The School of Computer Science offers both a Double Major and a Minor in Computer Science.

Double Major

The following courses are required for a Double Major in Computer Science:

Prerequisites:

• 15-111:Intermediate/Advanced Programming (students with no prior programming experience take 15-100: Introductory/Intermediate Programming and 15-200: Advanced Programming/Practicum)
• 15-113: Systems Skills in C (mini)
• 21-120: Differential & Integral Calculus
• 21-122: Integration, Differential Equations, and Approximation
• 21-127: Concepts of Mathematics
• 21-241: Matrix Algebra (or 21-341: Linear Algebra)

Double Major requirements:

• 15-211: Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms
• 15-212: Principles of Programming
• 15-213: Introduction to Computer Systems
• 15-251: Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science I
• 15-451: Algorithm Design and Analysis
• one Applications course:
• 15-381: Artificial Intelligence: Representation and Problem Solving
• 15-384: Robotic Manipulation
• 15-385: Computer Vision
• 15-393/323: Music Systems and Information Processing
• 15-413: Software Engineering
• 15-415: Database Applications
• 15-437: Web Application Development
• 15-462: Computer Graphics
• 15-463: Computational Photography
• 15-482: Human Language Technologies
• 15-490: Computational Neuroscience
• 15-681: Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning
• 16-362: Mobile Robot Programming Laboratory
• one Fundamentals of Algorithms course:
• 15-354: Computational Discrete Mathematics
• 15-355: Modern Computer Algebra
• 15-414: Bug Catching: automated Program Verification and Testing
• 21-301: Combinatorics
• 21-373: Algebraic Structures
• 21-484: Graph Theory
• one Fundamentals of Programming course:
• 15-312: Foundations of Programming Languages
• 15-399/317: Constructive Logic
• 15-453: Formal Languages and Automata
• 17-651: Models of Software Systems
• 21-300: Basic Logic
• 80-310: Logic and Computation
• 80-311: Computability and Incompleteness
• one Systems Programming course:
• 15-410: Operating System Design and Implementation
• 15-418: Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming
• 15-441: Computer Networks
• 18-447: Introduction to Computer Architecture
• two Computer Science electives
• one of the following Probability courses:
• 15-359: Probability and Computing
• 21-325: Probability
• 36-217: Probability Theory and Random Processes
• 36-225: Introduction to Probability and Statistics I
• 36-625: Probability and Mathematical Statistics I

Double-Counting Restrictions
In order to avoid excessive double-counting, students pursuing a Double Major or Minor in Computer Science must complete at least 6 courses in their home department, of at least 9 units each, none of which are required by (or are cognates for requirements in) the Computer Science major. Students interested in pursuing a dual degree between Computer Science and any other department are subject to the further stricture that any course used to satisfy a core CS requirement cannot simultaneously be used to satisfy a core requirement in the second degree. Simply put, core CS and core second degree requirements may not be double counted.

Minor

Prerequisites:

• 15-111:Intermediate/Advanced Programming (students with no prior programming experience take 15-100: Introductory/Intermediate Programming and 15-200: Advanced Programming/Practicum)
• 21-127: Concepts of Mathematics

Minor requirements:

• 15-211: Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms
• 15-212: Principles of Programming
• one software project course chosen from:
• 15-410: Operating System Design and Implementation
• 15-411: Compiler Design
• 15-415: Database Applications
• 15-441: Computer Networks
• 15-462: Computer Graphics 1
• 16-362: Mobile Robot Programming Laboratory
• two Computer Science electives at the 300-level or higher.

Double-Counting Restrictions
In order to avoid excessive double-counting, students pursuing a Double Major or Minor in Computer Science must complete at least 6 courses in their home department, of at least 9 units each, none of which are required by (or are cognates for requirements in) the Computer Science major. Students interested in pursuing a dual degree between Computer Science and any other department are subject to the further stricture that any course used to satisfy a core CS requirement cannot simultaneously be used to satisfy a core requirement in the second degree. Simply put, core CS and core second degree requirements may not be double counted.

Maintained by Catharine Fichtner, CS Undergraduate Program Administrator.