Diagram of Courses and Prerequisites

The CSB Program is offered jointly by the College of Business and Economics (CBE) and the department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). Unlike other programs where students have a dominant college, the CSB program is so balanced that the students are simultaneously in both the College of Business and Economics and the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science (RCEAS). The CSB program integrates computing technologies and business topics at an unprecedented level, providing the skills and training needed to understand business functions and business related problems, to analyze business-user information needs, to design computer based information systems, and to implement systems solutions within business organizations. Graduates of the program are ideal candidates for placement within large consulting firms, small consulting teams, and startup companies. This program will also lay the foundation for students who will eventually become the CIO's, decision makers, and general managers of information age corporations. But it is not just a preparation for a career in business computing, it is a full fledged technological CS degree. It also prepares students to enter graduate school in CS or to begin pure CS careers such as software development, but providing them with a business background that gives them a significant edge. This degree is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone (410) 347-7700. 

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REQUIRMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

Total required credit hours: 136

Required Computer Science courses (39-40 credit hours):

     CSE 15 Introduction to Computer Science (4) 

      CSE 17 Structured Programming and Data Structures (3) 

      CSE 33 Introduction to Computer Engineering (4)

      CSE 109 Systems Programming (4)

      CSE 201 Computer Architecture (3)

      CSE 216 Software Engineering (3)  

      CSE 241 Data Base Systems (3) 

      CSE 261 Discrete Structures (3)  

      CSE 262 Programming Languages (3) 

      CSE 303 Operating System Design (3)  

      CSE 340 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3)  

One 300-level course drawn from the list at www.cse.lehigh.edu/CSBCHOICE.

Required Business courses (34 credit hours):

BUS 1 Introduction to Business I (3)

ACCT 151 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)

ACCT 152 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3)

ECO 1 Principles of Economics (4)

ECO 129 Money and Banking (3)

ECO 146  Applied Microeconomics (3)

FIN 125 Business Finance (3)

   LAW 201 Legal Environment for Business (3)

MGT 186 Supply Chain Operations Management (3)

MGT 301 Business Management Policies (3)

MKT 111 Principles of Marketing (3)

Required Math and Science courses (23 credit hours):

MATH 21  Calculus I (4)

MATH 22 Calculus II (4)

MATH 205 Linear Methods (3)

MATH 231 Probability & Statistics (3)  OR     

ECO 45  Statistical Methods (3)

Twelve credits of Natural Sciences, such that one course has an attached laboratory and such that two courses are in a laboratory science with the first course prerequisite to the second course.  Suggested sequences can be found at www.cse.lehigh.edu/SCISEQ.

Required CSB courses (9 credit hours):

CSB 311 Computer Applications in Business (3)

   CSB 312 Design of Integrated Business Applications  I (3)

CSB 313 Design of Integrated Business Applications II (3)

Require CSB electives (9 credit hours):

Nine hours of courses approved by the CSB advisor.  See CSB Tracks for suggestion on how to fulfill this requirement.

Humanities and Social Science (HSS) requirements (18 credit hours):

ENGL 1 Composition and Literature (3)

ENGL 2 Composition and Literature II (3)

CSE 252 Computers, Internet and Society (3)

      An additional 6 credit hours in the humanities (HU).

      An additional 3 credit hours in the social sciences (SS).

The student has some flexibility in choosing the sequence of courses, because many of the courses are offered every semester.  For a list of all CSE courses and when they are offered, and for suggested sequences of courses to satisfy the degree requirements, see  www.cse.lehigh.edu/WHEN.