Georgetown's Department of Computer Science consists of ten full-time faculty working in the areas of algorithms, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, database systems, data mining, information assurance, information retrieval, machine learning, and non-standard parallel computing. We are a small department, which provides students considerable opportunities for interaction with the faculty, for independent study, and for involvement in faculty research. We take great pride in our students, teaching, and research.

Georgetown University is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE), a program administered through the Georgetown Institute for Information Assurance (GIIA).

Undergraduate Programs

For undergraduate students, the department offers three academic programs:

• Bachelor of Science (BS)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA)
• Minor

The BS is our most technical undergraduate offering, designed to prepare students for careers in industry or for advanced study in computer science. Finally, the minor and its basic courses on programming, mathematical methods, and data structures lets students supplement and strengthen their major requirements.

Graduate Programs

For graduate students, we offer the degree

• Master of Science (MS)

The MS lets students further develop their technical skills and concentrate in areas of their choosing. Two external electives give students the ability to broaden their studies to disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, international affairs, and biostatistics. A thesis option exposes students to research in preparation for careers in applied research or further study at the doctoral level.

Our department was originally established as a program in the Department of Mathematics. It became a separate department in 1985.