BA or BS in computer science

[ucbalumnus]

@juillet

Most colleges require around 120 credits, which for an average of 3 credits per class works out to around 40 courses. For example, check out Stanford’s major - there are six core courses, a speculation of 4-5 classes, and then 2-4 elective classes. That’s around 15 classes at the high end, which is about average for a major at most colleges. There also cognate classes in math and physics - so CS majors at Stanford need to take two math electives and two physics electives. So let’s just round up to 20 courses.

Note that Stanford is on the quarter system, so it requires 180 quarter units to graduate (1 quarter unit = 2/3 semester unit, since a quarter is 2/3 as long as a semester).

According to http://csmajor.stanford.edu/ProgramSheets/CS_Unspec_1415PS.pdf , the CS major at Stanford requires:

26 units (14%) in math (including two math-for-CS courses in the CS department)
11 units (6%) in science (not CS)
13 units (7%) in engineering
43 units (24%) in CS
1 course (usually 4 units or 2%) in technology and society

The total for the CS major is 97 units, or 54% of the 180 units needed to graduate. (Looks like 4 is the most common credit unit value at Stanford, as it is at many other schools, but there are many 3 and 5 unit courses there.)