Department of Computer Science
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street NW, Suite 704
Washington DC 20052
Voice: (202) 994-7181
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E-mail: cs@gwu.edu

Bachelor of Arts program

This curriculum is effective for students entering in the Fall 2000.

The BA program in computer science provides a broad-based liberal arts curriculum with a concentration in computer science. The program requires foundation courses in mathematics, science, programming methodology and skills, computer organization and design and implementation of algorithms, and provides additional breadth and/or depth in computer science and engineering through a selection of Computer Science electives. Compared with the CSAB-accredited BS program in Computer Science, the BA program requires fewer courses in mathematics, science, and computer science, while affording more opportunity for undergraduate studies outside the major, and for augmenting technical knowledge with business, communication, and management skills.

Curriculum Requirements

The B.A. curriculum is a 120-credit liberal arts program, designed to provide a high-quality, broad liberal education along with a 33-credit concentration in Computer Science with emphasis on software development.

B.A. Curriculum

Below are the semester-by-semester course requirements in the revised curriculum. The notation P(...) for a given course shows the prerequisites for that course.

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Sem Course Course Course Course Course Tot Hrs 120 1 Humanities, Social Science or Business (H/SS/B) Elective (3) Engl 9 or Engl 10 (3) English Composition CSCI 41 (3) Introduction to Computer Science Science Elective (3) Math 20 or Math 31 (3) 15 2 H/SS/B (3) CSCI 123 (3)  Discrete Structures P(Math 20 or 31) CSCI 51 (3)  Intro to Software Development  P(CSci 41) Science Elective (3) Math 21 or Math 32 (3)  15 3 H/SS/B (3) Engl 11 or Engl 13 (3)  English Composition CSCI 131 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures I P(CSCI 51) Science Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15 4 H/SS/B (3) Stat 51 (3)  Intro to Business & Economic Statistics CSCI 141  (3)  Software Engineering I.  P(CSCI 131) CSCI 110 (3) Technology & Society  P(CSCI 131) Phil 45 (3) Introduction to Logic) 15 5 Culture Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSCI 52 (3)  Introduction to Computer Organization  P(CSCI 51) Literature Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15 6 Culture Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSCI 169 (3)  Software Paradigms  P(CSCI 141) Literature Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15 7 Creative arts elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSCI Elective (3) CSCI Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15 8 Unrestricted Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSCI Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15