麦吉尔大学

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Liberal Program

This is a flexible and modular program. This option allows you to combine a core science component (CSC) in one discipline with a breadth component which may consist of a minor, a major concentration from the Faculty of Arts, or a second CSC. Consider the Liberal program if you do not want to overly specialise - plus, you will still have room left over for elective courses.

Program Requirements

This program provides an introduction to the principles of computer science and offers opportunity to get insight into some of its sub-areas. Having only 45 credits, it allows students to combine it with minor or major concentrations in other disciplines.

Required Courses (18 credits)

* Students who have sufficient knowledge in a programming language do not need to take COMP 202, but it must be replaced with an additional computer science complementary course.

COMP 202 Foundations of Programming (3 credits) *
COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits)
COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits)
COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits)
COMP 273 Introduction to Computer Systems (3 credits)
MATH 240 Discrete Structures (3 credits)

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

3 credits from each of the groups A, B, C, and D.

Group A

MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits)
MATH 323 Probability (3 credits)
MATH 324 Statistics (3 credits)

Group B

MATH 223 Linear Algebra (3 credits)
MATH 318 Mathematical Logic (3 credits)
MATH 340 Discrete Mathematics (3 credits)

Group C

COMP 330 Theory of Computation (3 credits)
COMP 350 Numerical Computing (3 credits)
COMP 360 Algorithm Design (3 credits)

Group D

COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits)
COMP 303 Software Design (3 credits)

Over the course of three years (U1, U2 and U3), students will complete a 90-credit degree. For students from high schools outside Quebec, a 30-credit freshman year (called U0) will be added at the start of your studies (making this a four-year, 120-credit degree).