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Internet and wireless networks. Register
for track course COMS E0004.
REQUIRED: 3 courses
COMS W4115: Programming languages and
translators
COMS W4170: User interface design
COMS W4701: Artificial intelligence
BREADTH: 2 courses
Any COMS 3000- or 4000-level courses except
those countable toward the CS core or applications
tracks
ELECTIVES: 5 courses from the following list
Any COMS W41xx course
Any COMS W47xx course
COMS W3902: Undergraduate thesis
COMS W3998: Undergraduate projects in
computer science
or COMS W4901: Projects in computer science
COMS W4995-W4996: Special topics in computer
science, I and II (with
adviser approval)
COMS E6901: Projects in computer science or
other COMS E69xx course (with
adviser approval)
Any COMS E69xx course (with adviser approval)
Note: No more than 6 units of project/thesis courses
(COMS W3902, COMS W3998, COMS W4901,
COMS E6901) can count toward the major.
Track 5: Vision and Graphics Track
Objective: The vision and graphics track
exposes students to interesting new
fields and focuses on visual information
with topics in vision, graphics, humancomputer
interaction, robotics, modeling,
and learning. Students learn about
fundamental ways in which visual information
is captured, manipulated, and
experienced. Register for track course
COMS E0005.
REQUIRED: 2 courses
COMS W4731: Computer vision
COMS W4160: Computer graphics
BREADTH: 2 courses
Any COMS 3000- or 4000-level courses except
those countable toward the CS core or vision and
graphics track
ELECTIVES: 6 courses from the following list
COMS W4162: Advanced computer graphics
COMS W4165: Pixel processing
COMS W4167: Computer animation
COMS W4170: User interface design
COMS W4172: 3D user interface design
COMS W4701: Artificial intelligence
COMS W4733: Computational aspects of robotics
COMS W4735: Visual interfaces to computers
COMS W4771: Machine learning
COMS W4995: Video game technology and design
COMS W3902: Undergraduate thesis
COMS W3998: Undergraduate projects in
computer science
or COMS W4901: Projects in computer science
COMS W4995-W4496: Special topics in computer
science, I and II (with
adviser approval)
COMS E6901: Projects in computer science
Any COMS E691x course (with adviser approval)
Note: No more than 6 units of project/thesis
courses (COMS W3902, COMS W3998, COMS
W4901 COMS E6901) can count toward the major.
Track 6: Advanced
The advanced track of the B.S. in
Computer Science provides extra
opportunity for advanced learning.
It comprises accelerated versions of
the other five tracks. Entry is only by
collective faculty invitation, extended to
students who have already completed
the core courses and the required
courses for one of those tracks.
REQUIRED TRACK COURSES
A student designates one of the five other track
areas and completes the set of required track
courses for that track, prior to entry into the
Advanced Track. There are two or three courses,
depending on the designated area.
BREADTH REQUIREMENT
Two breadth courses of the designated track.
ELECTIVES
At least two 4000-level lecture courses from the
menu for the designated track, plus two 6000-
level courses in the designated track area.
THESIS
There is a required 6-point senior thesis.
INVITATION
Only the top 20% of computer science majors in
course performance in computer science courses
will be considered for invitation during the junior
year. (A student in the advanced track who does
not maintain this status may be required to return
to his or her previously selected track area.)
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
The Department of Computer Science
offers graduate programs leading to the
degree of Master of Science, the professional
degree of Computer Systems
Engineer and the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. Both the Aptitude Test and
Advanced Tests of the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) are required for
admission to the department’s graduate
programs. Applicants for September
admission should take the GREs by
October of the preceding year. Applicants
for January admission should take these
exams by April of the preceding year.
The course requirements in all programs
are flexible, and each student is
urged to design his or her own program
under the guidance of a faculty adviser.
The student’s program should focus on a
particular field of computer science.
Among the fields of graduate study in
computer science are analysis of algorithms,
artificial intelligence, expert systems,
natural language understanding,
computer vision, multicomputer design,
VLSI applications, combinatorial modeling,
combinatorial optimization, computational
complexity, computer architecture
and design, computer communications
networks, computer graphics, database
machines and systems, microprocessors,
parallel computation, programming environments,
programming languages,
robotics, user interfaces, software design,
computational biology, computer security,
and machine learning.
Graduate students are encouraged
actively to pursue research. Faculty members
of the Department of Computer
Science are engaged in experimental and
theoretical research in most of the fields in
which courses are offered. The degree of
doctor of philosophy requires a dissertation
based on the candidate’s original research,
which is supervised by a faculty member.
The professional degree program
also provides the student with the
opportunity to specialize beyond the
level of the Master of Science program.
The program leading to the degree of
Computer Systems Engineer is particularly
suited to those who wish to advance
their professional development after a
period of industrial employment.
COURSES IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE
COMS W1001x and y Introduction to information
science
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Cannon.
Basic introduction to concepts and skills in information
sciences: human-computer interfaces,
representing information digitally, organizing and
searching information on the World Wide Web,
principles of algorithmic problem solving, introduction
to database concepts, introduction to
programming in Python.
COMS W1003x or y Introduction to computer
science and programming in C
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
A general introduction to computer science concepts,
algorithmic problem-solving capabilities,
and programming skills in C. Columbia University
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