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Minor in Computer Science
Offered by: Department of Computer Science
Administered by: Department of Computer Science, 303 Upson Hall
Contact Person: Nicole Roy, 303 Upson Hall, 255.0982, nicole@cs.cornell.edu
Eligibility
Students in all Majors except Computer Science and Information Science, Systems, and Technology may participate in this Minor.
Educational Objectives
This Minor is for students who anticipate that computer science will have a prominent role to play in their academic and professional career.
Requirements
At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits) chosen as follows:
Required Courses
CS/ENGRD 211: Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures
CS 321: Numerical Methods in Computational Molecular Biology
or
CS/ENGRD 322: Introduction to Scientific Computation
or
CS 421: Numerical Analysis
or
CS 422: Numerical Analysis: Linear and Nonlinear Problems
or
CS 428: Introduction to Computational Biophysics
CS/ECE 314: Computer Organization
or
CS 316: Systems Programming
Additional Courses
Three (3) CS courses numbered 300 or higher, with the following exceptions:
CS 490 seminars are excluded.
CS 280 is allowed.
Academic Standards
At least a grade of C in each course in the Minor.
Note
Cross-listed courses cannot be applied to the Minor unless taken as CS (e.g., CS 430 counts, but INFO 430 does not), with the sole exception of ECE 314. All qualifying courses must be taken at Cornell for a letter grade. No substitutions allowed.
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