Advising Help

The following are to assist with advising. They may or may not be completely accurate. If you find an error, please report it to dbennett@pennwest.edu.

• An interactive prerequisite graph.
• PennWest Edinboro's Planned Rotation
• Advising Sheets
  • Applied Computing
  • Applied Computing Game
  • Computer Science

Registration Dates for Spring 25

• October 28: Doctoral and Graduate students, and students with Priority*
• October 30: Senior standing (90+ earned hours)
• November 1: Junior standing (60-89 earned hours)
• November 4: Sophomore standing (30-59 earned hours)
• November 6: Freshman (0-29 earned hours)

NOTICES

• Fall 2024
  • CMIS 3000 is being offered on-line
  • PHIL 3000 is being offered on-line
  • ECSC 325 Web Server will eventually be added to the schedule.
  • ESSC 377 Secure Software (Rust Programming) will be added to the schedule.
  • There is general agreement that ENGL 3440, Dramatic Writing, would be acceptable for Legacy Game students to substitute for ENGL 441, 444 or 445. I will write an exception for my advises.

Computer Science

• You nearly qualify for a minor in mathematics. Please check out Minor in Mathematics".
  • The current requirements are :
    • Math 2410, Calc I, Required for CS
    • Math 2420, Calc II, Required for CS
    • Math 1510, Discrete, Required for CS
    • 7 Additional hours in Mathematics/Stat, 3000 or above
      • Math 3210, Linear Algebra, Required for CS
      • 4 credits in math elective.
• You need to take a two courses in lab based science. The first year, the choices were limited, the current list has been expanded to include:
  • ATMS 1100
  • BIOL 2810 and BIOL 2811, BOTH CLASSES
  • BIOL 3810 and BIOL 3811, BOTH CLASSES
  • CHEM 1108
  • CHEM 1128
  • GEOL 1500
  • PHYS 2500 and PHYS 2510, BOTH CLASSES
  • PHYS 2600 and PHYS 2610, BOTH CLASSES
  For people in the first version of the degree, I will process curriculum adjustment forms to include these classes if you wish.

Legacy Cyber Security

We plan to offer the following classes:

• CSCI 311: Will be on the Spring 2025 schedule
• CSCI 325: Spring 2025
• CSCI 377: Spring 2025
• CSCI 425: Fall 2025
• CSCI 419: Take CMSC 2450
• CSCI 477: Take CMSC 3550
• CSCI 487: Take CMSC 4640

Other Legacy

• Generally if a class is named, we will sub, IE CSCI 330 use CM*C 3040

MS Opportunities at PennWest

PennWest offers a Professional Masters in Cybersecurity. As an undergraduate you can enroll in this and take some courses that count for both. If you are interested, please discuss this with your advisor.

This is also available in the Data Science and Analytics MS

In order to apply to the accelerated program, students must have at least junior standing. If they apply and are accepted, they are then able to enroll in up to 4 master's courses, while still an undergraduate. These courses will count towards both their undergraduate and graduate degree, but they only pay undergraduate tuition for the courses.

If a student is unsure if they actually want to pursue the graduate degree, they can still apply for the accelerated program and simply choose not to finish it upon graduation of their undergraduate degree. They may even end up getting a job where the employer will pay for them to complete the degree.