Computer Science

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Professors R. Chang, H. Plantinga, D. Schuurman, K. VanderLinden (chair)
Associate Professor V. Norman
Assistant Professors K. Arnold, F. Pasquini Santos

The department offers several major concentrations for students who wish to pursue a computing-related vocation. These include:

• The bachelor of computer science  (BCS) degree for students who wish to focus primarily on computer science.
• The computer science plus  (BS) major for students who wish to combine a study of computer science with another discipline.
• The bachelor of science in data science  (shared with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) for students who wish to study the extraction of knowledge from large volumes of data.
  • Also shared with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics are the data analytics minor  and the data science minor .

The bachelor of computer science degree is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET (https://www.abet.org). The department also offers minors in computer science, data analytics, and data science. More information about the departmental programs is available at the departmental website (computing.calvin.edu).

Programs

• Computer Science Plus, BS
• Computer Science, BCS

• Computer Science Minor

Courses

• CS 100 - Creating Interactive Web Media
• CS 104 - Applied Computing
• CS 104L - Applied Computing Lab
• CS 106 - Introduction to Scientific Computation and Modeling
• CS 106L - introduction to Scientific Computation and Modeling Lab
• CS 108 - Introduction to Computing
• CS 108L - Introduction to Computing Lab
• CS 112 - Introduction to Data Structures
• CS 112L - Introduction to Data Structures Lab
• CS 195 - Introductory Computing Seminar
• CS 212 - Data Structures and Algorithms
• CS 214 - Programming Language Concepts
• CS 232 - Operating Systems and Networking
• CS 262 - Software Engineering
• CS 295 - Computing Seminar
• CS 300 - Special Topics in Computer Science
• CS 312 - Logic, Computability, and Complexity
• CS 320 - Advanced Computer Architecture
• CS 326 - Embedded Systems and the Internet of Things
• CS 332 - Advanced Computer Networks
• CS 336 - Web Development
• CS 338 - System Administration: Infrastructure
• CS 339 - System Administration: Cloud Services
• CS 354 - Database Management Systems
• CS 364 - Computer Security
• CS 372 - Computer Graphics
• CS 374 - High Performance Computing
• CS 375 - Artificial Intelligence
• CS 376 - Machine Learning
• CS 383 - External Practicum
• CS 384 - Perspectives on Computing
• CS 390 - Independent Study
• CS 396 - Senior Project in Computing
• CS 398 - Senior Project in Computing II

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