Program Organization

This chapter presents a set of requirements and a suggested curriculum for a complete undergraduate computer science major. In keeping with our expectations about the responsibilities of future computer scientists, considerable flexibility is provided to allow for professional breadth, and the computer science component places heavy emphasis on fundamental concepts. To this end, a number of electives are specifically constrained to be mathematics courses, a number of electives are specifically constrained to be nontechnical, and a concentration in an area outside of computer science is required. Even if the curriculum is developed as a set of courses without an associated major, this brief discussion of the sort of program that could be based on the curriculum provides a good global perspective.