The School of Computer Science provides a broad and flexible undergraduate curriculum. In addition to the general university requirements in the humanities and sciences, computer science students take eleven courses covering the fundamentals of the discipline, eleven courses in mathematics; chemistry and physics; beginning with calculus, and three electives chosen from computer science courses offered at the senior level.

During their senior year, students are required to complete a major design project as part of two courses in software engineering. Students will have opportunities to pursue their education beyond the classroom environment. For example, each year the school fields a team to the regional programming contest sponsored by ACM. When the team wins the contest, as it did in 1993, it travels to the international contest to compete with the best teams in the world.

Students have the opportunity to develop and practice oral and written communications skills in required elective and computer science classes.  Many required computer science classes include the social context of computing and professional ethics topics.

A total of 120 credit hours is required for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree, with a grade point average of 2.00 in OU coursework, major coursework, and overall coursework.

The BS degree program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET