Enhance your studies with a computer science component.

Complement your degree with valuable computing skills. You'll work with a computer science faculty advisor while completing fundamental computing courses and advanced electives.

Completing the minor.

To minor in Computer Science the students must have a computer science field member on his/her special committee. This minor requires a certain amount of knowledge in computer science, which may or may not be acquired at Cornell. 

Students must have knowledge of at least four courses from either (A) or (B), of which at least two must be from (B):

  • (A) All  5000-level courses except Practicums (e.g., 5121, 5321, 5411, 5439, 5621)

  • (B) All 6000 and 7000-level courses and graduate seminars (only if letter grade is available).

In addition, at least two of these courses must form a natural sequence. It is up to the student's CS special committee member to determine whether two particular courses constitute a reasonable sequence. 

The student and the CS special committee member must agree on a plan of study that fulfills the requirement for the CS minor (this should be done when the CS member joins the student's committee). The CS special committee member may modify the above requirements.

The student must have knowledge of at least two courses from (B), or at least two from (A) and one from (B). In the latter case, 3410 counts as a group (A) course.

(A) All  5000-level courses except Practicums (e.g., 5121, 5321, 5411, 5439, 5621)

(B) All 6000 and 7000-level courses and graduate seminars (only if letter grade is available).

View Course Catalog

Courses taken at Cornell must be for letter grade and be passed with a grade of B- or better to count toward the minor.