Four technical elective upper-division units are required for the completion of the CS major. Students admitted Spring 22 or before may complete these units with additional CS/EE courses or non-CS/EE upper-division courses that are approved and technical in nature. Students admitted Fall 22 or later can only use approved Non-CS/EE technical elective courses to fulfill the requirement. Approved Technical Electives must:
- be upper division (course numbered >100) and at least 4 units (4 units total are required)
- be related to specific subject matter or techniques in the applied or industrial sciences
- not have majority of course content overlapping with an existing CS course
Courses numbered 199, 198, 197, 196, 195, select 194, 190 and various seminars do not count.
The following are pre-approved technical elective courses. Cross-listed versions of the listed courses will also count. Students should pay close attention to the unit value of approved courses so they are not short units. There may be eligible technical courses that have not been evaluated; first check if a course has already been reviewed. To request an evaluation of a new course to be added to the pre-approved list, submit a request.
Technical Electives
Subject | Course Number | Course |
|---|---|---|
Anthropology | Anthro 107 | Evolution of the Human Brain |
Architecture | Arch 122 | Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design |
Arch 129 | Advanced Computer-Aided Rendering & Animation | |
Arch 222 | Principles of Computer Aided Architectural Design | |
Arch 229 | Advanced Computer-Aided Rendering & Animation | |
Art | Art 160 004 - Spring 21 Only | Game Design Methods |
Art 172 | Advanced Digital Media: Computer Graphics Studio | |
Art 173 | Electro-Crafting | |
Art 175 | Advanced Computer Graphics Production | |
Art 178 | Game Design Methods | |
Astronomy | Astron C162 | Planetary Astrophysics |
Bioengineering | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #1) | |
Chemistry | All Technical UD and Grad | |
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #2) | |
City and Regional Planning | CYPLAN 101 | Introduction to Urban Data Analytics |
Civil Engineering | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #3) | |
Cognitive Science | Cog Sci N100/C100 | Basic Issues in Cognition |
Cog Sci C101 | The Mind and Language (FA 18 & prior); Cognitive Linguistics (SP 19 & later) | |
Cog Sci C110 | The Neural Basis of Thought & Language | |
Cog Sci C126 | Perception | |
Cog Sci C127 | Cognitive Neuroscience | |
Cog Sci 131/C131 | Computational Models of Cognition | |
CogSci 190 | Sensemaking and Organizing | |
Comparative Literature | ComLit 170 | Computational Humanities: Critical Approaches to Literature as Data |
Computational Biology | Comp Bio 175 | Intro to Comp Bio and Preciscion Medicine |
Computer Science | All Technical UD and approved Grad (see footnote #4) | |
Data | Data C100 | Principles & Techniques of Data Science |
Data 101 | Data Engineering | |
Data C102 | Data Inference, and Decisions | |
Data C104 | Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS (Previously offered as HIST C182C) | |
Data 140 | Probability for Data Science | |
Data 144 | Data Mining and Analytics | |
Demography | Demog C175 | Economic Demography |
Demog 180 | Social Networks | |
Design Innovation | Des Inv 190 | Designing Emergent Technologies |
Des Inv 190-1/ME 292C | Human-Centered Design Methods (FA 19 & later) | |
Des Inv 190E | Augmenting Human Dexterity | |
Development Engineering Graduate Group | DevEng 290 | Innovations in Disaster Response |
Digital Humanities | Dighum 101 | Practicing the Digital Humanities at Berkeley |
Earth & Planetary Science | EPS 104 | Mathematical Methods in Geophysics |
EPS 109 | Computer Simulations in Earth and Planetary Sciences | |
EPS 122 | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | |
EPS C162 | Planetary Astrophysics | |
Economics | Econ 100A | Economic Analysis - Micro |
Econ 100B | Economic Analysis - Macro | |
Econ 101A | Economic Theory - Micro | |
Econ 101B | Economic Theory - Macro | |
Econ C103 | Introduction to Mathematical Economics | |
Econ C110 | Same Theory in the Social Sciences | |
Econ 136 | Financial Economics | |
Econ 139 | Intermediate Financial Economics | |
Econ 140 | Economic Statistics and Econometrics | |
Econ 141 | Econometric Analysis | |
