The Department of Computer Science at American University balances the practical and theoretical aspects of computer science and provides students with a background for professional employment or further graduate study in the discipline. Our graduates move on to a wide range of careers that includes software development and design, multimedia computing, artificial intelligence and computer vision, and other technical computing professions.
Our programs include a BS in computer science, BS/MS in computer science (5 year), minor in computer science, and MS in computer science.
As a student in our department, you will:
- Master state-of-the-art technologies necessary to keep pace with this rapidly changing field.
- Receive individual attention in classes with fewer than 20 students.
- Conduct research and complete independent studies with faculty members actively researching a variety of fields, including: artificial intelligence, scientific computing, databases and knowledge discovery, computer architecture, computational geometry, and computer vision.
- Obtain internships and utilize resources at the various high-tech companies and government agencies in the Washington, D.C., area, including: IBM, Mellon Bank, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and a variety of nonprofit organizations and start-up companies
