BS COMPUTER SCIENCE – 2001-03 Catalog
Computer Science Department
Computer Science Bldg. (14), Room 254
(805) 756-2824

o 60 units upper division	o GWR
o 2.0 GPA	o USCP
* = Satisfies General Education requirement
MAJOR COURSES
CSC 101 Fundamentals Computer Science I			4
CSC 102, 103 Fund. Computer Science II, III			4,4
CSC 141 Discrete Structures I			4
CSC 205, 206 Software Engineering I, II			4,4
CPE 219, 259 Logic and Switching Circuits, Lab			3,1
CSC 215, 315 Computer Architecture I, II			4,4
CSC 300 Professional Responsibilities			4
CSC 330 Programming Languages I			4
CSC 349 Design and Analysis of Algorithms			4
CSC 445 Theory of Computing			4
CSC 453 Introduction to Operating Systems			4
CSC 491, 492 Senior Project			2,3
Adviser approved technical electives Subject to Computer Science Department guide-lines; contact the College of Engineering Advising Center (www.ee.calpoly.edu/CENGAC) for additional information and agreement form. Technical electives must be approved in advance.			28
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SUPPORT COURSES
BIO 213 and ENGR/BRAE 213 (B2)*			2,2
ENGL 148 Reasoning, Argumentation and Technical Writing (A3)*			4
MATH 141, 142 Calculus I, II (B1)*			4,4
STAT 321 Prob/Stats for Engrs/Scientist			4
Mathematics/statistics electives. Select from CSC 142; MATH 143, 206, 241, 242, 248, 306, 335, 336, 437, 470; STAT 322.			8
Physical science electives (B3/B4, 4 units)* CHEM 124, 125, 129 or PHYS 131, 132, 133			12
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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)
72 units required; 20 units are in Support.
®See page 79 for complete GE course listing.
®Minimum of 8 units required at the 300-400 level.
Area A Communication (8 units)
A1 Expository Writing		4
A2 Oral Communication		4
A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing * 4 units in Support		0
Area B Science and Mathematics (no add’l units req’d)
B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 8 units in Support			0
B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support			0
B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support			0
B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course
Area C Arts and Humanities (20 units)
C1 Literature			4
C2 Philosophy			4
C3 Fine/Performing Arts			4
C4 Upper-division elective			4
Area C elective (choose one course from C1-C4)			4
Area D/E Society and the Individual (20 units)
D1 The American Experience (40404)			4
D2 Political Economy			4
D3 Comparative Social Institutions			4
D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)			4
D5 Upper-division elective			4
Area F Technology Elective (upper division) (4 units)			4
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ELECTIVES			5
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