Computer Science 3-Year Course Plan

The following is a schedule of courses that will be offered (primarily for the computer science major) over the next few semester. It may be subject to change based on availability of instructors to teach specific courses.

The below listings do not include all courses required by the department for each major. Students should check the Bulletin for complete degree requirements.

LOWER LEVEL CORE COURSE OFFERINGS

Course #	Course Name	Required for	F07	W08	F08	W09	F09	W10	F10	W11
1250	Introduction to Computing	CS, Math, Physics, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E
1320	Applied Statistics	CS, Math, BS(Phys)3, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E
1800	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	CS, Math, Physics, Chem, Eng, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E
1900	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	CS, Math, Physics, Chem, Eng, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E
2000	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III	CS, Math, Physics, Chem, Eng, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E
2250	Programming and Data Structures	CS	D,E	D,E	D	E	D	E	D	E
2260	Object Oriented Programming in C++	CS	E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D
2450	Elementary Linear Algebra	CS, Math, BS(Phys)1, BS(Phys)2, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D,E	D,E	E	D	E	D
2700	Computer Systems: Architecture and Organization	CS	E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D
2710	Computer Systems: Programming	CS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E
2750	Advanced Programming with Unix	CS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E

Code: CS = BS in Computer Science, Math = BA or BS in Math, MS = MS in Computer Science

BSED(Math) = BS in Education – Mathematics, Chem = BA or BS in Chemistry, Physics = BA or BS in Physics,

BS(Phys)1 = BS in Physics – General Physics Option, BS(Phys)2 = BS in Physics – Astrophysics Option,

BS(Phys)3 = BS in Physics - Engineering Physics Option,

Eng = UM-St. Louis/Washington University Joint Engineering Program

D = Day course, E = Evening course

UPPER LEVEL CORE COURSE OFFERINGS

Course #	Course Name	Required for	F07	W08	F08	W09	F09	W10	F10	W11
3000	Discrete Structures	CS, Math, BSED(Math)	D,E	D,E	D	E	D	E	D	E
3130	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	CS	E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D
4250	Programming Languages	CS, MS	E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D
4280	Program Translation Techniques	CS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E
4760	Operating Systems	CS, MS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E

This schedule does not include possible summer courses.

UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE COURSE OFFERINGS

Course #	Course Name	Can be used for	F07	W08	F08	W09	F09	W10	F10	W11
4020	Java and Internet Programming	CS, MS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E
4410	Computer Graphics	CS, MS		D		E		D		E
4610	Database Management Systems	CS, MS	D	E	D	E	D	E	D	E
4730	Computer Networks and Communications	CS, MS	E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D

Other 4000 computer science electives will be offered as resources are available. This schedule does not include possible summer courses.

GRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS

Course #	Course Name	F07	W08	F08	W09	F09	W10	F10	W11
5130	Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms Prerequisite: elementary course in analysis of algorithms or consent of instructor	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
5320	Introduction to Evolutionary Computation Prerequisite: CS 4300 or consent of instructor	E		E		E		E
5500	Software Engineering Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
5700	Computer Systems Prerequisite: Background in computer organization or Architecture or consent of instructor	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
5420	Visual Data Processing Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor		E				E
6320	Advances in Evolutionary Computation Prerequisite: CS 5320 or consent of instructor		E				E
6340	Genetic Programming Prerequisite: CS 5320 or consent of instructor				E				E
6410	Topics in Computer Graphics Prerequisite: CS 4410 or consent of instructor					E
6420	Topics in Immage Processing and Multimedia Prerequisite: CS 5400, CS 5420 or consent of instructor			E				E

Other courses will be offered apart from this collection if resources are available.

The following is a sample timeline for completing an undergraduate computer science degree based on day or evening courses, for a freshman starting in F07. The elective courses may be chosen differently, according to availability. Students should check the Bulletin for complete degree requirements.

SAMPLE TIMELINE FOR UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE

Degree Program

Graduation timelines

F07

W08

F08

W09

F09

W10

F10

W11

BS(CS)

Graduation timetable (day)

1250

1800

1320

1900

2250

2000

2450

2750

2260

2700

3000

Math Elective

2710

4020

3130

4410

4280

4610

4760

4250

4730