Computer Science, B.S.

Students must take and pass the Examination in Programming Proficiency (EPP) before taking most upper-division Computer Science courses. Students who do not pass the EPP will be required to take CPSC 301.

Select an Elective Track to support specific career goals.

Completing the Mathematics courses listed below also meets the requirements for a Mathematics Minor.

With the approval of an academic adviser, students may develop a track based on their career goals or specific academic interests or specific themes. A custom track consists of upper-division Computer Science or related courses. At least nine units must be 400-level Computer Science courses with no more than three units selected from courses numbered 490-499. In addition to courses already listed in the other tracks, students may also include the following courses:

* MATH 250A and MATH 250B may not be counted toward both the Scientific Computing Track and Science and Mathematics Electives. Students who apply these courses toward Science and Mathematics Electives may substitute adviser-approved 400-level CPSC courses to meet the 15-unit requirement of the Scientific Computing Track.

** At least one of these courses must be selected

Due to the high unit requirements of the Computer Science major, the following General Education (G.E.) requirements are waived: A.3 Critical Thinking; B.2 Life Science; D.2 World Civilizations and Cultures; D.5 Explorations in Social Sciences; and E Lifelong learning and Self Development. Further, the G.E. upper-division requirements for the B.S. degree in Computer Science is 6 units.

With these adjustments, the required G.E. courses for the Computer Science major are as follows:

• Completing the mathematics requirement and science and math electives fulfills this requirement.

• Any lower-division course in this category listed in the current class schedule

• Any upper-division course in this category listed in the current class schedule

• Any course in this category listed in the current class schedule

• This requirement may be satisfied by a course from the upper-division G.E. Area C.3, with an asterisk (*), indicating cultural diversity.

A “C-” (1.7) or higher is required in all courses applied to the core. Exception: up to six units of credit with grades in the range of “D-” (0.7) through “D+” (1.3) may be earned in elective tracks, mathematics and science courses only. A mathematics course taken to satisfy GE category B.4 and the upper-division writing course (CPSC 311) must be passed with a minimum grade of “C”.