Major Requirements

The major is 50 units, composed of the following courses:

Lower Division (22 units):

• CS 110 Introduction to Computer Science I (4 units)
• CS 112 Introduction to Computer Science II (4 units)
• CS 212 Software Development (4 units)
• CS 245 Data Structures and Algorithms (4 units)
• One of (4 units)
  
• CS 220 C and Parallel Programming
• CS 221 C and Systems Programming
• Special Lecture Series (must be taken two semesters, one unit each semester) (2 units)
  

Mathematics (8 units):

• Math 201: Discrete Mathematics
• Math 202: Linear Algebra and Probability Theory

 Upper Division (20 units) :

• CS 326 – Operating Systems (4 units)
• One course from the Systems Area (4 units).
  
• CS 315 Computer Architecture
  
• One course from the Theory and Languages area (4 units)
• CS 345: Programming Languages
  
• CS 411: Automata Theory
• CS 414: Compilers
  
• One course from the Applications area (4 units)
• CS 336 Networks
• CS 420 Game Engineering
• CS 480 Computers and Society
  
• CS 490 – Senior Project (4 units)

Graduate classes can be taken to fulfill the Systems  / Theory / Applications requirements with the approval of the department chair.

Science Core requirement

Computer science students must take one of the following classes for Core B2:

• Physics 110
• Chemistry 111
• Biology 105
• Environmental Science 110, 210, 212

Example Schedules

Typical Schedule:

Schedule to complete CS major requirements in 3 years
    (only CS requirements shown, students must also complete all university requirements)