Program Requirements

The Computer Science Major

Before undertaking an Upper College concentration and Senior Project in computer science, a student must moderate into computer science.

Requirements

  • Before Moderation
    By the time of Moderation, a student in the program should have completed or should be enrolled in:
    • MATH 141: Calculus I
    • CMSC 141: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming or CMSC 143: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Robots
    • CMSC 145: Discrete Mathematics
    • CMSC 201: Data Structures
    Students in the Computer Science Program are expected to follow the standard divisional procedure for Moderation, and to fulfill the collegewide distribution and First-Year Seminar requirements.

    CS Moderation Guidelines
     
  • Before Graduation
    By graduation, a student in the program must take:
    • CMSC 275: Statistics for Computing or BIO 244: BioStatistics or PSY 203: Statistics for Psychology or ECON 229: Introduction to Econometrics
    • CMSC 301: Algorithms
    • CMSC 305: Design of Programming Languages
    • CMSC 225: Computer Architecture, CMSC 226: Principles of Computing Systems, CMSC 325: Multiprocessor Architecture, CMSC 326: Operating Systems, CMSC 328: Embedded Operating Systems, or CMSC 335: Computer Networks
    • Two or more computer science electives, at least one numbered 300 or above
    • A Senior Project
    CS Senior Project Guidelines
Interdisciplinary Focus

Interdisciplinary Focus

Games at Work course, cotaught by Keith O'Hara in Computer Science and Ben Coonley in Film and Electronic Arts. Photo by Pete Mauney '93 MFA '00