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If you are interested in a career in information systems security, network engineering, computer programming, or other computer science related fields, completing a
computer science degree
can help you to achieve your goals.
You can pursue a degree in computer science at a wide variety of colleges and universities.
Computer science degree
programs are also available online, so that you can complete your degree at your own pace, even while maintaining your busy schedule. These programs also give you the opportunity to learn about exciting new topics like e-commerce and intellectual property rights. Your
computer science degree
program can be tailored to fit your particular areas of interest.
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You are in the official 2005-2006 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Department of Computer Science
Undergraduate Program
The bachelor's degree in computer science prepares students for careers in the computing industry or for graduate study. Combined with a minor in another field of study, the bachelor's degree allows students to utilize their computing expertise in a variety of specialized fields. The core and computer science theory courses are excellent preparation for students who intend to pursue an advanced degree in computer science.
For the computer science major, the department offers courses that represent both the core of study considered essential to all aspects of computing and advanced study sequences in particular fields of interest. The core classes introduce all majors to the spectrum of thought represented in computing. The advanced sequences allow the individual student to pursue concentrated work within such areas as computer architecture, artificial intelligence, databases, compilers, operating systems, computer science theory, computer graphics, software engineering, programming languages, networking distributed systems, and parallel processing. The department also offers topics courses to keep students informed of current advances and methods in computing.
In addition to courses designed for majors, the department offers courses intended to introduce computing to nonmajors. These courses will benefit any major who wishes to include computing in their undergraduate study.
Grade Requirements. All courses taken to fulfill major course requirements must be taken for a letter grade. All courses required as prerequisites for a course must be completed with a grade of C or better before registration will be permitted.
Administrative Academic Probation. A minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained in all courses taken in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students who fail to maintain a 2.0 GPA in courses within their major may be placed on administrative academic probation. Failure to eliminate the grade point deficiency could result in disqualification from the College of Engineering.
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Computer Science Degrees
Provide information in the field of Computer
Science including their specialisations.
Computer Science Degree prepares students towards different aspects about management and maintenance of computer systems. The first years of the degree course are designed to provide a basic understanding of the overall construction of computer systems, knowledge of various programming languages and algorithms, and a general introduction to software engineering.
Within the degree their are various specific areas of study in-depth. These are namely:
Software Engineering
This area of study will involve study of various computer logic theories, how artificial intelligence works, the basics of system architecture and various computer language theories that help in building a robust computer software application. One will also learn about how the software and hardware works in synchronization to run an effective software application
Hardware Engineering
Hardware engineering area of study involves studying the various components that collectively make up for a computer system. One would also study the basic architecture, design and specifications for various hardware systems of a computer system.
Emerging Technologies/AI
Computer Science degrees also prepare the student for the emerging technologies that are poised to become the new standards in near future including artificial intelligence. The study encompasses theory as well as practical and hones their skill. This would prepare the student for future developments that would take place, when they actually step into a job.
Apart from these areas the course will provide an overview on various computer operating systems, languages and construction module.
Subjects in Computer Science
These may include:
Statistics
A Programming language usually consisting of C++ or Java
Computer architecture
Job Prospects in computer science
After gaining sound and comprehensive knowledge on various aspects of computer science one is completely prepared to take up a entry or medium level job with a software development firm or hardware maintenance division.
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Master of Science in Computer Science Program
Program Overview
The interactive real-time simulation software and video game industry is currently worth about 35 billion US dollars worldwide, according to www.idsa.com. The number of people involved in different game activities (game console, personal computer, hand-held, on-line, wireless devices, etc.) is expected to thrive. The trend is conservatively estimated to be growing at the rate of 10% per year. The 3D computer graphics technology continues to drive innovations and new game titles as well. It is an exciting and dynamic industry and an active research field that is still young, offering tremendous opportunities to talented people.
Gaming companies increasingly demand programmers or leading engineers with an in-depth comprehension and a solid background in mathematics, physics, and 3D computer graphics. On the other hand, many developers currently working in the field have been seeking postgraduate education to update their knowledge, sharpen their professional skills, or advance in the industry. The curriculum taught in many colleges and universities, however, lacks a focus on implementation of these exclusive objectives. Both companies and individuals consequently feel that a four-year program with a bachelor degree is evidently inadequate and often limits them from advancing professionally. More extensive training at a postgraduate level is needed.
DigiPen Institute of Technology has awarded the Bachelor of Science in R.T.I.S. since 2000. This degree provides both academic and practical training for programming computer games. It has been highly successful, and DigiPen was named the top school in the world for game-degree programs by Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine (Dec. 2002). The Institute is now pleased to award a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science. This new program will specialize in real-time interactive simulation and is designed to attract talented students who have recently graduated with a Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Computer Science
Computer Engineering or related studies
A general field, along with some computer science studies or some game-industry experience
The M.S. in C.S. program offers extended education in areas of 3D computer graphics, animation and modeling techniques, artificial intelligence algorithms, image processing, and real-time rendering, combined with related training in computer science, mathematics, and physics.
This graduate program at DigiPen provides an opportunity for students to expand their knowledge of academic fundamentals in 3D computer graphics. Students who successfully complete the degree will possess and/or improve the following professional skills: In-depth foundation in mathematics and physics, such as implicit curves and surfaces, theory and applications of quaternions, differential geometry, computational geometry, wavelets, graph theory, advanced numerical analysis, and finite elements.
