Computer Science
Computer Science, also called informatics in Europe, is the study of computers and computational systems: their theory, design, development, and application. Principal areas within Computer Science include artificial intelligence, computer systems, networks, numerical analysis, programming languages, software engineering, theory of computing, and design and analysis of data structures and algorithms.
Skills and Requirements
- a solid science background
- calculus (I, II, III)
- linear algebra
- discrete math
- physics:
- mechanics
- electricity
Career Opportunities
A computer scientist is concerned with problem solving. You may build computational models of systems including:
- physical phenomena (i.e. weather forecasting)
- human behavior (i.e. expert systems, robotics)
- computer systems themselves (performance evaluation)
Computer scientists design and analyze algorithms to solve problems, and develop and study the performance of computer hardware and software.
Computer Information Systems
Computer Information Systems, often alternately named Management Information Systems, is dedicated to the study and investigation of generalized computer applications. For example, a banking system or an inventory control are "information systems". This entails the areas of planning, conception, design, development, implementation, testing, validation, evaluation and management of computer applications to solve a broad range of information technology problems related to the business world. Computer applications for general businesses functions include such things as: payroll, control, accounting, report management, data bases, etc.
Skills and Requirements
- calculus I
- discrete math
- statistics
Career Opportunities
The CIS program objective is to provide programming and systems experiences that will prepare students to become:
- programmers
- systems analysts
- computer information systems technicians
- database specialists
- and more
