Computer Science, B.S. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	42
Upper Division Major Requirements	26
Major Elective Requirements	12
General Education and Graduation Requirements	40
Total Units	120

Special Grade Requirement

All courses must be completed with a C- or better to apply toward the Computer Science 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
Complete one series from the following:
One course from GE Area B2 Units: 3
PHYS 200 - General Physics I Units: 4
PHYS 201 - General Physics II Units: 4

or

BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
BIOL 212 - Principles of Neurobiology Units: 3
PHYS 200 - General Physics I Units: 4

Upper Division Requirements - 26 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 (Cross-listed as COMP 354) Units: 3
Complete one GWAR course from the following:
COMP 447 - Societal Issues in Computing Units: 3
COMP 449 - Human-Computer Interaction Units: 3

Major Electives - 12 units

Complete 12 units from the following:
COMP 345 - Digital Image Processing (Cross-listed as PHYS 345, MATH 345) Units: 3
COMP 347 - Online Communication and Society (Cross-listed as COMM 347) Units: 3
COMP 351 - Distributed Computing Units: 3
COMP 405 - Mobile Application Development (Cross-listed as IT 405) 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 Units: 3
COMP 436 - Computational Biology (Cross-listed as BIOL 436) Units: 4
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 (Cross-listed as EMEC 462) Units: 3
COMP 464 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design I (Cross-listed as IT 464, ART 464) Units: 3
COMP 469 - Introduction To Artificial Intelligence Units: 3
COMP 470 - Mobile Robotics Units: 3
COMP 478 - Introduction To Data Mining 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 and Graduation Requirements - B.S.

To graduate, students must complete a minimum of 120 units (27 units must be upper division), including the following General Education Requirements (GE) and Graduation Requirements not met within the major:

American Institutions Requirements
GE Requirements
- General Education Area A-F Requirements
- Upper Division General Education (UDGE) Requirements (minimum of 3 units in each Area: UDGE-B , UDGE-C , and UDGE-D )
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (C- or better grade)
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation