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Undergraduate Information |
Differences Between the Degree Plans
This table summarizes the differences between degree plans, for the convenience
of students deciding whether to change to a more recent degree plan.
| 2000-2002 Catalog | 2002-2004 Catalog | 2004-2006 Catalog |
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Lower Division
Requirements | Phys 2410 | Phys 2420a | Phys 2420 |
| Phys 2411 | Phys 2421a | Phys 2421 |
| Phys 1120 | Phys 3112a,x | nilb |
| Phys 1121 | Phys 3122a,x | nilb |
| CS 2302 | CS 2302 | CS 2402 |
Core Curriculum
Electives | unchanged |
| Free Electives | unchanged |
Quantitative Science
Elective (one out of ...) | Biol 1305 | Biol 1305 | Biol 1305 plus Biol 1107 (lab)b |
| Chem 1305 | Chem 1305 | Chem 1305 plus Chem 1105 (lab)b |
| Geol 1301 | Geol 1301 | Geol 1301 plus Geol 1101 (lab)b |
Upper Division
Requirements | CS 4195 | CS 4195 | CS 3195d |
| CS 3335 | CS 3335 | CS 4375e |
| CS 3330 | CS 3330 | CS 3331 |
Technical Electives
(five out of ...) | CS 3370 |
| CS 4316 |
| CS 4320 |
| CS 4342 |
| CS 4352 |
| CS 4365 |
| CS 4371 |
| CS 4390 |
| CS 4375 | CS 4375 | CS 3335e |
a) name change
b) physics labs replaced by a quantitative science lab
c) lab session added to Data Structures
d) Professional Orientation Course moved to junior year
e) Theory of Operating Systems replaced by Systems Programming as a requirement;
Systems Programming becomes a technical elective
x) alternatively, Physics 2230 counts as equivalent to Physics 3112 and 3122
Summary of changes for 2008:
The changes in the 2008 catalog with respect to the 2004-2006 catalog are the following:
- Calculus III is eliminated
- CS2402 becomes CS2302 (although CS2402 will count as a replacement for CS2302).
- A technical elective is eliminated (the 2008 plan has 4 tech electives instead of 5)
- EE 2169 Digital System Design I Lab is now required and must be taken concurrently with EE2369 Digital System Design I. (Note: ECE has indicated that students who took EE2369 without the lab will be able to take the lab separately.)
- Phil 2306 Ethics replaces the humanities core curriculum elective.
- Free electives are reduced from 6 credit hours to 3. (This means that there is less flexibility in accepting community college transfer credits into the degree plan.)
- Quantitative Science Sequence (QSS) - Students must complete a two-semester sequence in physics, biology, chemistry or geology. (Previous degree plans required physics.)
- Lab Science Sequence (LSS) - Students must complete a three credit hour lecture and the corresponding one credit hour lab in physics, biology, chemistry or geology. Credit for a course may not be applied to both QSS and LSS.
- Physics requirement - Students must complete either PHYS 2420 or PHYS 2421 (both were required in 2004-2006 catalog).
