Computer Science Dept. Policy for Undergraduates

Quantitative Electives

Which courses count as Quantitative Electives?

Every student who joined the computer science major before September 2005 must pass two 3- or 4-credit quantitative elective courses. Quantitative elective courses deal with the application of mathematical methods to solving real problems. If a quantitative elective course has a co-requisite laboratory, the laboratory must also be passed.

This document contains a summary of which courses can be taken so satisfy the Computer Science Department's requirement for Quantitative Elective courses. Courses not specifically allowed below can be counted as quantitative electives only with the written approval of the Computer Science Dept. Chair or the Undergraduate Coordinator.

Some courses do not qualify as Quantitative Electives despite their quantitative content, specifically

• Computer Science courses
• courses not in the Undergraduate Catalog (this rule disqualifies many Continuing Education courses)
• non-Computer Science courses whose focus is software, for example, 16.217, 16.563, and 92.263
• courses whose content substantially overlaps courses you take in satisfaction of your Computer Science major, for example, 14.286 (which overlaps with 92.386, Probability and Statistics I)
• courses that the offering department does not allow you to take, for example, any course listed as “for majors only” in the Undergraduate Catalog
• graduate courses, unless specifically approved by the Undergraduate Coordinator

Some courses that are no longer offered can be used as Quantitative Electives.  Most of these courses are listed here.  Consult the Undergraduate Coordinator if you believe you have taken a course that used to be a Quantitative Elective but that is not listed here or below.

The following undergraduate courses listed in the Undergraduate Catalog can be taken as Quantitative Electives.

ARTS AND SCIENCES

Biology: 81.111 and higher (see exceptions above), 83.101 and higher

Chemistry: 84.121 and higher, except 84.260 and 84.360 (see exceptions above)

Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences: 85.306, 87.201, 87.202, 89.201, 89.314, 89.452

Economics: 49.312, 49.317, 49.407

Mathematics (only applied courses allowed): 92.301, 92.302, 92.362, 92.363 (if taken Spring 2003 or before), 92.381, 92.382, 92.403, 92.409, 92.416, 92.450, 92.457, 92.458, 92.481, 92.482, 92.483, 92.593

Physics: 95.210 and higher (see exceptions above)

ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering: 10.203 and higher (see exceptions above)

Nuclear Engineering: 24.331 and higher (see exceptions above)

Civil Engineering: 14.203 and higher (see exceptions above)

Electrical Engineering: 16.201, 16.202, 16.211, 16.333, 16.355 and higher, EXCEPT 16.420, 16.422, 16.425, 16.442, and other courses with a significant computer component (See other exceptions above.)

Mechanical Engineering: 22.211 and higher (see exceptions above)

Plastics Engineering: 26.201 and higher (see exceptions above)

Work Environment:  19.525, 19.530, 19.540

Please direct questions to Prof. Jesse M. Heines, UML CS Undergraduate Coordinator, heines@cs.uml.edu