Computer Science BS

at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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.

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.