The total number of students accepted as minors into the Department of Computer Science is limited by available resources. To be eligible for declaration, you must have:
Applications for the minor should be submitted during the 3rd through 6th weeks of the fall or spring semester or 2nd through 4th weeks of summer term. Students enrolled at NIU may petition for declaration in the term in which they are completing the final requirements for admission to the minor. Normally, students will be informed about the status of their petitions to declare after final grades are posted for the semester in which they apply. See “Declaring the Major” at left for further information.
The following requirements follow the 2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog; requirements for prior catalogs differ. Please see "Choosing a Catalog Year" at left for guidelines on choosing a catalog. If you are on a prior catalog, you may switch to a newer catalog if you feel it would benefit you. Make an appointment with the Undergraduate Advisor if you would like to discuss the issue.
We recommend that Computer Science minors take only a single computer science course per semester if at all possible. Under those circumstances, the following is the ideal course sequencing:
CSCI 240 is the only firm prerequisite for CSCI 241, CSCI 330, and CSCI 360, so these latter three classes could be taken in a different order if necessary, or two courses could be taken together in the same semester. In either case, this should be done only after consultation with the Computer Science advisor.