Degree Requirements

• JHU Catalog – Computer Science Undergraduate Degree Requirements
• Undergraduate Advising Manual – contains essential information for majors and minors not found in the course catalog.
• CS Minor Requirements
• Academic Program FAQ
• Optional Focus Areas within CS @ JHU – see the advising manual for more detail
• Course Area Designators – a chart of CS courses and their Analysis, Applications or Systems tags.
• Approved “CS other” Courses – these courses from outside CS may count as “CS other” credits (up to 6 total) for the BS degree.
• Approved Science Courses – these science courses, and no others, may count toward the basic science requirement.

Related Resources

• Course Information – contains links to the CS catalog course descriptions, plus departmental course offerings for fall, spring, and summer.
• Departmental Honors with Thesis
• Academic Integrity Code

Advising Worksheets & Forms

• BS/BA Program Worksheet (xlsx) – required advising document to track and calculate progress toward satisfying the either the BS or BA degree requirements (effective Summer 2016)
• BS sample schedule – just a starting place, adjust for your own backgrounds and interests
• Minor Program Worksheet (xls) – an excel spreadsheet for minors used to calculate progress toward satisfying their program requirements
• Major Exception Form (pdf) – complete this form, get signatures, and submit a copy to Joanne (DUS) for any exceptions to the major requirements
• [Pre-2016 BS/BA Program Worksheet (xls)]

2021 New Requirements Resources

• 2021 Advising Manual
• BS/BA Program Worksheet (xlsx) – required advising document to track and calculate progress toward satisfying the either the BS or BA degree requirements (effective Summer 2021)