Computer Science, B.S.

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120 units

Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	42
Upper Division Major Requirements	38
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	40
Total Units	120

Special Grade Requirement

A grade of C- or better is required in all pre-requisite courses in the major

Lower Division Requirements - 42 units

COMP 150 - Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
COMP 151 - Data Structures and Program Design Units: 4
COMP 162 - Computer Architecture and Assembly Language Units: 3
COMP 232 - Programming Languages Units: 3
COMP 262 - Computer Organization and Architecture Units: 3
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 151 - Calculus II Units: 4
MATH 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning (Cross-listed as PHIL 230) Units: 3
MATH 240 - Linear Algebra Units: 3

Science

PHYS 200 - General Physics I Units: 4
PHYS 201 - General Physics II Units: 4
a course from GE section B2 Units: 3
or
PHYS 200 - General Physics I
Units: 4
BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
BIOL 212 - Neurobiology and Cognitive Science (Cross-listed as PSY 212) Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 38 units

Requried Courses - 23 units

COMP 350 - Introduction to Software Engineering Units: 3
COMP 362 - Operating Systems Units: 4
COMP 454 - Automata, Languages, and Computation Units: 3
COMP 491 - Capstone Preparation Units: 1
COMP 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3
MATH 300 - Discrete Mathematics Units: 3
MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics Units: 3
MATH 354 - Analysis of Algorithms Units: 3

Electives - 15 units

Choose 15 Elective units from:

COMP 345 - Digital Image Processing (Cross-listed as PHYS 345, MATH 345) Units: 3
COMP 351 - Distributed Computing Units: 3
COMP 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as IT 420) Units: 3
COMP 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as IT 424) Units: 3
COMP 425 - Computer Game Programming Units: 3
COMP 429 - Computer Networks (Cross-listed as IT 429) Units: 3
COMP 445 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition (Cross-listed as PHYS 445, MATH 445) Units: 3
COMP 451 - Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Units: 3
COMP 452 - Computational Bioinformatics (Cross-listed as MATH 452) Units: 4
COMP 462 - Embedded Systems Units: 3
COMP 464 - Computer Graphic Systems and Design I (Cross-listed as ART 464, IT 464) Units: 3
COMP 469 - Artificial Intelligence/Neural Nets Units: 3
COMP 490 - Topics in Computer Science Units: 3
COMP 492 - Internship Units: 1-3
COMP 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
COMP 497 - Directed Studies Units: 3
MATH 429 - Operations Research Units: 3
MATH 448 - Scientific Computing Units: 3

General Education Courses Included in Major Requirements - 11 units

COMP 150 - Object-Oriented Programming Units: 4
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 230 - Logic and Mathematical Reasoning (Cross-listed as PHIL 230) Units: 3

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 40 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional Lower Division A-E (GE) Requirements not met within the major
Nine units of Upper Division Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE), courses are numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six units may be within the major, 3 units must be outside the major (C or better grade)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation