Computer Science Minor

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A 16 credit minor in computer science is available. The minor is essentially five of the six courses that are considered the “core” of the CS major. This is a rigorous minor. This minor is not intended for casual students interested in computer literacy.

The requirements for the CS minor are:

• CS 0401 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING USING JAVA *
• CS 0445 - DATA STRUCTURES  
• COE 0447 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE  
• CS 1501 - ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION  
• Any one of the two courses: CS 0441 , and CS 0449 **.

*CS 0401 requires programming experience as a prerequisite. A student without any programming background would be advised to take the 3 credit course CS 0007  as preparation for CS 0401.

**The typical minor consists of CS 0401, CS 0441, CS 0445, CS 0447 and CS 1501, and CS 0441 is a prerequisite for CS 1501. However, students with very strong math backgrounds (ex: Math majors) may be able to waive the CS 0441 prerequisite for CS 1501 and thus take CS 0449 rather than CS 0441.