Computer Science–Economics
Requirements for the Sc.B. degree.
Interested students may contact concentration advisors in either the Department of Computer Science or in the Department of Economics.
Prerequisites (4 or 5 courses):
Required Courses (18 or 19 courses):
- Applied Mathematics: APMA 1650.
- Computer Science: (CSCI 0150 and CSCI 0160) or (CSCI 0170 and CSCI 0180) or CSCI 0190.
- CSCI 0220, 0310, 0320, and 0520.
- One of the following tracks:
- (1) Analytical Track:
- Two courses from the set: CSCI 1410, 1490, 1550, 1570, 1590, 1760, APMA 1210, 1660. (Only one of the two APMA courses may be used.)
- (2) Information Systems Track:
- Two courses from the set: CSCI 1230, 1260, 1270, 1380, 1430, 1480, 1660, 1670, 1680, 1730, 1900.
- One additional 1000-level CSCI course.
- Note: only one of APMA 1210 and CSCI 1490 may be taken for concentration credit.
- Economics: ECON 1110 or 1130, 1210 and 1630; plus at least five other 1000-level economics courses. Of those five courses, at least three must be chosen from the "mathematical-economics" group. This group comprises: ECON 1170, 1470, 1640, 1750, 1850, 1860, and 1870.
- Capstone Course: a one-semester course, normally taken in the student's last undergraduate year, in which the student (or group of students) use a significant portion of their undergraduate education, broadly interpreted, in studying some current topic (preferably at the intersection of computer science and economics) in depth, to produce a culminating artifact such as a paper or software project.
Requirements for the A.B. degree:
Interested students may contact concentration advisors in either the Department of Computer Science or in the Department of Economics.
Prerequisites (4 or 5 courses):
- Math
- MATH 0090 and 0100, or the single course MATH 0170. MATH 0520 or 0540.
- ECON 0110.
- Writing
- You must take at least one course that satisfies the CS Department Writing Requirement.
Required Courses (13 or 14 courses):
- Applied Mathematics: APMA 1650.
- Seven Computer Science courses are required (six if CSCI 0190 is taken). consisting of: (CSCI 0150 and CSCI 0160) or (CSCI 0170 and CSCI 0180) or CSCI 0190; CSCI 0220, 0310, and 0520;
- And two courses from either of the following tracks:
- The analytical track: CSCI 1410, 1490, 1550, 1570, 1590, 1760, and one of APMA 1210, and 1660; or the information systems track: CSCI 0320, 1230, 1260, 1270, 1380, 1430, 1480, 1660, 1670, 1680, 1730, and 1900.
- Six additional economics courses are required: ECON 1110 or 1130, 1210, 1630, and three other 1000-level courses of which two must be chosen from the "mathematical-economics" group (ECON 1170, 1470, 1640, 1750, 1850, 1860, and 1870).
- Note: only one of APMA 1210 and CSCI 1490 may be taken for concentration credit.
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