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Guide 21 THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO COMPUTER SCIENCE HARVARD VERSION CS HARVA DESIGNED BY CS Haven ? t taken CS yet Visit cs harvard edu for FAQs RD EDU S C UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO CS HARVARD What is CS We like to say that CS teaches you how to think more method

THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO COMPUTER SCIENCE HARVARD VERSION CS HARVA DESIGNED BY CS Haven ? t taken CS yet Visit cs harvard edu for FAQs RD EDU S C UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO CS HARVARD What is CS We like to say that CS teaches you how to think more methodically and how to solve problems more e ?ectively As such its lessons are applicable well beyond the boundaries of CS itself But CS is also more generally the study of information How do you represent it With what methods aka algorithms can you process it Perhaps the most liberal answer though is that CS ??has no exclusive domain of its own and that its importance comes from the problems to which it is applied ? And therein lies the excitement CS empowers you with tools and ideas that can be applied to practically any domain of interest to you both in college and beyond What is CS not Contrary to popular belief CS is not really about programming even though you do learn how to program Programming languages are tools that computer scientists use or create in order to solve problems of interest to them Photograph by Joseph Ong How can I get a secondary in CS Take any four courses out of CS CS CS or courses numbered or higher See page for popular study cards See Computer Science under Secondary Fields in the Handbook for Students How do I concentrate in CS Take at least two of CS CS and CS take CS and another ??theory ? course take four technical electives and take both Math b and either Math a or Stat Plus take any of Math M Math a Math b and CS as needed See page for popular study cards See Computer Science under Fields of Concentration in the Handbook for Students Can I change my concentration to CS Yes so long as you still have time to satisfy the requirements Even David J Malan ? who now teaches CS didn ? t take his ?rst CS course until his sophomore year when he switched from Government to CS Does CS require a thesis No not for non-Honors or Honors but for High Honors and Highest Honors it ? s expected See Computer Science under Fields of Concentration in the Handbook for Students Is a thesis just a big program No a thesis is a research paper You might end up writing programs in order to evaluate your ideas but those programs are ordinarily means to an end not an end in themselves Visit cs harvard edu thesis for examples CUNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO CS HARVARD How do I graduate with Honors in CS Take six technical electives instead of four and have a su ?ciently high concentration GPA See Computer Science under Fields of Concentration in the Handbook for Students How do I graduate with High Honors in CS High Honors are decided by faculty vote You must ordinarily write an ??excellent thesis ? to