The requirements for an AB are as follows:

• Calculus prerequisite (zero to three courses) (see below)

• Intro sequence (two courses) (see below)

• Seven CS courses numbered 220 or higher

  • One complete pathway

    • Requires two 1000-level courses as well as one-to-three intermediate courses (see below)

  • Additional intermediate courses so that a total of three are taken with at least one in each of two different intermediate-course categories

  • One additional 1000-level (or 2000-level) CS course that is neither a core nor a related nor a grad course for the pathway used above.

  • The remaining course may be a 1000- or 2000-level CS course, an intermediate course not otherwise used as part of the concentration, or an approved 1000-level course from another department (see the concentration handbook for a list of such courses). Unless explicitly stated in a pathway, such non-CS courses may not be used as part of pathways.  

  • No more than two arts, humanities, and social science oriented CS courses (currently CSCI 1250, 1280, 1370, 1800, 1805, and 1870) may be used for concentration credit.

A professional track is also available. To complete this track, you must complete the requirements for your concentration and complete two two-to-four-month full-time professional experiences, doing work that's related to your concentration program. Such work is normally done within an industrial organization, but may also be at a university under the supervision of a faculty member.

Calculus Prerequisite

You must either complete or place out of second-semester calculus (MATH 100, 170, or 190). Note that if you haven't had sufficient calculus in high school, you may need to take Math 90 (or other courses) before taking a second-semester calculus course. MATH 180, MATH 200, MATH 350, and ECON 170 also satisfy this requirement.

Introductory Courses

You must complete one of these introductory course sequences:

• CSCI 150 and 160

• CSCI 170 and 180

• CSCI 190 followed by any more advanced course or CSCI 180

Intermediate Courses

Intermediate courses are grouped into categories as follows:

Foundations

• Intro to Discrete Structures and Probability (CSCI 220); MATH 1530 is also allowed

• Theory of Computation (CSCI 1010)

Mathematics

• Linear Algebra (one of CSCI 530, MATH 520, MATH 540)

• Probability and Statistics (one of CSCI 1450, APMA 1650, APMA 1655, MATH 1620)

• Multivariable Calculus (one of MATH 180, MATH 200, MATH 350)

Systems

• Fundamentals of Computer Systems (CSCI 300)

• Intro to Software Engineering (CSCI 320)

• Intro to Computer Systems (CSCI 330)