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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Statistics/Computer Science Required Coursework

Students must complete at least 120 total hours and the following university, college and department requirements. For more complete information about college and university requirements, please consult the LAS guidelines at www.las.uiuc.edu/students/majors/requirements/index.html.


University and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements (47 hours)

Hours Courses
4 Composition I
3 Advanced Composition May be overlapped with other requirements and free electives increased.
0-16 Foreign Language
24 General Education


Department of Computer Science Requirements (60 - 64 hours)

Hours Courses
11-12 Calculus through Math 241 Calculus III
4 CS 125 Intro to Computer Science
2 CS 173 Discrete Structures
4 CS 225 Data Structure and Software Principles
3 CS 231 Computer Architecture I
3 CS 232 Computer Architecture II
3 CS 257 Numerical Methods
3 CS 273 Intro to the Theory of Computation
4 Stat 400 Statistics and Probability I or Math 461/Stat 451 Probability Theory I
3 Stat 410 Statistics and Probability II
3 Stat 428 Statistical Computing
3 Math 415 Linear Algebra or Math 418 Advanced Linear Algebra
3 Math 347 Fundamental Mathematics or Math 441 Differential Equations or Math 444 Elementary Real Analysis or Math 447 Real Variables
3 CS 473 Algorithms or CS 475 Formal Models of Computation
3 CS 421 Programming Languages and Compilers or CS 423 Operating Systems Design
3 CS 411 Database Systems or CS 418 Computer Graphics or CS 446 Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
3 Stat 420 Methods of Applied Statistics or Stat 424 Analysis of Variance or Stat 425 Applied Regression and Design
3 Either Stat 100 Statistics taken during the first 60 hours of coursework (to provide the student an early introduction to statistical concepts), or an additional 400-level statistics course, of which Stat 426 Sampling and Categorical Data is recommended. (Taking the additional 400-level statistics course is designed for students who wish to take Stat 400 before their junior year.)
0 - 6 CS 499 Senior Thesis, or CS 492 Senior Project in CS I and either CS 493 Senior Project in CS II, ACP or CS 494 Senior Project in CS II. These courses are recommended but not required.
9 - 11 Electives

120 Total Hours Required


For additional help in choosing courses, below are course flowcharts.

  • Flowchart (pdf) for students who started before Fall 2007
  • Flowchart (pdf) for students who started Fall 2007 or later.


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