MASON
CORE/DEGREE
EQUIVALENT
SDV Course 1
SDV 100 College Success Skills OR
SDV 101 Orientation to XXX
UNIV 100 General Elective
ENG 111 3 ENG 111 College Composition I ENGH 101 Written Comm
CSC 221 3 CSC 221 Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming CS XXX General Elective
HIS 101 Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE OR
HIS 102 Western Civilizations Post-1600 CE OR
HIS 112 World Civilizations Post-1500 CE
MTH 167 5
MTH 167 PreCalculus with Trigonometry
1
MATH 105 General Elective
CSC 222 4 CSC 222 Object Oriented Programming CS 112 Major
ENG 112 3 ENG 112 College Composition II ENGH XXX General Elective
Humanities/Fine Arts #1 3
ART 100 Art Appreciation OR
ART 101 History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic OR
ART 102 History of Art: Renaissance to Modern OR
CST 130 Introduction to Theatre OR
CST 151 Film Appreciation I OR
MUS 121 Music in Society
ARTH 101
ARTH 200
ARTH 201
THR 101
ENGH L372
MUSI 101
MTH 263 4 MTH 263 Calculus I MATH 113 Quantitative
CSC 223 4 CSC 223 Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms CS 211 Major
MTH 288 Discrete Mathematics OR
CSC 208 Introduction to Discrete Structures
MTH 264 4 MTH 264 Calculus II MATH 114 Major
See footnote #2 when selecting from the following:
BIO 101 General Biology I OR
CHM 111 General Chemistry I OR
PHY 241 University Physics I OR
GOL 105 Physical Geology
BIOL 103/105
CHEM 211-213
PHY 160-161
GEOL 101/103
ADVANCE Program Milestones
ADVANCE Milestone Requirements: All ADVANCE students must adhere to the following requirements. For Milestones #1-#3, failure to meet these
milestones will prevent a student from matriculating to Mason and/or result in termination from ADVANCE. For Milestones #4-#7, failure to meet these
milestones may delay matriculation to Mason.
1. Students must complete their NOVA degree within 4 years of being admitted into ADVANCE. Students are highly encouraged to be continuously
enrolled at NOVA/Mason to support progress towards degree completion.
2. Students must maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at NOVA and must have a minimum 2.5 GPA upon matriculation to Mason.
3. Students who wish to enroll at Mason for the fall semester must apply for NOVA spring graduation by March 1 or summer graduation by June 1.
Students who wish to enroll at Mason for the spring semester must apply for NOVA fall graduation by October 1.
4. Students must begin developmental coursework no later than the first semester in ADVANCE at NOVA.
5. Students must take first college-level MTH course and ENG 111 in the semester immediately following the completion of any MDE or EDE courses
(excluding summer).
6. In the first 30 credits, students must complete ENG 111 and ENG 112 with a C or better.
7. Students must complete a Mason Core Quantitative Reasoning course equivalent with a C or better no later than one semester before NOVA
graduation. Refer to your pathway to select the appropriate MTH course(s).
Computer Science Admission Requirements: All transfer applicants must have earned at a least B in CSC 222 or CSC 223, AND must have earned at least a
B in one of the following: MTH 263, MTH 264, or MTH 288.
A.S. Computer Science / B.S. Computer
Science Pathway
2022-2023