Information for Current Students

Students entering Cornell in fall 2025 can view current curriculum requirements, including core courses and electives, in the university course catalog.

Cornell Course Catalog

Started your Cornell journey before fall 2025? 

Review major requirements for the year you entered Cornell: Cornell Courses of Study Archive.

Check your degree progress

Log in to Cornell Stellic if you joined Cornell in or after fall 2023. 

Pro Tips

• Need experience in R programming? If you didn’t take STSCI 2150 or STSCI 2200 for your intro stats requirement, we strongly recommend you enroll in STSCI 2120 - R Programming for Data Science before you enroll in STSCI 3200, unless your course was taught in R.
• Take Multivariable Calculus before STSCI 3080.
• Have questions about math requirements? Check out First Steps in Math.

Courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. To remain in good standing in the major, a student must have:

• a GPA of at least 2.30 in all courses required for the major, including advanced electives.
• Grades of C- or better in every required course. If a student receives a lower grade in a required course, the course can be retaken until a C- or better is earned, or the requirement can be satisfied by another course.
   

Student Support
If you fall short of the above criteria at the end of the semester, the major's academic review committee will determine what actions might need to be taken and your Bowers advisor will partner with you on next steps. This could include reworking your next semester’s schedule, receiving an academic warning, taking a required leave, exploring other majors, and/or a required withdrawal. 

Book an appointment with your advisor if you need academic support.

Beginning with the December 2026 degree conferral date, Statistics & Biometry students can earn “Honors in Statistics and Data Science” by meeting the following requirements:

1. A cumulative GPA >= 3.50
2. Enrollment in STSCI 4990 / BTRY 4990 for 3 or more credits. Through this course the student will complete Independent Research with a Statistics and Data Science faculty member, with grades of A- or better. 

At least one additional STSCI course (at least 3 credit hours) at or above the 4000 level with a grade of A- or better; no seminar or 2-credit project courses.

Are you hoping to use external coursework for a statistics major requirement? Make sure to check in with the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising about the transfer credit process.

The Office of Global Learning at Cornell University allows students to spend a semester or two studying at a foreign school. We invite you to explore the opportunities. Students may petition the Director of Undergraduate Studies to count transfer study abroad courses towards core or elective requirements. 

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Students entering Cornell in fall 2025 can view current curriculum requirements, including core courses and electives, in the university course catalog.

Cornell Course Catalog
 

Started your Cornell journey before fall 2025? 

Review major requirements for the year you entered Cornell: Cornell Courses of Study Archive
 

Pro Tips

• Need experience in R programming? If you didn’t take STSCI 2150 or STSCI 2200 for your intro stats requirement, we strongly recommend you enroll in STSCI 2120 - R Programming for Data Science before you enroll in STSCI 3200, unless your course was taught in R.
• Take Multivariable Calculus before STSCI 3080.
• Have questions about math requirements? Check out First Steps in Math

Courses required for the major must be taken for letter grades. To remain in good standing in the major, a student must have:

• A GPA of at least 2.30 in all courses required for the major, including advanced electives.
• Grades of C- or better in every required course. If a student receives a lower grade in a required course, the course can be retaken until a C- or better is earned, or the requirement can be satisfied by another course.

Student Support
If you fall short of the above criteria at the end of the semester, the major's academic review committee will determine what actions might need to be taken and your Bowers advisor will partner with you on next steps. This could include reworking your next semester’s schedule, receiving an academic warning, taking a required leave, exploring other majors, and/or a required withdrawal. 

Book an appointment with your advisor if you need academic support.

Beginning with the December 2026 degree conferral date, Statistical Science students can earn “Honors in Statistics and Data Science” by meeting the following requirements:

1. A cumulative GPA >= 3.50 ​
2. Enrollment in STSCI 4990/BTRY 4990 for 3 or more credits. Through this course the student will complete Independent Research with a Statistics and Data Science faculty member, with grades of A- or better.
3. At least one additional STSCI course (at least 3 credit hours) at or above the 4000 level with a grade of A- or better; no seminar or 2-credit project courses

The Office of Global Learning at Cornell University allows students to spend a semester or two studying at a foreign school. We invite you to explore the opportunities.

Students may petition the Director of Undergraduate Studies to count transfer study abroad courses towards core or elective requirements. 

Learn more

Students entering Cornell in fall 2025 can view current curriculum requirements, including core courses and electives, in the university course catalog.

B.A. IS Course Catalog

B.S. IS Course Catalog

Started your Cornell journey before fall 2025? 

Review major requirements for the year you entered Cornell: Cornell Courses of Study Archive.
 

Check your degree progress

• IS majors in A&S: Log in to the Bowers degree checklist.
• IS majors in CALS: Log in to Cornell Stellic if you joined Cornell in or after fall 2023. (Pre-FA23 students should consult their Bowers checklist and the CALS DUST system.)

