Information For New Computer Science Students, Fall 2016
Good news! A new Computer Science undergraduate curriculum has been approved and we can take the first steps in phasing in the new program in September 2016.
A restructuring of the core curriculum of Computer Science has reduced the required number of credit hours to 27 (equivalent to 9 courses).
The new program will be gradually phased in, starting with first-year core courses in 2016-2017:
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COMP-1000 鈥 鈥淐omputer Science - An Introduction鈥
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COMP-1001 鈥 鈥淚ntroduction to Programming鈥
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COMP-1002 鈥 鈥淟ogic for Computer Science鈥
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COMP-2001 鈥 鈥淥bject-oriented Programming and Human-Computer Interaction鈥
None of the first-year courses have a prerequisite. COMP-1000 and COMP-1001 will be offered in Fall 2016 and Winter 2017; COMP-1002 and COMP-2001 will be offered in Winter 2017.
Changes proposed for the future include the establishment of a number of dedicated streams in addition to the general degree. Streams will allow students to focus on a specific area within Computer Science. Currently we are considering the introduction of the following streams:
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Network-centric Computing
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Smart Systems
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Visual Computing and Games
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Data Science
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Scientific Computing
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Theory of Computation