Computer Science Department

Chair: Marc Smith (2024/25); Jason Waterman (2025/26)

Professor: Luke Hunsberger^b, Marc L. Smith;

Associate Professors: Thomas Ellman, Jason Waterman;

Assistant Professors: Anna Gommerstadt^a, Jonathan Gordon, Rui Manuel Pacheco Meireles;

Instructors: Heather Newman, Logan Stapleton;

Visiting Assistant Professors: Jacob Erickson, Peter Lemieszewski.

^a On leave 2025/26, first semester

^b On leave 2025/26, second semester

Advanced Placement: Students eligible for Advanced Placement may be able to bypass CMPU 101 or CMPU 102 with permission of the department. A bypassed course cannot be counted toward the 10 units plus the intensive required for the Computer Science concentration or the 6-unit requirement for the Computer Science correlate.

Non-Majors: Students majoring in the sciences are advised to complete CMPU 101 , CMPU 102 , and CMPU 145 , or to complete a correlate sequence in Computer Science.

Programs

Major

• Computer Science Major

Correlate Sequences in Computer Science

Courses

Computer Science: I. Introductory

Computer Science: II. Intermediate

Computer Science: III. Advanced

Two units of 200-level computer science are prerequisite for entry into 300-level courses; see each course for specific courses required or exceptions.

• CMPU 300 - Senior Research and Thesis
• CMPU 301 - Senior Research and Thesis
• CMPU 319 - Modeling Minds, Brains, and Behavior
• CMPU 331 - Compilers
• CMPU 334 - Operating Systems
• CMPU 353 - Bioinformatics
• CMPU 365 - Artificial Intelligence
• CMPU 366 - Natural Language Processing
• CMPU 375 - Computer Networks
• CMPU 377 - Parallel Programming
• CMPU 378 - Graphics
• CMPU 395 - Advanced Special Topics
• CMPU 399 - Senior Independent Work