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Overview of CS Major

Undergrad CS Major Site

  • 11 significant courses plus a 1 credit intro to CS for Freshman

Brief summary of Core CS courses / description:

  • CS100: 1 CR (1-0) Intro to CS as a field and career (Recommended but not required)
    • Overview of programs in the Department, College and University that they can use for extra help
    • Opportunities to enrich the CS degree and make progress towards a career
    • Introduction to the areas in CS covered in our department, the courses and research associated with those areas
    • Introduction to the overlap of CS and the research done in our partner departments in the CS+X program
    • WUSTL Comparable:?
  • CS125: 4 CR (3-2) Introduction to Computer Science
    • Basic concepts in computing and fundamental techniques for solving computational problems
    • Uses Java and Android Developer Studio
    • Course link: https://cs125.cs.illinois.edu/
    • WUSTL Comparable: CSE131
  • CS126: 3 CR (0-3) Software Design Studio
    • Fundamental principles and techniques of software development (Patterns, MVC)
    • Design, documentation, testing, and debugging software, with a significant emphasis on code review.
    • Continues to use Java and Android Dev Studio
    • Course link: [https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs126/sp2019/] (https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs126/sp2019/)
    • WUSTL Comparable: CSE132?
  • CS173: 3 CR (3-0) Discrete Structures
    • Discrete mathematical structures frequently encountered in the study of Computer Science. Sets, propositions, Boolean algebra, induction, recursion, relations, functions, and graphs.
    • Course link: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs173/sp2019/
    • WUSTL Comparable: CSE240
  • CS210: 2 CR (1-1) Ethical and Professional Issues in CS
    • Ethics for the computing profession. Ethical decision-making; licensing; intellectual property, freedom of information, and privacy.
    • Course link: [https://cs.illinois.edu/courses/profile/CS210] (https://cs.illinois.edu/courses/profile/CS210)
    • WUSTL Comparable: Parts of CSE131 and CSE217?
  • CS225: 4 CR (3-2) Data Structure and Software Principles
    • Data abstractions: elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues, and trees) and their implementation using an object-oriented programming language
    • Programming in C++, build software to do things like manipulate images or traverse a maze
    • Course link: [https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs225/sp2019/]] (https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs225/sp2019/)
    • WUSTL Comparable: CSE332?
  • CS233: 4 CR (3-1) Computer Architecture
  • CS241: 4 CR (3-1) System Programming
    • Write, compile, debug, and execute C programs in a UNIX-like operating system.
    • Define semaphores, mutexes, and other synchronization primitives.
    • Course link:[http://cs241.cs.illinois.edu/] (http://cs241.cs.illinois.edu/)
    • WUSTL Comparable:CSE422? or CSE361?
  • CS357: 3 CR (3-0) Numerical Methods I
    • Fundamentals of numerical methods for students in science and engineering
    • Numerical experiments, randomness, Monte Carlo simulations, Taylor series
    • Course link:[https://relate.cs.illinois.edu/course/cs357-s19/] (https://relate.cs.illinois.edu/course/cs357-s19/)
    • WUSTL Comparable:?
  • CS361: 3 CR (3-0) Probability and Statistics for Computer Science
  • CS374: 4 (3-1) CR Algorithms and Models of Computation
  • CS421: 3 (3-0) CR Programming Languages and Compilers

Notes of interest

  • Courses units are described in 2 parts: (X-Y) X is class hours, Y is lab hours.
  • Terms are 16 weeks

Notes of program requirements beyond core courses (breadth/depth requirements)

  • At least six additional courses must be selected to complete the technical electives requirement

  • Three of the CS electives must be chosen from a single focus area

    • Focus Areas: Software Foundations, Algorithms and Models of Computation, Intelligence and Big Data, Human and Social Impact, Media, High-Performance Computing, Distributed Systems and Security, Machines

  • One of the six electives must satisfy the team project requirement.

  • 6 units in advanced electives (2 400 level courses)

  • Misc. other courses

    • Several math courses (Calc I - III, Applied Linear Algebra).
    • Several general science/lab courses
    • General breadth