Computer Science
Major & Minor Requirements
Approved by Smith Faculty 28Jan04
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The Major
Advisers: Merrie Bergmann, Judy Franklin, Nicholas Howe, Joseph O’Rourke, Dominique Thiébaut.
Requirements: At least 11 semester courses (44 graded credits) including:
1. 111, 112, 231, 250;
2. a. One of MTH 111, MTH 112, MTH 114, or MTH 125;
b. MTH 153;
c. One
200-level or higher math course,
3. Three
distinct 200- or 300-level courses, designated
according to the table below, as follows:
a. At
least one designated Theory;
b. At least one designated Programming;
c. At
least one designated Systems;
4 At least
one CSC 300-level course (not among those satisfying previous requirements).
|
Course |
Theory |
Programming |
Systems |
|
CSC220 (Adv. Prog) |
|
X |
|
|
CSC240 (Graphics) |
X |
X |
|
|
CSC252 (Algorithms) |
X |
|
|
|
CSC262 (Op. Sys) |
|
X |
X |
|
CSC270 (Circuits) |
|
|
X |
|
CSC274 (Comp Geom) |
X |
X |
|
|
CSC290 (AI) |
X |
X |
|
|
CSC294 (Linguistics) |
X |
|
|
|
CSC265 (Networks) |
|
|
X |
|
CSC293 (Compilers) |
X |
X |
|
|
ENG321 (Dig. Sig. Proc.) |
|
|
X |
|
CSC352 (Parallel Prog) |
|
X |
X |
|
CSC353 (Robotics) |
|
X |
X |
|
CSC364 (Architecture) |
|
|
X |
|
CSC390 (AI seminar) |
X |
|
|
|
CSC354 (Music) |
X |
X |
|
|
CSC370 (Vision) |
X |
X |
|
The Minor
Students may minor in Computer Science by fulfilling the requirements for one of the following concentrations or by designing, with department approval, their own sequence of six courses, which must include 111 and 112, and one 300-level course.
1. Theory (six courses)
Advisers: Nick Howe,
Judy Franklin, Joseph O’Rourke, Ileana Streinu.
This minor is appropriate for a student with a
strong interest in the theoretical aspects of computer science.
Required
courses:
111 Computer
Science I
112 Computer
Science II
Two distinct 200- or 300-level courses designated Theory.
One other 200- or 300-level course.
One CSC 300-level course designated Theory (and not among those satisfying
the previous requirements).
2. Programming (six courses)
Advisers: Judith
Cardell, Judy Franklin, Nick Howe, Ileana Streinu, Dominique Thiébaut.
This minor is appropriate for a student with a
strong interest programming and software development.
Required
courses:
111 Computer
Science I
112 Computer
Science II
Two distinct 200- or 300-level courses designated Programming.
One other 200- or 300-level course.
One CSC 300-level course designated Programming (and not among those
satisfying the previous requirements).
3. Systems (six courses)
Advisers: Judith
Cardell, Judy Franklin, Dominique Thiébaut.
This minor is appropriate for a student with a
strong interest in computer systems, computer engineering, and computing
environments.
Required
courses:
111 Computer
Science I
112 Computer
Science II
Two distinct 200- or 300-level courses designated Systems.
One other 200- or 300-level course.
One CSC 300-level course designated Systems (and not among those satisfying
the previous requirements).
4. Computer
Science and Language (six courses)
Adviser: Merrie
Bergmann.
The goal of this minor is to provide the student
with an understanding of the use of language as a means of communication
between human beings and computers.
Required
courses:
111 Computer
Science I
112 Computer
Science II
250
Foundations of Computer Science
Two of:
280 Topics
in Programming Languages
290
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
293
Introduction to Translators and Compiler Design
294
Computational Linguistics
One of:
390 Seminar
in Artificial Intelligence
354 Seminar
in Digital Sound and Music Processing
5. Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science (six courses)
Adviser: Michael
Albertson.
The goal of this minor is the study of algorithms,
from the points of view of both a mathematician and a computer scientist,
developing the correspondence between the formal mathematical structures and
the abstract data structures of computer science.
Required courses:
111 Computer
Science I
112 Computer
Science II
250
Foundations of Computer Science
One of:
252 Algorithms
274 Computational Geometry
MTH 254
Combinatorics.
MTH 353
Advanced Topics in Discrete Applied Mathematics