Engineering Checklist

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Here are some comments with respect to the requirements for the CS major in Engineering:

• A course satisfying the technical writing requirement may also be used to satisfy another requirement. For example, EngrD 2640 may be used to satisfy the distribution requirement and the technical writing requirement.
• No course can be used to satisfy two or more requirements except the course that is used to satisfy the Technical Writing Requirement.
• Courses at the 3000+ level used for the Minor or Technical Electives usually have prerequisites. Choose distributions and advisor-approved elective courses accordingly.
• The Math Elective must be sufficiently analytical. With the exception of OR&IE 2700 and MATH 2930, it must be 3000+ level.
• Some substitutions are allowed, e.g., CS 4210 or CS 4220 for CS 3220. Other substitutions for required CS courses require field approval.
• Courses used for the CS 4000+ electives category must be taken under the CS rubric. For example, CS 4302 is cross-listed with INFO 4302. This course must be taken as CS 4302, not as INFO 4302, to be used for the CS 4000+ electives category.
• Crosslisted courses parented by Computer Science cannot be used for the specialization. Check the courses page http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/ListofCSCourses/index.htm
  and click on a course link to see the cross-listing status. For example, CS 4620 (crosslisted with ARCH 3704) lists CS as the parent department, so it cannot be used to satisfy the specialization requirement. In addition, LING 4474, INFO 4302, INFO 3300, INFO 4300, and INFO 5300 are not eligible for the specialization.

Warning: This checklist, and all others found on this website, are only intended for illustration purposes. You should NOT use this web version to track your degree progress. Instead, you should use the appropriate hard-copy checklist for your class year. A blank copy of the most recent checklist is made available to new affiliates at the time they apply to the CS major. An updated copy of each student's personal checklist is kept on file in 303 Upson Hall.

See the Course Conversion Chart on this page (3 digit to four digit course numbers)

Visit the Course Conversion Website for the 3 digit course numbers used prior to Summer 2008

Technical Writing Requirement _________

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CS Core
Course	Credit	Grade	Semester	Advising Notes
CS 2111	1			Programming Practicum	Pre/co= CS 2110
CS 2800	3			Discrete Structures	Pre= Introductory Programming
CS 3110	4			Data Structures and Functional Programming	Pre= CS 2110 and CS 2111
CS 3420 or 3410	4			Digital Systems	Pre = CS 2110 or ENGRD 2300
CS 3220, 4210, or 4220 *	3 or 4			Scientific Computing	Pre = Math 2940 and Introductory Programming
CS 3810	3			Theory of Computing	Pre = CS 2800
CS 4410	3			Operating Systems	Pre= CS 3410 or CS 3420, Co= CS 4411
CS 4820	4			Theory of Algorithms	Pre= CS 2800, CS 3110
Electives
Course	Credit	Grade	Semester	Advising Notes
CS 4000+ =	3+			CS 4999 NOT allowed. CS project = CS 4121, 4411, 4450, 4321, 4621, 4701, 5150, 5410, 5420, 6670
CS 4000+ =	3+
CS Project =
Math Elective =	3+			Math: 3000+ (3+ crs) [ENGRD 2700, MATH 2930 accepted] NO CS
Technical Elective =				Technical 3000+ courses from application areas, e.g., Bio, Math, Chem, Phys, Engineering, CS, Linguistics, Econ, and Psych,. At least six credit hours.
Technical Elective =
Specialization =				3000+ courses from the same subject area. Each course 3+ credit hours for a total of at least 9 credit hours. CS courses, LING 4474, INFO 4302, INFO 3300, INFO 4300, and INFO 5300 are not eligible.
Specialization =
Specialization =
Advisor-Approved =				At least 6 credit hours total. Anything approved by the advisor including the freshman advisor.
Advisor-Approved =
Extra Courses
Course	Credit	Grade	Semester	Advising Notes

Note on substituting for Introductory Programming.  If you do not have course or placement credit for CS 1110 or 1112 or 1113 or 1114 but have successfully passed CS 2110/2111 with a grade of B- or better, you do not need to take Introductory Programming.  You may replace CS 1110/1112/1113/1114 with CS 2110. 

However, if you use CS 2110/2111 in place of Introductory Programming, you may not also use it as an Engineering Distribution.

Instead, you will need to move CS/ENGRD 3220 out of the CS major requirements to cover the vacancy left by moving CS 2110/2111 out of the Distribution (CS 322 becomes your new CS Engineering Distribution). 

Likewise, when CS 3220 gets moved out of the major it must be replaced by some other, un-used CS course of 3 credits or more and numbered 2800 or greater.

Please email ugrad "at" cs.cornell.edu if you have any questions about making this substitution.

*If taken before Fall 2007, CS 428 can be used to satisfy the Scientific Computing requirement. CS 428 will no longer be offered beginning Fall 2007.

**If taken before Fall 2007, Chem 211 or Chem 207 can be used to satisfy this requirement. Beginning Fall 2007, students must enroll in Chem 2090 to meet the requirement.

Course Conversion Chart