Students must meet the following criteria for good standing at the end of each semester:

• Earn an overall GPA of at least 2.3
• Earn a weighted GPA for the IS major of at least 2.5
• Complete all courses with a grade of C- or higher
• Complete at least 12 academic credits per semester
• Complete all core INFO courses prior to the start of the final semester of study (students must pre-enroll in any remaining core coursework by the end of their 3-2 semester)​

Student Support

If you fall short of the above criteria at the end of the semester, the major's academic review committee will determine what actions might need to be taken and your Bowers advisor will partner with you on next steps. This could include reworking your next semester’s schedule, receiving an academic warning, taking a required leave, exploring other majors, and/or a required withdrawal. 

Book an appointment with your advisor if you need academic support.

To qualify for departmental honors, students must apply by the end of their seventh semester and meet the GPA requirement of 3.5 or higher at the time of application and maintained through their graduation date. Students intending to pursue honors must complete the following course work in addition to their IS major courses:

• Three additional credit hours of IS coursework at or above the 5000-level (graded courses only; no seminars or 2-credit project courses);
• Six credit hours of INFO 4900 Independent Reading and Research with one or more IS faculty members, spread over at least two semesters (at least 3.0 credits each semester) and with grades of A– or higher. It is expected that the INFO 4900 research will result in a project report.

The 9 credit hours of work for departmental honors cannot be counted towards any other major requirement.

B.A. in Information Science

Cornell non-Arts and Sciences students who want to transfer from another college at Cornell in order to major in B.A. Information Science should visit the Arts and Sciences internal transfer page.

B.S. in Information Science

If you're a current CALS student, start taking courses to meet the criteria for admission and schedule an advising meeting.

Cornell non-CALS students should refer to the CALS page on the Internal Transfer page. Please note that internally transferring to CALS for the IS major is highly selective.

The Office of Global Learning at Cornell University allows students to spend a semester or two studying at a foreign school. We invite you to explore the opportunities.

Learn more

Students entering Cornell in fall 2025 can view current curriculum requirements, including core courses and electives, in the university course catalog.

Cornell Course Catalog

Started your Cornell journey before fall 2025? 

Review major requirements for the year you entered Cornell: Cornell Courses of Study Archive.

Check your progress

See how you're doing on degree requirements by checking your personalized Bowers degree checklist (affiliated majors only; requires NetID login).

Affiliated students must meet college requirements for good standing. In addition, students in the ISST major must meet the following criteria for good standing at the end of each semester: 

• Earn a semester GPA of 2.3 or higher
• Earn a semester GPA of 2.5 or higher in all courses used towards the ISST major and all Engineering Math courses
• Earn a grade of C- or higher in CS 2110/ENGRD 2110, ENGRD 2700, and all courses used towards the ISST major. Note: If a lower grade is earned, the course must be retaken
• Complete a minimum of 14 academic credits per semester
• No failing grades
• Take at least two core ISST courses the first semester after affiliation
• Complete all core ISST courses prior to the final semester of study (students must pre-enroll, as permitted by the relevant department, in any remaining core coursework by the end of their 3-2 semester) 

Student Support

If you fall short of the above criteria at the end of the semester, the major's academic review committee will determine what actions might need to be taken and your Bowers advisor will partner with you on next steps. This could include reworking your next semester’s schedule, receiving an academic warning, taking a required leave, exploring other majors, and/or a required withdrawal. 

Book an appointment with your advisor if you need academic support.

The B.S. degree with honors is granted to engineering students who satisfy the requirements given on the "Undergraduate Study and Graduation Requirements " page as well as the following requirements.

• Cumulative GPA ≥ 3.5 at the time of application and maintained through graduation
• 3 credit hours of ISST graded course work at or above the 5000-level (graded courses only; no 1 or 2 credit seminars or 2 credit project courses)
• 6 credit hours of INFO 4900 Independent Reading and Research with an ISST faculty member, spread over at least two semesters, with at least A– each semester

The ISST research is expected to result in a programming project or a written report (or both). The courses taken for these 9 credit hours cannot be applied to any other major requirements.  

Students may petition the Director of Undergraduate Studies to count transfer credit or other relevant Cornell courses towards concentration or elective requirements. Transfer credit must be approved by the IS Department and the College of Engineering before it can be applied towards the major.

Students who want to transfer from another college at Cornell in order to major in ISST should visit Cornell Engineering's Internal Transfer page.

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The Office of Global Learning at Cornell University allows students to spend a semester or two studying at a foreign school. We invite you to explore the opportunities.

Up to two courses from a qualified study abroad program may be counted towards the major in one of two ways: (1) one concentration course and one major-approved elective or (2) two major approved electives. Courses must be approved in advance by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. 

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