Computer Science Minor

Introduction

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The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers a minor in computer science. The requirements for the minor are listed below.

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To declare the computer science minor, students must complete and send a Minor Declaration Form to the engineering dean's office. Once declared, students are required to meet with a computer science advisor to complete the computer science minor coursework form. The Computer Science Minor declaration must be completed to register for 3000-level courses.
For more information or an advising appointment, contact the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at 303-315-1408 or visit the Lawrence Street Center (1380 Lawrence Street), suite 800.

Students must satisfy all requirements as outlined below and by the department offering the minor.

Any undergraduate student currently enrolled in a CU Denver degree program with a major other than computer science or cybersecurity may earn a minor in computer science.
A Computer Science Minor plan of study must be completed and approved by a computer science advisor.
A student must fulﬁll all prerequisites for the courses they select. See the catalog course descriptions for prerequisite information for each course.
All courses taken for the minor must have a CSCI prefix and be taught by a computer science faculty member.
All courses taken for the minor must be completed with a C- or better with a 2.0 GPA average for all eight courses.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
MATH 1401	Calculus I	4
CSCI 1410	Fundamentals of Computing	3
CSCI 1411	Fundamentals of Computing Laboratory	1
CSCI 2312	Object Oriented Programming	3
CSCI 2421	Data Structures and Program Design	3
Four additional CSCI courses ¹		12
Total Hours		26

¹: One of which may be at the 2000 level. All others must be at the 3000-level or higher.