Computer Science Minor

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The School of Engineering and Computer Science offers three minors, computer science minor, computing minor, and information technology minor, to students with majors other than computer science, computer engineering, and information technology.

Computer science

The minor in computer science is suitable for students with a major in engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry or biology, who may wish to emphasize numerical, scientific and engineering aspects of computing. At least 12 of these credits must be taken at Oakland University. A grade of 2.0 is required in each course for this minor. Students must earn a minimum of 20 credits, including the following courses:

CSI 1420 - Introduction to C Programming and Unix (4)
CSI 2300 - Object-Oriented Computing (4)
CSI 2310 - Data Structures (4)
And 8 credits minimum of CSI courses numbered 2000 or above.

Minor in computing and minor in information technology

The minors in computing and information technology are suitable for students with a major in liberal arts, business, or health sciences who may wish to emphasize applied data processing aspects of computing and information technology. At least 12 of the minor credits must be earned at Oakland University. An average grade of at least 2.0 is required in courses counted toward this minor. Students must earn a minimum of 20 credits as follows for a minor in Computing: CSI 1200 , CSI 1300 and 12 credits of 2000 level CSI courses. At least 12 of the minor credits must be earned at Oakland University. An average grade of at least 2.0 is required in courses counted toward this minor. For an IT minor, students must earn a minimum of 20 credits in the following courses: CSI 1200 , CSI 1220 , CSI 1300 , or CSI 1310 and any two courses from CSI 2300 , CSI 2470 , and CSI 2520 . At least 12 of these credits must be taken at Oakland University.