Advanced knowledge in 3D computer graphics, including advanced animation and modeling algorithms (interpolation, rigid body, deformable object, inverse kinematics, natural phenomena facial, motion blending and capture, etc.), advanced rendering techniques (level of details, implicit surfaces, pipeline optimization, advanced intersection and collision detection, etc.), artificial intelligence, game engine design, physically-based modeling algorithms, ray tracing, and radiosity.
Solid hands-on experience on game projects, including advanced game (single or multi-player) design, documentation, project management, marketing, networking, distributed systems, streaming media testing, and working with external contractors.
Strong capability of academic research in the area of 3D computer graphics, including virtual reality, illumination and shading algorithms, animation techniques, surface representation and rendering, volume visualization and morphing algorithms, geometry, and modeling.
Computer technology pervades modern society. Those who thoroughly comprehend it have a wide range of rewarding career options. This graduate degree program prepares students specifically for advanced career choices.
» For 2nd Straight Year, UTD Confers More Computer Science Degrees Than Any Other U.S. University -
For Second Straight Year, UTD Confers More Computer
Science Degrees Than Any Other University in the U. S.
Institution’s Erik Jonsson School Also Ranks First
In Number of Such Degrees Awarded to Women
DALLAS, Texas (July 27, 2005) – For the second consecutive year, The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) awarded more computer science degrees – bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees combined – than any other university in the United States, based on the results of the latest Survey of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
UTD’s Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, which is only 19 years old, awarded 575 computer science degrees (179 to women) in the 2003-04 academic year, the latest year studied, according to the ASEE database, compared with 527 for the University of Southern California (USC), 401 for the State University of New York at Stony Brook, 364 for the for the Illinois Institute of Technology and 357 for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. USC finished a distant second in the total number of computer science degrees conferred to women with 102.
The Jonsson School also ranked first in the U.S. in both the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women in computer science (77) and the number of master’s degrees awarded to women in computer science (101). More than 31 percent of all of the computers science degrees conferred by UTD were to women, well above the national average.
Additionally, according to the Survey of ASEE data, the Jonsson School ranked second in the nation, behind only George Washington University, in the number of female tenured/tenure track computer science faculty members (seven) within an engineering school.
“I understand that the president of a very well-known university – we used to call it the Stanford of the East – got himself into hot water not too long ago when he questioned why women don’t do as well as men in the sciences and technical fields,” said Dr. Bob Helms, dean of the Jonsson School, who taught at Stanford for many years and earned his Ph.D. there. “He should come to UTD. As you can see by these numbers, we don’t have that problem here.”
According to the ASEE’s latest edition of Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, U. T. Dallas moved up from fifth to fourth in the country in the total combined number of electrical engineering and computer science degrees with 854, behind engineering schools at USC, 1,126; North Carolina State, 999; and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 899; but ahead of such prestigious schools as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 778; and Stanford, 647.
UTD also jumped from 38th to 19th in the nation in the number of bachelor’s degrees conferred in electrical engineering (125 compared with 77 in the preceding year).
After leaving Stanford in 1997, Helms served as a vice president of Texas Instruments (TI) and then as president and chief executive officer of International SEMATECH (ISMT), the Austin, Texas-based consortium of semiconductor manufacturers whose member companies include AMD, Intel, IBM, Motorola and TI, representing 40 percent of the worldwide market share in computer chips. He joined UTD as Jonsson School dean in 2003 and almost immediately set a goal that the school would achieve tier–one status as one of the top 50 engineering schools in the country by 2008.
The Jonsson School is known for its innovative programs. It was the first school in the U. S. to have an accredited telecommunications engineering degree, and it is one of the few schools to have a software engineering program and to participate in an interdisciplinary arts and technology program.
The school also is home to the highly regarded CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute.
The number of doctoral degrees conferred by the school has soared in recent years. According to the ASEE figures, the Jonsson School awarded 24 doctoral degrees in the 2003-2004 academic year, compared with 14 the year before and nine the year before that – an increase of 166 percent over two years.
Significantly, the Jonsson School has only two departments at present – electrical engineering and computer science – while other more “comprehensive” engineering schools include such areas as civil, structural and chemical engineering and have as many as six or seven departments. Despite that, however, the Jonsson School, according to the ASEE figures, ranked 75th in the nation in 2003-2004 in the total number of doctoral degrees conferred, 22nd in the number of master’s degrees and 46th in the number of bachelor’s degrees. Helms, meanwhile, has made it clear that he hopes to add several departments to the school.
“We are not where we want to be yet,” Helms said. “But I think it’s clear that we are moving in the right direction – and at an accelerated speed.”
The Jonsson School was named after the former Dallas mayor and co-founder of both TI and the research institute that in 1969 became UTD. As the result of an economic-development program announced in 2003 involving TI, the State of Texas and the University of Texas System, the school is scheduled to receive up to $300 million in public and private funds to improve and expand its programs and to build a state-of-the-art engineering and natural sciences research center. The research center is currently under construction on the northern end of campus.
UTD is expected to raise $100 million itself as part of the agreement, which is popularly known as “Project Emmitt.” For additional information on the school, please visit
http://www.ecs.utdallas.edu/.
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