... 4
CSSE
Elective.................................................... 4
HSS
Elective.................................................... 4
Free
Elective.................................................. 4
16
Winter Term
CSSE 498 or CSSE 495 or CSSE 488
Sr Project/Thesis/Research Project II ...... 4
CSSE
Elective.................................................... 4
HSS
Elective.................................................... 4
Tech
Elective.................................................. 4
16
Spring Term
CSSE 499 or CSSE 496 or CSSE 489
Sr Project/Thesis/Research Project III ..... 4
Free
Elective.................................................... 4
Free
Elective.................................................. 4
12
Total credits required:.................................... 192
International CS Curriculum
Junior Year (at Ulm)
First semester
Credit
(Free elective) Elective course ................................... 4
(CSSE elective) Seminar .............................................. 4
(CSSE elective) Distributed Systems & IT-Security ...... 4
(CSSE elective) Real Time Systems .............................. 4
(CSSE 371)
Project Management & Integrated
Project I ........................................... 4
(HSS elective) Technical German............................. 4
24
Second semester
(CSSE 232)
(CSSE 332)
(CSSE 333)
(CSSE 374)
Computer Architecture ....................... 4
Operating Systems .............................. 4
Database Systems ............................... 4
Project Management & Integrated
Project II ............................................ 4
(CSSE elective) Computer Networks ........................... 4
(HSS elective) Humanities course ............................ 4
24
Senior Year (at Rose-Hulman)
Fall Term
ECE 332
CSSE 494
Free
Free
Credit
Computer Architecture II........................ 4
Senior Thesis I......................................... 4
Elective ................................................... 4
Elective .................................................. 4
16
Winter Term
CSSE/ MA 474 Theory of Computation..................... 4
CSSE 495 Senior Thesis II........................................ 4
Tech
Elective ................................................... 4
Free
Elective .................................................. 4
16
Spring Term
CSSE/ MA 473 Design and Analysis of Algorithms .... 4
CSSE 496 Senior Thesis III....................................... 4
Free
Elective .................................................. 4
12
Total credits required: ....................................192