The Department of Computer Science offers a minor for students who desire to gain sufficient background to use and program computers in another field. In addition, a Teaching Minor is offered in conjunction with the College of Education for students who desire to gain sufficient background to teach computer science at the secondary school level.
A limited number of students are admitted into the minor program each year. In order to be admitted, a student must have a declared major in another department and be making progress in that major. The maximum number of students accepted into the minor is determined by the faculty on an annual basis and is currently about 10. Priority is given to students wishing to pursue a Teaching Minor.
The admission process is similar to that for majors and is carried out at the same time. Students compete for admission based on grades in Math 111, Writing 101 or 210, Computer Science 201 and 202. In order to be accepted, the GPA in these classes must exceed that of students admitted into full-major status that year.
The minor consists of a minimum of 27 credit hours of computer science classes, which must include the following:
Computer science minors are guaranteed admission into only the upper division classes that comprise their minor. They are not allowed to take computer science classes numbered 400 or above. Students in the minor will not be able to do phone registration for upper division classes; they must add them through the undergraduate office each quarter.
Students who wish to pursue a Teaching Minor should contact an advisor in the College of Education.
