Computer ScienceBS

Outcomes
Students gain expertise and experience in all phases of software development, including design, architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment. Students will become effective in communicating and operating in a team environment. Students gain exposure to many different software languages, technologies, and platforms. The hands-on and immersive experience is at the heart of this program.
Opportunities
Students 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.
Computer Science and Engineering at South Dakota Mines
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Featured Courses
- Software Engineering
- Database Management Systems
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Physics Laboratory I
- Data Structures and Algorithms
Credits
Computer Science (BS) program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET http://www.abet.org under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Science and Similarly Named Computing Programs.
Potential Employers
- Black Hills Energy
- CNH and Raven Industries
- Echostar
- Epic Systems
- Garmin
- Golden West Telecommunications
Career Examples
- Artificial Intelligence (Al)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
Computer Scientist - Data Scientist or Data Engineer
- Database Administrator
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
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