Comparison of old (2020 and earlier) Requirements and Current Requirements
| Topic | 2020 basic requirements | Current basic requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-calculus and single-variable calculus | MMa+MMb+M1b, or M1a+M1b, or pass out | Same (but MMa/MMb explicitly mentioned) |
| Linear algebra | Math 21b/22a/23a/25a/55a or AM 21b/22a | Same |
| Probability and multivariate calculus | Stat 110 or Math 21a/22b/23b/23c/25b/55b or AM 21a (includes multivariate calculus) | Stat 110, ES 150, Math 154 (no multivariate calculus) |
| CS courses | Eight courses | Nine courses |
| Overlapping CS course requirements | 2 basic software, 2 theory, 4 technical electives including 2 breadth courses: all distinct | One course can satisfy multiple tags |
| Basic software | Two of CS 50/51/61 or more advanced courses | Programming 1 and Programming 2 tags (more possibilities including CS 32, CS 109a/109b) |
| Theory | Two courses: CS 121 + another CS x2x | Three Formal Reasoning courses, including Discrete Mathematics, Computational Limitations, and Algorithms tags (CS 20 material explicitly required; more possibilities including CS 120, CS 136, CS 152) |
| Technical electives | Four courses from a set including all CS >50, CS 20, Stat 110 & 195, AM 106, 107, 120, 121, etc. | Four courses with CS numbers ≥100 (Advanced Computer Science tag; can overlap with other requirements) |
| Breadth requirement | Two (basic)/three (honors) of the technical electives must be CS xYx with different Y 3–8 | One Systems course and one Computation and the World course (basic), also one AI course (honors) (can overlap with other requirements) |
| Tutorial | At most one CS 91r for concentration credit | Same |
| P/F and SAT/UNS | CS 50 may be taken SAT/UNS | Up to two courses may be taken P/F or SAT/UNS, and may only satisfy the Programming 1 and Advanced CS tags |