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Undergraduate Degrees

At SCI, we're ready to empower our students to take on an increasingly interconnected world. Our students gain excellent disciplinary foundations and training to make the world a better place, applying computing and information sciences knowledge to any field or industry they choose to pursue.

Majors and Minors

Computational Biology

Understand core principles, models, and theories in the fields of biology and computer science and use them strategically to solve key problems in computational biology through this degree offered jointly between the Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Computer Science.

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Computational Social Science

Engage with, understand, and creatively solve evolving, complex multi-scale challenges such as climate change, transnational political violence, cybersecurity and privacy, social polarization, and inequality.

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Computer Science

Obtain a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals and learn about the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers.

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Data Science

Gain critical skill sets that span key areas of statistics, computing, and mathematics, with foundational training that every student needs to master data science.

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Digital Narrative and Interactive Design

Learn how to build interactive narrative systems such as games, interactive literature, virtual reality environments, and other interactive media experiences in a variety of fields in this joint major offered by the Department of English and SCI.

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Information Science

Look at problems holistically, so you not only understand the technology, but also the needs of the people who will be using it. Gain critical skills and broad, theoretical knowledge in systems analysis, user needs, programming principles, database systems, networks and more.

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Physics and Quantum Computing

Equip yourself with a strong foundation in both classical physics and modern computational techniques through this interdisciplinary degree that has a particular focus on quantum computation.

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Minors

Complement your major areas of study with our minors in computer science and information sciences to help you stand out to future employers, and combine your knowledge from various fields to gain a more comprehensive understanding of various studies.

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