Program and plan requirement checklists

1. Calendar Year: The Undergraduate Calendar contains the academic regulations, programs, and course information that apply during the academic year. Interestingly, the university calendar year is an academic year, and not a regular January-to-December year (think of it as a school year). It begins on September 1 and ends on August 31 of the following year. 

   Your default calendar year is typically the one that was in effect when you first entered the Faculty of Mathematics (which includes Computer Science), although you may choose to follow a more recent calendar. For example, if you began your studies in the Faculty of Mathematics in Fall 2024 and joined Computer Science in Fall 2025, you may follow the 2024/25 calendar or any later calendar year. However, if you started in another faculty, such as Engineering, in Fall 2024 and transferred into Computer Science in Fall 2025, your earliest eligible calendar would be the 2025/26 calendar or any subsequent calendar. If you'd like to follow a more recent calendar, then please complete a Plan Modification Form and send it to CS advisors for approval. 

   Students pursuing a double major may follow different calendar years for each program, provided they meet the requirements associated with those calendars.

2. To save space, a requirement such as “CS 115, 135, or 145” is abbreviated as “CS 1[134]5”.

3. Elective Courses: Electives units can be fulfilled by any courses.

Note: Some courses are cross-listed and have different course prefixes (e.g., PHIL 205 is cross-listed with ECON 261). Cross-listed courses can count as one subject or the other, but not simultaneously both when completing your degree requirements.