Core Requirements

No matter which threads you choose, there are some common requirements defined by the Board of Regents and necessary for ABET accreditation. They include mathematics, humanities, social sciences, and lab sciences as well as wellness, ethics and capstone courses.

Requirements are usually expressed in hours. For example, there are twelve (12) required hours for social sciences; however, the Institute also specifies which social sciences classes are eligible. For example, The Board of Regents requires that one of such class be a legislative class. Further requirements may come from the College of Computing. For example, all students must take at least one Physics course as a part of the requirements for a lab science. Finally, individual threads may have their own requirements. For example, the Devices thread requires that at least one of your social science classes be a psychology course. Details on specific requirements can be found under the requirements for each thread.

There are also free electives. You can use them to take a class you've always wanted to take for no reason other than you want to take it. Of course you may also choose to use those hours to take additional CS courses or courses recommended by your Thread, or other Threads.