Econ 148 | Data Science for Economists | |
Econ C175 | Economic Demography | |
Education | Educ 161/W161 | Digital Learning Environments |
Educ C260F | Machine Learning in Education | |
Educ 290A | Computational Approach to Human Learning | |
Electrical Engineering | All Technical UD and approved Grad | |
Engineering | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #5 & #7 for Engin 183 courses) | |
Energy Resources | Ene, Res C/W100 | Energy and Society |
Environmental Economics | Envecon 100 | Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural Resources |
Envecon C118 | Introductory Applied Economics | |
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management | ESPM 137 | Landscape Ecology |
ESPM 150 | Sustainable Industry | |
Film & Media | Film 140 - No longer approved as of fall 2018 | Special Topics in Film (only Color Theory and Sound Theory) |
Geography | Geog 142 | Climate Dynamics |
Geog 143 | Global Change Biogeochemistry | |
Geog 183 | Cartographic Representation | |
Geog 185 | Earth System Remote Sensing | |
Geog 187 | Geographic Information Analysis | |
Geog C188 | Geographic Information Systems | |
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #6) | |
Ind Eng 185 | Internet and Data Privacy (see footnote #7) | |
Information | Info 103 | History of Information |
Info 159 | Natural Language Processing | |
Info 213 | User interface Design & Development | |
Info 251 | Applied Machine Learning | |
Info C262 | Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces | |
Integrative Biology | All Technical 4-unit UD and Grad | |
Landscape Architecture | Ld Arch C177 | GIS and Environmental Spatial Data Analysis |
Ld Arch C188 | Geographic Information Systems | |
Legal Studies | Legalst 123 | Data, Prediction & Law |
Linguistics | Ling 100 | Introduction to Linguistic Science |
Ling C105 | The Mind and Language (FA 18 & prior); Cognitive Linguistics (SP 19 & later) | |
Ling 120 | Introduction to Syntax & Semantics | |
Mathematics | all Technical UD and Grad | |
Mechanical Engineering | All Technical UD and Grad (see footnote #8) | |
Molecular and Cell Biology | All Technical 4-unit UD and Grad | |
Music | Music 108 | Music Perception and Cognition |
Music 158A | Sound & Music Computing w/ CNMAT Technologies | |
Music 159 | Computer Programming for Music Applications | |
Music 209 | Advanced Topics in Computer Music (depending on topic) | |
New Media | New Media 190 (formerly CS 194-8) | Advanced Animation |
New Media C203 (formerly CS 295-85) | Critical Making | |
New Media C262 | Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces | |
Nuclear Engineering | All Technical 4-unit UD and Grad | |
Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology | NUSCTX 103 | Nutrient Function and Metabolism |
Philosophy | Philos 140A | Intermediate Logic |
Philos 140B | Intermediate Logic | |
Philos 143 | Modal Logic | |
Physics | All Technical 4-unit UD and Grad | |
Political Science | Pol Sci C135/Pol Sci W135 | Game Theory in the Social Sciences |
Poli Sci 132B | Machine Learning for Social Scientists | |
Psychology | Psych C123 | Computational Models of Cognition |
Public Health | Public Health 142 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Biology and Public Health |
Public Health 150A | Introduction to Epidemiology and Human Disease | |
Public Health 162A | Public Health Microbiology | |
Public Health 252D | Introduction to Causal Inference | |
Public Policy | Pub Pol C/W184 | Energy and Society |
Sociology | Sociol 166 | Society and Technology |
Statistics | All Technical 4 unit UD and Grad | |
Theater | Theater 177 | Sound Design and Media Theater |
UGBA | UGBA 103 | Introduction to Finance |
UGBA 120AA | Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 | |
UGBA 120AB | Intermediate Financial Accounting 2 |
(1) Except Bioengineering 100, C181, 190, 192, 196
(2) Except Chemical Engineering 180, 185
(3) Except Civil Engineering 167, 192, 252L, and 290R
(4) Students admitted Fall 22 or later may not use CS courses to fulfill the technical elective requirement
(5) Except Engineering 102, 125, 157AC
(6) Except Industrial Engineering 171, select 185, 186, 190 series, 191
(7) All IND ENG 185/ENGIN 183 sections need to be evaluated each semester. Check for approved and denied sections before you submit a syllabus to be evaluated