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Computer Science B.S.

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Students who study in the computer science program at Marist College have access to one of the most technologically advanced departments in a liberal arts institution in the nation. The Department of Computer Science / Information Technology & Systems (CS/ITS) provides a challenging curriculum taught by full time qualified and experienced faculty, who offer students access to the full spectrum of state-of-the-art equipment. The College's strong relationship and participation in a joint study with IBM enhances the students' educational experience and gives them a range of undergraduate internship experiences followed by outstanding career opportunities after graduation.

The Department of CS/ITS offers students greater flexibility through a joint first-year curriculum for Computer Science, and Information Technology & Systems majors. Students select the major that best suits their interests at the end of freshman year and complete introductory courses in computer science and assembly language programming in sophomore year. By the beginning of the junior year, computer science majors are enrolled in courses in programming language and logic design, advanced data structures and software development. Juniors and seniors also participate in team programming projects that enables them to acquire valuable practical experience. The program also offers a popular new concentration in Game Design and Programming as well as courses in computer graphics, computer networks, artificial intelligence, database management and compiler theory.

In addition, we recognize our responsibilities to the community we serve, and strive to provide opportunity for continuing education at many levels through certificate and undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Sensitivity to the non-traditional student is reflected in our scheduling and mode of delivery as well as in the content of our courses.

The department has the further commitment to maintain a quality program consistent with the overall mission of the College and the ever-changing demands of the profession.

Some of the Careers Availiable to Graduates of this Program

Jeff Forde is thrilled to be hired by Morgan Stanley after completing his BS in Information Technology at Marist College, Spring 2008.

Recent Highlights

• Dr. Ron Coleman, published two peer-review papers: "Operationally Aesthetic Pathfinding," at the 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, and "Adaptive Pattern Movement for Mobile Games," at the Fourth International Conference on Information Technology. His students, Abhishek Dhabriya and Wesley Jones and Dr. Coleman submitted "Calypso" which won the annual 2007 Scintilla Forum held at SUNY/New Paltz sponsored by the Mid Hudson Technology Council.
• Dr. Shekhar Pradhan, presented a paper, "Embedding Resources in Social Network Analysis," at the DIMACS Workshop on Computational Methods for Dynamic Interaction Networks at Rutgers University, September 2007.
• Dr. Onkar Sharma, received two Fulbright Awards: Fulbright Senior Specialist and Fulbright Senior Scholar. He taught graduate courses, guided Masters Thesis, and served as external at Thesis defense for graduate and Ph.D. students at Tribhuban University, Nepal, under these two awards.
• Professor Helen Hayes, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, was honored by the YWCA Salute to Women Celebration for her outstanding accomplishments in both her career and community service.
• Dr. Roger Norton, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Dean, is working on a joint study with the IBM Corporation in which students in his Information Technology courses will each be given a virtual Linux server running on our IBM System390.
• Dr. Ron Coleman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science led his student programming team to win the Intercollegiate Programming Competition, "Scintilla."