Requirements for a CS concentration
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Note: The Computer Science concentration is available to students entered St. Olaf prior to the approval of the CS major in late Fall 2002.
St. Olaf's Computer Science (CS) concentration is a substantial multi-level exploration of the discipline of CS that builds on a breadth-first, hands-on introduction to the discipline, takes a team-based approach to software design (possibly including interdisciplinary team projects, introduces ethical and social analysis, and emphasizes written and oral communication skills and other aspects of a liberal arts education. See also the most recent catalog description of the concentration.
A CS concentration
is arranged by individual contract between the program and
a student, which helps both the student and the program with academic
planning and builds in the potential to adapt requirements according
to special circumstances and particular educational objectives. See
Dick Brown (rab@stolaf.edu) to arrange a contract.
The CS concentration requires six credits in CS. In the guidelines below, proposed course numbers are included, with references to existing course numbers as appropriate; general education credits are currently pending approval in most cases. Further information about the courses is provided in summary or detailed ; see also additional documents related to the curriculum.
Guidelines
A typical CS concentration ordinarily the following courses.
- ]reqt_entry([CS1], [No prerequisite], [existing CS 172], [[MAR]])[
- ]reqt_entry([SD], [Prerequisite: ]crsovref([CS1])[], [existing CS 272], [[WRI]])[
- ]reqt_entry([HD], [Prerequisite: ]crsovref([CS1])[], [existing CS 274])[
- ]reqt_entry([ADS], [Prerequisites: ]crsovref([SD])[, ]crsovref([MFC])[], [modification of existing CS 372])[
- ]reqt_entry([PL], [Prerequisites: ]crsovref([HD])[, ]crsovref([SD])[], [existing CS 376])[
- An approved sixth course in CS.