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Welcome to the Department of Computer Science

Join us for one of six undergraduate major programs and two graduate programs and jump start your successful career in the tech industry, research or academia.

Learn object-oriented programming and algorithms, computer science fundamentals, web and app development, data science, or blend your love for art, dance, music, theater, digital media or game development with computing.

When you complete your studies in computer science, you become highly valued by industry, governments, entrepreneurs and graduate schools. Jobs are plentiful with starting salaries ranging between 70Kand70K and 70Kand100K for the southeast region, not including signing bonuses and stock options.

A Welcome Message from our Chair

Our Computer Science program is consistently named one of the best undergraduate Computer Science programs by U.S. News and World Report

Our Data Science program ranks amongst the top - #5 in the nation

Undergraduate Research

Engage in undergraduate research in our eight high-tech research labs specializing in areas such as:

• Cybersecurity
• Machine Learning and Data Science
• Data Mining and IoT Connectivity
• Artificial Intelligence
• Drones
• Health Informatics
• Cloud Computing
• Computer Music and Interaction
• Blockchain
• Virtual Reality
• Game Design and Development
• Computing Education Research

Research Labs

Joining us?

See the new student checklist.

Bring a laptop. To see the laptop requirements, visit the Buy a Laptop section. The Computer Science department requires a laptop corresponding to the "Mainstream Specifications" or better.

See you at Orientation!