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CS Requirements 2012-13

Major: Computer Science (CS)
College of Letters and Science
Degree: Bachelor of Science

PREPARATORY SUBJECT MATTER UNITS
MAT 21A, B, C Calculus 4-4-4
MAT 22A or MAT 67 Linear Algebra 3-4
STA 32 Statistical Analysis 3
ECS 20 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science 4
ECS 30 Programming and Problem Solving 4
ECS 40 Software Development 4
ECS 50 or
EEC 70
Computer Organization and Machine-Dependent Programming
Computer Structure and Assembly Language
4
ECS 60 Data Structures and Programming 4
One series from the following four:
CHE 2 A, B, C General Chemistry 5-5-5
CHE 2 A, B and
BIS 2A
General Chemistry
Introductory Biology
5-5
4
CHE 2 AH, BH, CH General Chemistry 5-5-5
PHY 9A, B, C
MAT 21D
Classical Physics and
Vector Analysis
5-5-5
4
TOTAL PREPARATORY UNITS 52-58

COMPUTER SCIENCE CORE UNITS
ECS 120* or
122B*
Introduction to Theory of Computation
Algorithm Design and Analysis
4
ECS 122A Algorithm Design and Analysis 4
ECS 140A Programming Languages 4
ECS 150 Operating Systems and System Programming 4
ECS 154A Computer Architecture 4
TOTAL COMPUTER SCIENCE CORE UNITS 20
* Completion of only 120 or 122B will satisfy the core requirement, but not a computer science elective simultaneously.

COMPUTER SCIENCE ELECTIVES UNITS
Minimum of seven courses including at least one mathematics or statistics course from:
ECS 120* Introduction to the Theory of Computation 4
ECS 122B* Algorithm Design and Analysis 4
ECS 124 Theory and Practice of Bioinformatics 4
ECS 129 Computational Structural Bioinformatics 4
ECS 130 Scientific Computation 4
ECS 132 Probability and Statistical Modeling 4
ECS 140B Programming Languages 4
ECS 142 Compilers 4
ECS 145 Scripting Languages 4
ECS 152A Computer Networks 4
ECS 152B Computer Networks 4
ECS 152C Design Projects Communication Networks 4
ECS 153 Introduction to Computer Security 4
ECS 154B Computer Architecture 4
ECS 156 Discrete Event Simulation 4
ECS 158 Programming on Parallel Architectures 4
ECS 160 Introduction to Software Engineering 4
ECS 163 User/Computer Interfaces 4
ECS 165A Database Systems 4
ECS 165B Database Systems 4
ECS 170 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 4
ECS 173 Image Processing and Analysis 4
ECS 175 Computer Graphics 4
ECS 177 Introduction to Visualization 4
ECS 178 Introduction to Geometric Modeling 4
ECS 188 Ethics in an Age of Technology 4
ECS 189 Special Topics in Computer Science 1-4
ECS 192 or 199 Internship/Special Study
(3 units from one course (192 or 199); Dept. approval)
3
ECS 193 A & B Senior Design Course 2, 2
EEC 180A Digital Systems I 5
EEC 180B Digital Systems II 5
STA 131A Introduction to Probability Theory 4
MAT 25 Advanced Calculus 4
MAT 108 Abstract Mathematics 4
MAT 115A, B Number Theory 4-4
MAT 125A, B Real Analysis 4-4
MAT 135A Probability 4
MAT 141 Euclidean Geometry 4
MAT 145 Combinatorics 4
MAT 147 Topology 4
MAT 148 Discrete Mathematics 4
MAT 150A, B, C Modern Algebra 4-4-4
MAT 160** Database Theory, Design and Performance 4
TOTAL COMPUTER SCIENCE ELECTIVE UNITS 26-30
  TOTAL UNITS: 98-108
* Completion of only 120 or 122B will satisfy the core requirement, but not a computer science elective simultaneously.