CS Revision 2026

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Changes:

• Fundamentals Changes Drastically
  • Not a prereq for cs2370, but may be a prereq for later courses.
  • Doesn’t cover circuits
  • Does cover files, CLI usage, and other domain basics.
  • Covers some short topics from ACM core: DB, Networking
• Intermediate Programming
  • Data structures isn’t in the name
  • Still cover using lists, maps.
  • Needs to cover short topics from ACM core: Graphics, HCI
• Algorithms
  • Data structures is in the name
• Operating Systems
  • Requires C Programming, Not Architecture
• Databases: Gone
• Calc 2 -> Calc Stats, Basic Stats Gone
• Added AI
• Added Programming Languages (also acts as “Advanced Programming”)
• Still need to clean up credit numbers.

Implications for RB, CY, IT

• Fundamentals is no longer pre-req for Intro to Programming
  • Still may recommend it comes first in course sequence.
• Databases still exists: It’s an IT / CY only course.
• Robotics already requires AI; now we can definitely run it.

Still Want To

• Figure out 3-year IT, minimizing unique courses.
• See what more overlap we can get between the four majors.
• Stare more closely at what the math reqs are between majors:
  • Can we offer low-math CS, or high math CY, or similar?
  • Do the math reqs for CS/RB want to be the same?