The College of Science degree requirements, as they pertain to computer science majors, fall into four categories: biological sciences, physical sciences, supportive skills and general requirements. The specifics are listed below:

Six semester hours in courses offered by the biological sciences departments in the college (Microbiology, Plant Biology, Physiology, and Zoology) are required. Biochemistry taken from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will also satisfy this requirement. This requirement cannot be satisfied in whole or in part by University Core Curriculum courses. However, certain courses chosen to meet this requirement may substitute for some of the University Core Curriculum requirements. A list of suggested combinations of courses designed to fulfill this requirement follows:

PLB 200 (General Plant Biology) or ZOOL 118 (Principles of Animal Biology) or PHSL 201+208 (Human Physiology)*
and
BIOL 315 (History of Biology), PLB 450 (Plant Geography), or ZOOL 212 (Birding)

PHSL 201 (Human Physiology) and PLB 360 (Introductory Biostatistics)

* PHSL 201+208 satisfies four hours of the College of Science biological sciences requirement and substitutes for three hours of University Core Curriculum biology IF IT IS NOT USED TO SATISFY THE HUMAN HEALTH REQUIREMENT.

Six semester hours in courses offered by the physical science departments of the college (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geology and Physics) are required. This requirement cannot be satisfied in whole or in part by University Core Curriculum courses, but certain courses chosen to meet the requirement may also substitute for certain University Core Curriculum requirements.

Note that the Department of Computer Science requires a two-semester sequence of laboratory science courses for the B.S. degree (see Section VI) which also satisfies the College of Science physical sciences requirement.

Mathematics 483 (Mathematical Statistics in Engineering and Physical Sciences I) is required for the B.S. degree, while the B.A. requires Mathematics 282 (Introduction to Statistics). A third english composition course beyond ENGL 102 is required by both programs . The composition course must be chosen from the following list:

At least 40 hours of the student's 120 hours for graduation must be at the 300- or 400-level. The total may include transfer credit for courses judged by the department involved to be equivalent to its upper division courses. At least 24 of these senior hours must be taken at SIUC.