Department of Computer Science
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street NW, Suite 704
Washington DC 20052
Voice: (202) 994-7181
Fax: (202) 994-4875
E-mail: cs@gwu.edu

Bachelor of Science program

This curriculum is effective beginning with the Fall 2000 semester. In keeping with standard CS policy, if you entered before Fall 2000, you may transfer into the new curriculum subject to the approval of your advisor. The new curriculum is in full compliance with CSAB accreditation criteria. Below are the semester-by-semester course requirements in the revised curriculum.

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Sem	Course	Course	Course	Course	Course	Tot Hrs 123
1	Humanities or Social Science (H/SS) Elective(3)	Engl 10 (3)	CSCI 41 (3) Introduction to Computer Science	Science Elective (4)	Math 20 or 31 (3)	16
2	H/SS (3)	CSCI 123 [was 133] (3) Discrete Structures P(Math 20 or 31)	CSCI 51 (3) Intro to Software Development P(CSCI 41)	Science Elective (4)	Math 21 or 32 (3)	16
3	H/SS (3)	CSCI 135 (3) Computer Architecture I P(CSCI 51, CSCI 123)	CSCI 131 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures I P(CSCI 51)	Science Elective (4)	Math 32 or 33 (3) P(32)	15
4	H/SS (3)	CSCI 136 (3) Computer Architecture II P(135)	CSCI 141 (3) Software Engineering I P(CSCI 131)	CSCI 110 (3) Technology & Society P(CSCI 41)	ApSc 115 (3) Engineering Analysis (Prob/Stat) P(Math 32)	16
5	H/SS (3)	CSCI 156 (3) Operating System Design P(CSCI 103 or CSCI 141)	CSCI 151 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures II P(CSCI 141)	CSCI 150 [was 142] (3) Foundations of Computing P(131, 135)	Math or Science Elective (3)	15
6	H/SS (3)	CSCI 160 [was 148] (3) Theory of Computer Translators P(CSci 136, CSci 150)	CSCI 161 [was 175] (3) Software Engineering II P(CSci 151)	CSCI 169 (3) Software Paradigms P(141)	Unrestricted Elective (3)	15
7	Non-Computing Elective (3)	CSCI 183 (3) Computer Networks I P(CSci 131, CSci 136)	CSCI 195 [was 163] (3) Senior Computer Science Design Project I P(161, 169)	CSCI 178 (3) Database Systems I P(CSci 161)	CSCI Elect (3)	15
8	Non-Computing Elective (3)	CSCI 184 (3) Computer Networks II P(143, 183)	CSCI 196 [was 164] (3) Senior Computer Science Design Project II P(193)	CSCI Elect (3)	Unrestricted Elective (3)	15