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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Computational Technology B.S.

Location(s): Frederick


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Program Director:  Melanie Butler  
Email: mbutler@msmary.edu

 

A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Science in Computational Technology, Continuing Education.  This program is a fully online degree program. It is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to acquire the most in-demand skills in mathematics, computer science, and data science. In addition, with a thorough foundation in multiple disciplines, graduates will be well-suited to work in a variety of fields that deal with multidisciplinary issues and methods. The goal of this program is to both train and graduate students who can apply a broad range of skills to in-demand careers that require a variety of technical computational skills.

Core Requirements


40 Credits:

Mount Seminar (3 credits)


Complete the Mount Seminar.

College Writing Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete 3 credits from among the following courses:

Core Humanities Requirements (12 Credits)


Complete 12 total credits and each of the subcategories in the Core Humanities Group

  • ​​Core Arts, Lang, Lit Requirement (3 credits).  Choose one of the following: 
    • BUS 260 Business Communication (3)  
    • ENGL XXX English Course (3)
    • FAAR XXX Fine Arts: Visual Arts (3)
    • FAMU XXX Fine Arts: Music (3)
    • FATH XXX Fine Arts: Theater
    • Foreign Language
  • ​​Core History Requirement (3 credits).  Choose one of the following:
  • Core Global/Non-West Encounters Requirement (3 credits)
    • XXGE 3XX Global Encounters Requirement
    • XXNW 3XX Non West 
      • Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Theology.
  • Additional Humanities Course (3 Credits)
    • Students must complete one additional humanities course from any of the above categories in order to reach 12 total credit hours.  Some courses may double count between the above categories, but students must reach 12 total in order to complete the requirement.

Social Science Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete three credits of Social Science

  • CJUST XXX Criminal Justice Course (3)
  • ECON XXX  Economics Course (3)
  • HSRV XXX  Human Services Course (3)
  • PSCI XXX    Political Science Course (3)
  • PSYCHXXX Psychology Course (3)
  • SOCXXX      Sociology Course (3)

Lab Science (4 Credits)


Students must complete one laboratory science.

  • GNSCI XXX
  • BIOL XXX
  • CHEM XXX
  • PHYS XXX

Mathematics Requirement (3 Credits)


Complete three credits in Mathematics:

Faith and Wisdom Requirements (12 Credits)


Complete each of the subcategories below:

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