Is there a general ratio that most or all colleges use to determine how much time is spent in:
Basic LA core
Electives
Major
?
Meaning, if you take CS at LAC your time might be 33% in major vs General University 40% vs Tech School 50%?
Or LAC #1 is 25% and LAC #2 is 40%
This can impact how much time a student might have for an 2nd major - Mgmt Info Systems or Communications or Mandarin.
Thank you.
ABET accredited CS majors will require at least 1/3 in CS and 1/4 in math and non-CS science. However, many good CS majors are not ABET accredited, and they usually require less math and non-CS science.
Expect math requirements to include discrete math, linear algebra, and calculus based statistics. Sometimes, there is no non-CS science requirement other than the school’s general education.
General education varies greatly, from none at places like Brown and Amherst, to heavy at places like MIT, Harvey Mudd, and Chicago.
@ucbalumnus - sorry but what is meant by “General Education”?
General education refers to requirements that all students (regardless of major) must take in order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree (although a student’s major courses may be used to fulfill them).
For example, here are MIT’s general education requirements:
http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/undergraduate-education/general-institute-requirements/
@byadg123 - you can check the requirements for different schools’ CS major online. Web sites will also have details about distribution requirements if any (aka gen eds).
I don’t think there’s really any correlation between type of school and the distribution of requirements. It definitely varies from school to school a lot. And a lot also has to do with whether the major is a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Science (BS).