April 11, 1996


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Att:	Filing Desk

Re:	The Titan Corporation
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
Registration Statement on Form S-8
File No. 33-15892				

Gentlemen:

On behalf of The Titan Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the 
"Company"), pursuant the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, enclosed for 
filing under the Act is the Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
(the Amendment) to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-15892). 
No exhibits are filed with the Amendment.

The Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to remove from 
registration any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the 
offering.  The Company hereby requests that the amendment be declared 
effective on April 12, 1996, or as soon thereafter as possible.

Comments or questions regarding the enclosed should be communicated 
to the undersigned at (619) 552-9491.

Very truly yours,


David A. Hahn
Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary

cc:	New York Stock Exchange w/enclosures



Registration No.	33-15892



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549


								

POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


							

THE TITAN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware			95-2588754
(State of Incorporation)	(IRS Employer I.D. No.)

David A. Hahn, Esq.
3033 Science Park Road
San Diego, California 92121
(Name and address of agent for service)

(619) 552-9500
(Telephone number of agent for service)


						





Registrant has registered on a Form S-8 Registration Statement, 
File No. 33-15892 (the "Registration Statement") 53,052 shares of Common Stock 
issued by Registrant in connection with its assumption in 1987 of the Pulse 
Sciences, Inc. 1984 Stock Option Plan.  All options assumed by Registrant have 
expired.  Accordingly, Registrant is no longer required to maintain the 
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Pursuant to the Registrant's undertaking contained as Item 21 of 
the Registration Statement to remove from registration any of the securities 
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the
Registrant hereby removes from registration all shares of Common Stock of the 
Registrant not sold during the offering which has now been terminated.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the Registration Statement to be 
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of San Diego, state of California, on this 11th day of April, 1996.


THE TITAN CORPORATION


By:		/S/		
Gene W. Ray
President and Chief 
Executive Officer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signatures		Title		Date	

	Director and Chairman
	/S/	of the Board April 11, 1996
J. Sidney Webb
	Director, President and
       /S/                    Chief Executive Officer	April 11, 1996
Gene W. Ray
	Chief Financial
       /S/              	Officer	April 11, 1996
Roger Hay
	Corporate Controller,
	Principal Accounting
       /S/              	Officer	April 11, 1996
Jane E. Judd


      /S/               	Director	April 11, 1996
Charles R. Allen


      /S/               	Director	April 11, 1996
Joseph F. Caligiuri


	/S/		Director	April 11, 1996
Daniel J. Fink


     /S/                	Director	April 11, 1996
Robert E. La Blanc


     /S/                	Director	April 11, 1996
Thomas G. Pownall


* By:	       /S/         
	Gene W. Ray
	Attorney-in-Fact