Applied Mathematics–Computer Science

Requirements for the Sc.B. degree.

Prerequisites (2 courses):

• Math
• An approved math course (any MATH course beyond 0090 except for 0420, or APMA 0330).



• Writing
• A student must take at least one course that satisfies the CS Department Writing Requirement.

Concentration Requirements (16 or 17 courses):

• Core – Math
• MATH 0180 or 0350
• MATH 0520 or 0540, or CSCI 0530


• Core – Applied Mathematics
• APMA 0350
• APMA 0360
• APMA 1170 or 1180


• Core – Computer Science
• (CSCI 0150 and CSCI 0160) or (CSCI 0170 and CSCI 0180) or (CSCI 0190 and a 1000-level CS course)
• CSCI 0220
• Two of:
• CSCI 0310
• CSCI 0320
• CSCI 0510


• Additional Courses
• Three 1000-level Computer Science courses. These three courses must include a pair of courses with a coherent theme. A list of approved pairs may be found at the approved-pairs web page. You are not restricted to the pairs on this list, but any pair not on the list must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies.


• Three 1000-level Applied Mathematics courses approved by the concentration advisor, of which two should constitute a standard sequence or address a common theme. Typical sequences include: APMA 1200/1210 and APMA 1650/1660.


• A 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 in depth, to produce a culminating artifact such as a paper or software project.

Page last reviewed in February, 2011.

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