Department of Computer Science

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for computing professionals is expected to significantly increase in the near future. The government projects that 70 percent of newly created U.S. jobs through 2016 in the sciences and engineering will be in computer science. The ASU Computer Science Department is constantly evolving to reflect national trends in training future programmers, including computer game developers.

Game Development

Begin a career in computer game development at ASU. The Computer Science Department maintains the Entertainment Computing Laboratory for computer science students specializing in game development and offers a three-course sequence designed to prepare students for a career in the entertainment software industry.

Flexible Curriculum

The curriculum for an ASU computer science degree covers artificial intelligence, graphics, software engineering, database systems and game development, among other areas. The curriculum is also flexible, giving students the option of specializing in the areas of computing they are most interested in.

Faculty Expertise

Computer science professors keep up-to-date with the latest technology advancements. The average class has 20 students and courses are taught with a hands-on approach. Students also have access to several computer labs, including the Entertainment Computing Laboratory.

Career Opportunities

About 90 percent of our recent graduates work in information technology and are employed virtually all over the world. Major firms, such as Raytheon, Sun, Exxon, Intel, IBM, Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, Sun and USAA, employ our students. Other students choose graduate school. ASU computer science students have attended the University of Texas, Texas A&M, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Yale and Cornell, among others.