What is Computer Science?
Computer science is foundational in applying and studying interactions between humans and computers. Computer science and computer scientists study computers, computing, the software and hardware in a computer, and their applications in our modern society.
Software is arguably one of the most rapidly-changing fields in science and engineering. It exists everywhere in our daily lives, and the data it creates exists all around us.
What does a computer scientist do?
Students studying computer science at South Dakota Mines gain expertise and experience in all phases of software development, including design, architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment. Computer science students at Mines will become effective in communicating and operating in a team environment and will gain exposure to many different software languages, technologies, and platforms. The hands-on and immersive experience is at the heart of the computer science program at South Dakota Mines.
Students majoring in computer science at Mines gain exposure to robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, cybersecurity, virtual reality, data science, and application development.
Students prepare for these roles: software developer, software engineer, data scientist, data analyst, software tester, security analyst, and application developer.
Courses for this Degree
• Data Structures & Algorithms
• Test-Driven Software Development
• Introduction to Digital Systems
• Finite Structures
• Operating Systems and Virtual Machines
• Programming Languages
• Graphical User Interface Programming
Course Curriculum
Catalog Links: Computer Science
Internships and Co-ops
At South Dakota Mines, 70% of computer science students land internships, earning an average salary of $21.20 per hour. Students in the computer science program work for these companies, to name a few:
● Amazon
● CNH and Raven Industries
● Garmin
● Google
● Innovative Systems
● Interstates
● L3Harris
● Microsoft
● NASA
● Lockheed Martin
● Omnitech
● SpaceX