Department of Computer Science
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street NW, Suite 704
Washington DC 20052
Voice: (202) 994-7181
Fax: (202) 994-4875
E-mail: cs@gwu.edu

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
(Medical Preparation Option)

This curriculum is effective for students entering in the Fall 2001 semester.

In keeping with standard CS policy, if you entered before Fall 2001, you may transfer into this curriculum subject to the approval of your advisor. The B.A. curriculum is a liberal arts program, designed to provide a high-quality, broad liberal education along with a 33-credit concentration in Computer Science with emphasis on software development. The medical preparation option permits the student to obtain a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and have sufficient preparation to apply to medical school. Students pursuing medical preparation and applying to medical school should consult the SEAS representative to the University's premedical committee.
Below are the semester-by-semester course requirements in this curriculum. The indication P(...) signifies prerequisite courses; a comma between prerequisite courses means "and;" a slash means "or."

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Sem Course Course Course Course Course Tot Hrs 128-129 1 Humanities, Social Science or Business (H/SS/B) Elective (3) Engl 9 or Engl 10 or EFL 50 (3) English Composition CSci 41 (3) Introduction to Computer Science  (Entering SEAS freshmen also take SEAS 1 (1)) Chem 11 (4) General Chemistry Math 20 or Math 31 (3) 16/17 2 Engl 11 or Engl 13 (3)  English Composition CSci 123 (3)  Discrete Structures P(Math 20 or 31) CSci 51 (3)  Intro to Software Development  P(CSci 41) Chem 12 (4) General Chemistry Math 21 or Math 32 (3)  16 3 H/SS/B (3) Phys 1+5 or Phys 21 (4) General Physics w/ Lab CSci 131 (3) Algorithms and Data Structures I P(CSci 51) BiSc 11 (4) Intro to Biology Phil 45 (3) Introduction to Logic) 17 4 H/SS/B (3) Phys 2+6 or Phys 22 (4) General Physics w/ Lab CSci 141  (3)  Software Engineering I.  P(CSci 131) BiSc 12 (4) Intro to Biology CSci 110 (3) Technology & Society  P(CSci 131) 17 5 Creative arts elective (3) Literature Elective (3) CSci 52 (3)  Introduction to Computer Organization  P(CSci 51) Chem 151+153 (4) Organic Chemistry Stat 51 or ApSc 115 (3) Bus. and Economic Statistics 16 6 Culture Elective (3) Literature Elective (3) CSci 169 (3)  Software Paradigms  P(CSci 141) Chem 152+154 (4) Organic Chemistry H/SS/B (3) 16 7 Culture Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSci Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15 8 Unrestricted Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) CSci Elective (3) CSci Elective (3) Unrestricted Elective (3) 15