Requirements for a Minor in Computer Science
All information is current as of catalog year 2013−2014.
A minor in computer science consists of a minimum of 18 hours of computer science courses with at least 6 hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Computer science minor students will need to be permitted into their classes by the Undergraduate Academic Advisor.
Printable Minor Information
Current allowable computer science minor courses include the following:
- CS 1382 − Discrete Computational Structures
- CS 1411 − Programming Principles I
- CS 1412 − Programming Principles II
- CS 2350 − Computer Organization & Assembly Language Programming
- CS 2413 − Data Structures
- CS 3361 − Concepts of Programming Languages
- CS 3364 − Design & Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 3365 − Software Engineering
- CS 3375 − Computer Architecture
- CS 3383 − Theory of Automata
- CS 4328 − Scientific Computing
- CS 4352 − Operating Systems
- CS 4354 − Concepts of Database Systems
Computer science 3000 or 4000 level elective course offerings are options for the minor in computer science. See your computer science advisor for a listing of rotating computer science junior and senior elective course offerings. CS 1300, CS 1303, CS 1305, CS 4311, and CS 4312 are not options for the minor in computer science.
Additional Course Information
- Students from other colleges outside of the Whitacre College of Engineering must have a minimum 2.5 GPA at Texas Tech to qualify for a minor in the Whitacre College of Engineering.
- Whitacre College of Engineering Foundational Curriculum students are not allowed to declare a minor.
- Free tutoring is available for some CS courses in The Learning Center.