# 2026-2027 Course Catalog
**Source**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/education/computer-science-education-bs/secondary-education/
**Parent**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/
*for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Computer Science + Education, Secondary Education concentration*
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The **Computer Science + Education, BS** is sponsored jointly by the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science and the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. The Secondary Education concentration provides the coursework and field experience for students to be licensed to teach computer science in grades 5-12. The degree will prepare students to join the workforce as teachers in the state of Illinois, providing them with the knowledge necessary to teach and develop computer science curricula.
Students pursuing teaching licensure programs in the College of Education must meet requirements in a series of sequential gateways. Included in the gateway requirements are successful completion of specified coursework, achievement of appropriate grade point averages, requirements for clinical experiences, and appropriate tests for licensure area. Meeting all Gateway requirements leads to degree and licensure completion.
To be recommended for licensure, candidates are required to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (A=4.0). Candidates in teacher licensure programs must receive a C- or better in ALL content and professional education coursework. Licensure requirements are subject to change without notice as a result of new mandates from the Illinois State Board of Education or the Illinois General Assembly.
*for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Computer Science + Education, Secondary Education concentration*
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To graduate from the Computer Science and Education curriculum, a student must complete all courses with a traditional letter grade.
In order to be recommended for licensure, candidates are required to maintain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, cumulative, content area, and professional education grade point averages of 2.5 (A=4.0). Candidates in teaching licensure programs must maintain a C- or better in ALL content and professional education coursework. Candidates should consult their adviser or the Council on Teacher Education for the list of courses used to compute these grade point averages. For teacher education licensure requirements applicable to all curricula, see the Council on Teacher Education.
Licensure requirements are subject to change without notice as a result of new mandates from the Illinois State Board of Education or the Illinois General Assembly.
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Orientation Seminar | | |
| [EDUC 101](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20101 "EDUC 101") | Education Orientation Seminar | 1 |
The following degree requirements also meet general education course requirements and must be selected from the campus [General Education](https://courses.illinois.edu/) course list.
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| General Education Requirements | | |
| Composition | | |
| Composition I | | 4-6 |
| Advanced Composition | | 3-4 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | | |
| See Computer Science Core and Mathematical Foundations for specific requirement. | | |
| Natural Sciences and Technology | | |
| From approved campus list | | 6 |
| Humanities and the Arts | | |
| From approved campus list | | 6 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | | |
| From approved campus list | | 6 |
| Cultural Studies | | |
| Western Culture(s) from approved campus list | | 3 |
| U.S. Minority Culture(s) from approved campus list | | 3 |
| Non-Western Culture(s) from approved campus list | | 3 |
| Language other than English | | |
| Three years of one language other than English in high school or competion of the third semester of college-level language | | 0-12 |
| Computer Science Core Requirements (fulfills Quantitative Reasoning) | | |
| [CS 124](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20124 "CS 124") | Introduction to Computer Science I | 3 |
| [CS 128](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20128 "CS 128") | Introduction to Computer Science II | 3 |
| [CS 173](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20173 "CS 173") | Discrete Structures | 3 |
| [CS 222](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20222 "CS 222") | Software Design Lab | 1 |
| [CS 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20225 "CS 225") | Data Structures | 4 |
| [CS 374](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20374 "CS 374") | Introduction to Algorithms & Models of Computation | 4 |
| Choose 1 from: | | 8-9 |
| [CS 233](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20233 "CS 233") & [CS 341](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20341 "CS 341") | Computer Architecture and System Programming | |
| OR | | |
| [CS 340](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20340 "CS 340") | Introduction to Computer Systems | |
| & Two CS 4XX | Any two (2) 400-level CS courses | |
| Choose 1 from: | | 3 |
| [CS 357](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20357 "CS 357") | Numerical Methods I | |
| [CS 421](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20421 "CS 421") | Programming Languages & Compilers | |
| Mathematical Foundations (fulfills Quantitative Reasoning) | | |
| [CS 361](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20361 "CS 361") | Probability & Statistics for Computer Science | 3 |
| [MATH 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20220 "MATH 220") | Calculus | 4-5 |
| or [MATH 221](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20221 "MATH 221") | Calculus I | |
| [MATH 231](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20231 "MATH 231") | Calculus II | 3 |
| Choose 1 from: | | 2-3 |
| [MATH 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20225 "MATH 225") | Introductory Matrix Theory | |
| [MATH 227](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20227 "MATH 227") | Linear Algebra for Data Science | |
| [MATH 257](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20257 "MATH 257") | Linear Algebra with Computational Applications | |
| Concentration | | |
| Students must complete 36-39 credit hours within one of the following areas of concentration: 1) Learning Science or 2) Secondary Education. | | 36-39 |
| Electives | | |
| Electives | | 0-8 |
| Total Hours | | 120 |
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [CI 401](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20401 "CI 401") | Introductory Teaching in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| [CI 403](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20403 "CI 403") | Teaching a Diverse High School Student Population | 3 |
| [CI 404](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20404 "CI 404") | Teaching and Assessing Secondary School Students | 3 |
| [CI 473](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20473 "CI 473") | Disciplinary Literacy | 3 |
