For Undergrads

Undergrad Education

The Undergraduate Program in Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science at UMass Amherst currently has over 350 undergraduate students and about 40 faculty (and over 200 graduate students). Students closely interact with the faculty at the CS department in classes, in research labs, and in a variety of academic events. Students also receive advising from the department's individual faculty.

The Dept. of Computer Science offers a number of degree programs:

Bachelors of Science (BS) in Computer Science
Bachelors in Arts (BA) in Computer Science
Minor in Computer Science

The BS is focused on courses in our own department and is excellent preparation for a professional career or a graduate degree in computer science. The BA is interdisciplinary and includes courses from another department at UMass as part of the degree, courses chosen by the student, and it reflects our field's broad relevance. The minor is intended to complement another UMass major, and it consists of 5 courses total.

If you are curious about becoming a CS student, see our pages on Why CS? Where do our undergraduates end up? Companies that have hired our students that have graduated in 2009 and 2010 include:

Cisco Systems
Northrop Grumman
BAE Systems
Sonalyst, Inc
TNR Global
US Department of Transportation at the Volpe Center
Dexrex, LLC
SCVNGR
Washington Post Digital
Rediker Software
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Microsoft
Boeing
General Electric
The Plum Group
BBN Technologies
General Dynamics AIS
AppSage
Galatea Associates
Ernst & Young
Biogen Idec
Hitachi Data Systems

Many of our undergraduates go on to graduate school. As a top-ranked graduate school ourselves, they are very prepared for any program in the country.