The minor program is offered through the College of Engineering and is open to all Berkeley undergraduates with a declared major other than EECS or CS. To be admitted to the CS minor, you must have acquired a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in the required coursework.
Lower Division Prerequisites
Upper Division Requirements
Three upper-division courses in CS or EECS¹ ²
¹CS199, 198, 197, 195, select 194, and various seminars and EE upper divs do not count. Approved 194 & graduate courses are posted here. If you are unsure, please check with the CS Advisors.
²The following classes are the only non-CS/EECS classes that may also be used to fulfill this requirement: INFO 159, Data 101, STAT/DATA/CS C100, NWMEDIA 190, & NWMEDIA C203.
CS courses are so heavily impacted that CS minors do not receive any enrollment priority. During adjustment period, the waitlist will no longer prioritize majors and will be processed in order. Minors are encouraged to explore summer session upper-division CS courses as well, since all students will have equal enrollment priority. More about our enrollment policy here. While we wish we could guarantee completion of the minor, the high demand for upper-division CS courses means that unfortunately, that is not possible.
To be considered for the CS minor, you must have a declared major other than CS or EECS and submit a CS Minor Application. Deadlines are as follows:
Students in the Honors Program should take requirements for a letter grade in Summer 2021.
The faculty have voted that students in the CS minor program may take courses for their major and for their breadth area for P/NP during Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021.
Please submit the CS Minor Completion Form when you are enrolled in your last requirement(s) or by the Friday before RRR week of your last semester. For students graduating in summer, submit by the Friday before the last week of the term. Submit the form to the advisors in 349 Soda or send to cs-advising@cs.berkeley.edu.
If you are approved as a minor in the department, it will be annotated to your transcript.
For approval of the minor, all the following criteria must be met:
Students who do not submit the CS Minor Completion form signed by their major advisor by the stated deadline will not have their CS minor conferred.
*Exception: Classes for the CS Minor taken during Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021 may be taken for Pass/Not Pass.
Antoine Davis, 377 Soda Hall, 510-642-7214
Lydia Raya, 349 Soda Hall, 510-664-4436
Charlene Duncan, 349 Soda Hall, 510-642-2357
The Computer Science minor requires completion of CS 61A, CS 61B, CS 61C and CS 70, as well as three upper-division CS/EECS courses.
To successfully complete the CS minor and receive a notation on your final transcript, you must complete the seven courses with a minimum 2.0 GPA for all the required courses for the program, with no grade below a "D-."
The full CS enrollment policies may be found on our website here. All students may enroll in CS61A, CS61B, and CS70, space permitting. Declared CS minor students have reserved seating in CS61C and select CS upper-division classes each semester. Check classes.berkeley.edu for which CS upper-division classes have reserved seating.
It is recommended to take CS61C or an upper-division CS class during the summer to facilitate completing 4 classes in order to declare the CS minor. CS classes do not have reserved seating over the summer and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
This is possible. Students who have completed Math 55 (or equivalent) should contact cs-advising@cs.berkeley.edu.
The CS minor application is a two-step process. After submitting the initial application, you must submit the CS Minor Completion Form signed by your major advisor when you are enrolled in your last requirement(s) or by the Friday before RRR week of your last semester. For students graduating in summer, submit by the Friday before the last week of the term.