# Computer Science (Associate in Science for Transfer)

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Computer Science

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**About the Program**

**Program Goal:** Transfer

**GE Pattern(s):** Cal-GETC

**Program Code:** 31930.30AS-T

Students completing Associate Degrees for Transfer are guaranteed admission to the CSU system. Please see the beginning of the “Academic Programs” section for details.

**Program Learning Outcome(s):**
Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1.  Describe the organizational structure of computer hardware and its connection to computer software.
2.  Describe how formal tools of symbolic logic are used to model real-life situations and relate the ideas of mathematical induction to recursion and recursively defined structures.
3.  Design, implement, test, and debug algorithms to solve a variety of problems.
4.  Design, implement, test, and debug computer programs using fundamental constructs and a variety of data structures.
5.  Apply structured and object-oriented approaches to the design and implementation of computer programs.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required courses:** | | 29 |
| CSCI 10 | Computer Architecture and Organization | 3 |
| CSCI 20 | Programming and Algorithms I | 3 |
| CSCI 21 | Programming and Algorithms II | 3 |
| CSCI 22 | Discrete Structures | 3 |
| MATH C2220 | Calculus II: Early Transcendentals | 4 |
| PHYS 41 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers I | 4 |
| PHYS 42 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers II | 4 |
| **Select one:** | | 5 |
| MATH C2210 | Calculus I: Early Transcendentals | 5 |
| MATH C2210E | Calculus I: Early Transcendentals – Embedded Support | 5 |
| **Total** | | **29** |