Sample Program Schedule

The schedules below are meant to help Symbolic Systems majors, and potential majors, plan out their academic schedules to fulfill the requirements of the major. These are only samples, and there are many other ways one can go about taking these courses by the end of senior year. The order may also depend on the student's Concentration, as certain Core courses may be prerequisites for Concentration courses. Courses listed below with an asterisk (*) are part of that hypothetical student's  Concentration.

Some Core requirements can be fulfilled by courses that are not listed in the sample schedules. Additionally, some courses have prerequisites that must be completed before taking the course.

Early Declarer with Honors Thesis. A student who wants to begin the major early in their undergraduate career, and who is accepted to the Honors Program, might have a schedule like this:

YearAutumn QtrWinter QtrSpring Qtr
Freshman
  • Multivariate Systems
  • SYMSYS 1
  • Further Multivariate Systems (optional)
  • Introductory Philosophy
  • SYMSYS 280 (1 unit, optional)
  • Further Multivariate Systems (optional)
  • PSYCH 1
Sophomore
  • CS 106A
  • PHIL 150
  • PHIL 80
  • CS 106B
  • CS 103
  • Cognition Language & Neuroscience
  • Post-CS 106B Computation
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Advanced Philosophy
Junior
  • Linguistic Theory
  • Concentration course
  • Cross-Area Requirement
  • Concentration course
  • Advanced Small Seminar
  • Concentration course
Senior
  • SYMSYS 190
  • SYMSYS 191  (2 units, optional)
  • Concentration course
  • SYMSYS 190
 

Late Declarer. A student who begins the major as a junior and does not do an Honors thesis might have a schedule like this:

YearAutumn QtrWinter QtrSpring Qtr
Junior
  • MATH 19
  • SYMSYS 1
  • CS 106A
  • PHIL 150
  • SYMSYS 280 (1 unit, optional)
  • MATH 20
  • PSYCH 1
  • CS 106B
  • Introductory Philosophy
  • MATH 21
  • Cognition Language & Neuroscience
  • CS 103
  • Capstone: Practicum
Senior
  • Multivariate Systems
  • Linguistic Theory
  • Post-CS 106B Computation
  • PHIL 80
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Advanced Philosophy
  • Cross-Area Requirement
  • Concentration course
  • Advanced Small Seminar*
  • Capstone: Integrative Requirement*
  • Concentration course
  • Concentration course