| [EDPR 442](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDPR%20442 "EDPR 442") | Educational Practice in Secondary Education | 12 |
| [EDUC 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20201 "EDUC 201") | Identity and Difference in Education | 3 |
| [EDUC 202](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20202 "EDUC 202") | Social Justice, School and Society | 3 |
| [EPSY 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EPSY%20201 "EPSY 201") | Educational Psychology (Gen Ed [PSYC 100](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=PSYC%20100 "PSYC 100") is a prerequisite for [EPSY 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EPSY%20201 "EPSY 201")) | 3 |
| [EPSY 485](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EPSY%20485 "EPSY 485") | Assessing Student Performance | 3 |
| [SPED 405](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SPED%20405 "SPED 405") | General Educator's Role in Special Education | 3 |
| Total Hours | | 39 |
*for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Computer Science + Education, Secondary Education concentration*
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## **Sample Sequence**
*This sample sequence is intended to be used only as a guide for degree completion. All students should work individually with their academic advisors to decide the actual course selection and sequence that works best for them based on their academic preparation and goals. Enrichment programming such as study abroad, minors, internships, and so on may impact the structure of this four-year plan. Course availability is not guaranteed during the semester indicated in the sample sequence.*
*Students must fulfill their Language Other Than English requirement by successfully completing a third level of a language other than English. For more information, see the corresponding section on the [Degree and General Education Requirements page](https://catalog.illinois.edu/general-information/degree-general-education-requirements/).*
| First Year | |
| --- | --- |
| First Semester | Hours |
| [EDUC 101](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20101 "EDUC 101") | 1 |
| [CS 124](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20124 "CS 124") | 3 |
| Composition I or General Education course | 4 |
| Language Other Than English (3rd level) | 4 |
| [MATH 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20220 "MATH 220") or [221](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20221 "MATH 221") | 4 |
| | 16 |
| Total Hours 16 | |
| First Year | |
| --- | --- |
| Second Semester | Hours |
| General Education course or Composition I | 3 |
| [EDUC 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20201 "EDUC 201") | 3 |
| [CS 128](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20128 "CS 128") | 3 |
| [CS 173](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20173 "CS 173") | 3 |
| [MATH 231](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20231 "MATH 231") | 3 |
| | 15 |
| Total Hours 15 | |
| Second Year | |
| --- | --- |
| First Semester | Hours |
| [CS 222](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20222 "CS 222") | 1 |
| [CS 225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20225 "CS 225") | 4 |
| [EPSY 201](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EPSY%20201 "EPSY 201") | 3 |
| [MATH 257](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20257 "MATH 257"), [227](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20227 "MATH 227"), or [225](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=MATH%20225 "MATH 225") | 3 |
| General Education course | 3 |
| | 14 |
| Total Hours 14 | |
| Second Year | |
| --- | --- |
| Second Semester | Hours |
| [CS 233](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20233 "CS 233") or [340](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20340 "CS 340") | 4 |
| [CS 361](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20361 "CS 361") | 3 |
| [EDUC 202](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDUC%20202 "EDUC 202") | 3 |
| General Education course | 3 |
| General Education course | 3 |
| | 16 |
| Total Hours 16 | |
| Third Year | |
| --- | --- |
| First Semester | Hours |
| [CS 341](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20341 "CS 341") (or CS 400-level course) | 4 |
| General Education course | 3 |
| General Education course | 3 |
| Elective course | 3 |
| Elective course | 3 |
| | 16 |
| Total Hours 16 | |
| Third Year | |
| --- | --- |
| Second Semester | Hours |
| [CI 401](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20401 "CI 401") | 3 |
| [CI 473](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20473 "CI 473") | 3 |
| [CS 374](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20374 "CS 374") | 4 |
| Elective course or CS 400-level course | 3 |
| | 13 |
| Total Hours 13 | |
| Fourth Year | |
| --- | --- |
| First Semester | Hours |
| [CI 403](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20403 "CI 403") | 3 |
| [CS 357](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20357 "CS 357") or [421](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CS%20421 "CS 421") | 3 |
| [EPSY 485](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EPSY%20485 "EPSY 485") | 3 |
| [SPED 405](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=SPED%20405 "SPED 405") | 3 |
| Elective course | 3 |
| | 15 |
| Total Hours 15 | |
| Fourth Year | |
| --- | --- |
| Second Semester | Hours |
| [CI 404](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=CI%20404 "CI 404") | 3 |
| [EDPR 442](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=EDPR%20442 "EDPR 442") | 12 |
| | 15 |
| Total Hours 15 | |
**Total Hours: 120**
*for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Computer Science + Education, Secondary Education concentration*
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## **College of Education**
Education Building\
1310 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820\
[College of Education website](https://education.illinois.edu/)
### **Department of Curriculum & Instruction**
306 Education Building \
[Department of Curriculum & Instruction email](mailto:ci@education.illinois.edu)\
217-244-8286\
[Department of Curriculum & Instruction website](https://education.illinois.edu/ci)\
[Department of Curriculum & Instruction faculty](https://education.illinois.edu/faculty-finder?dept=Curriculum%20Instruction)
### **Office of Undergraduate Programs**
110 Education Building \
[Student Academic Affairs email](mailto:saao@education.illinois.edu) \
217-333-2800\
[Admissions & Academics website](https://education.illinois.edu/programs/undergrad)\
[Student Academic Affairs website](https://education.illinois.edu/student-resources/undergraduate/undergraduate-advising-support)
## **Siebel School of Computing and Data Science**
Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science\
201 N Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801\
[Department of Computer Science website](https://cs.illinois.edu/)\
[Department of Computer Science faculty](https://cs.illinois.edu/about/people/all-faculty)\
[Computer Science + Education website](https://cs.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/degree-program-options/cs-x-degree-programs/computer-science-education)