The Computer Science Undergraduate Curriculum for both McCormick (BS CS) and Weinberg (BA CIS), has been redesigned and takes effect starting Fall Quarter 2007 (Catalog Year 2007). The new curriculum applies to students declaring either a CS (computer science) or a CIS (computing and information systems) major starting in Fall 2007.

Here is the new curriculum in five words: Background, Core, Breadth, Depth, and Project.

The new curriculum is documented in much more detail in the following materials:

  Computer Science Outcomes and Objectives
What we can do for you

  Brief CS Curriculum Reference (McCormick)  |  Brief CIS Curriculum Reference (Weinberg)
(These Reference documents are in progress as of January 2008)
These pages will satisfy most students' needs for a brief reference document. They should be used only after you've read through the complete and formal list of requirements and options linked to below as "CS curriculum document(pdf)."

  CS/CIS Curriculum Document (pdf)
What you need to do, when, and why
Appendices A and B show how the curriculum maps to McCormick (BS CS) and Weinberg (BA CIS)

Prerequisite Graph (pdf) (larger image)
How courses relate to each other and the curriculum

  Project Course List
How you can satisfy the project requirement

Check out the Registrar's Undergraduate Catalog -- You will also be able to find a shortened form of the curriculum there, described in the McCormick (BS CS) and Weinberg (BA CIS) sections. Note: the Weinberg program is undergoing revisions at this date (January 2008); please check back for updates.

The new CS curriculum is detailed in the EECS Undergraduate Study Manual for 2007-2008. Your Advisor has a printed copy of this publication.