What Can I Do with a Major in...Computer Science?

Computer Science

Description of Major

This major educates students about computer software. Computer scientists study methods of representing, organizing, and manipulating information. They are concerned with ways to solve problems more efficiently and with ways to simulate human reasoning. Some of the important areas of computer science are the design of more powerful or more easily used computer languages, the design of more powerful compilers that translate programs written in computer languages into machine-executable code, the design of operating systems and the design of networks and methodologies for computing over multiple distributed machines.

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Employment Opportunities

Graduates are prepared for a wide range of positions in business, industry, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. A variety of jobs are available for computer science graduates, including:

Air Traffic Controller	Applications Programmer
Artificial Intelligence Programmer	Business Programmer
CAD/CAM Designer	Computer Aided-Designer
Computer and Software Trainer	Computer Consultant
Computer Engineer	Computer Engineering Analyst
Computer Facilities Manager	Computer Installation Specialist
Computer Programmer	Computer Scientist
Computer Security Specialist	Computer Service Technician
Computer Systems Manager	Computer Test Specialist
Cryptographer	Data Reduction Analyst
Database Analyst	Database Manager
Demographer	Document Specialist
Efficiency Expert	Information Scientist
Information Systems Auditor	Media Center Manager
MIS Manager	Network Administrator
Network Programmer	Numerical Analyst
Operations Analyst	Professor
Quality Assurance Analyst	Rate Analyst
Robotics Programmer	Satellite Communications Specialist
Software Development Specialist	Software Engineer
Software Support Specialist	Special Effects (FX) Specialist
Specification Writer	Statistician
Systems Analyst	Systems Consultant
Systems Engineer	Systems Manager
Systems Programmer	Technical Documentation Specialist
Technical Support Representative	Technical Writer
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Some positions listed may require education or training beyond an undergraduate degree.

Additional Links

AAAI: American Association for Artificial Intelligence

The Association for Computational Linguistics

ACM: Association for Computing Machinery

IEEE: Computer Society

UC College of Engineering

This page last updated on August 15, 2006
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