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Program checklist · Minor

Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
CIP
11.0701
Credits (computed from items)
102
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
211440
CourseShelf checklist
CK_211440_15efd718
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Prerequisites

8 items
  1. 15-112
    Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science(some students may need to take 15-110 prior to 15-112 for additional preparation)
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  2. 21-127
    Concepts of Mathematics
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 21-128 Mathematical Concepts and Proofs
    12
  3. 15-122
    Principles of Imperative Computation
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  4. 15-150
    Principles of Functional Programming
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  5. 15-210
    Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  6. 15-213
    Introduction to Computer Systems
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  7. 15-251
    Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  8. CS elective courses must be 15-213 or higher, at least 9-units each. 15-351 cannot be used, nor can these SCS courses: 02-201, 02-223, 02-250, 02-261, 05-200, 07-300, 07-402, 10-202, 11-423, 16-211, 16-223, 16-224, 16-375, 16-376, 16-377, 16-397, 16-480, 16-730, 17-200, 17-333, 17-416, 17-562, as well as IDeATe courses in SCS (if they are primarily non-technical). One course can be from any other SCS department besides the Computer Science Department, with prior approval.
    Not resolved to a course
    18

Note: students who have to take 15-213/18-213 or 15-251 as part of another degree program are required to replace that CS core course requirement with another CS elective (15-xxx) as defined above, for a total of 3 additional CS electives.

electives · 0 items
    Source. Carnegie Mellon University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/schools-colleges/schoolofcomputerscience/minors/computer-science-minor/. Captured page pages/0287.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.