Program Requirements

1. Any undergraduate student currently enrolled in a CU Denver degree program with a major other than computer science and engineering may earn a minor in computer science. This includes students from the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Business School, the College of Arts & Media and the School of Public Affairs.
2. A student must fulfill all prerequisites for the courses he/she selects. See the catalog course descriptions for prerequisite information for each course.
3. The student must complete (with a C- or better) three additional computer science and engineering courses (CSCI) at the 3000-level or higher from an approved list of computer science courses, available in the CSE department, and must obtain an approved plan from a Computer Science and Engineering faculty advisor.
4. All computer science and engineering courses (CSCI) numbered 3000 and above must be taken from the CSE department at the University of Colorado Denver and be from the approved list of courses for the minor in computer science.
5. At the time of graduation, the student must have a CU Denver cumulative GPA of 2.0 and must have a 2.0 GPA for the eight classes taken for the minor.
6. All courses taken for the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

• Take all of the following required courses:

• MATH 1401 - Calculus I
• CSCI 1410 - Fundamentals of Computing
• CSCI 1411 - Fundamentals of Computing Laboratory
• CSCI 2312 - Object Oriented Programming
• CSCI 2421 - Data Structures and Program Design
• CSCI 2511 - Discrete Structures

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  Take three additional computer science courses at the 3000-level or higher with the approval of an undergraduate advisor (see #3 above for details).