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• BA - Comp. Geography

Requirements:

The CS BA degree has been **hibernated** and no **students will be admitted**.*

Select a degree program on the left to view the course requirements for each.

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  • Lower Division,
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Getting Started: Lower Division Requirements for Different Degree Programs

The lower division Computer Science course requirements, by degree program, are as follows.

• Computer Science (BS Program): CS16*, CS24, CS32, CS40, CS48, CS56, CS64
• Computer Science (BA Program): CS16*, CS24, CS32, CS40
• Computer Engineering: CS16*, CS24, CS32, CS40
• Electrical Engineering: CS16, CS24
• Other departments: For students without any programming experience, we recommend CS8 as an introduction to Computer Science; for students with some programming experience, we recommend CS16
• * For students with little to no programming experience, we recommend taking CS8 prior to CS16.