Program Overview

The Computer Science program provides students with a curriculum in the MSCS key domains of Computer Science at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The undergraduate program gives students the full breadth of undergraduate computer science knowledge and skills while preparing them for careers in computer technology and for advanced study in graduate education.

The Master of Science degree in Computer Science is designed to provide students the opportunity for advanced studies in the theory, concepts, and methods involved in the design, development, and implementation of computer systems and programs. The graduate program curriculum includes the design and analysis of algorithms, advanced principles of programming and compilers, operating systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, database, distributed systems, network security, computer organization and architecture.

Students in the MSCS graduate program have the opportunity to specialize in a research area of interest under the guidance of a faculty composed of preeminent scholar-professors with international reputations.

Troy University Computer Science program is the home of CS Club, a student organization that has hosts weekly seminars, study sessions and many other activities.

Why major in Computer Science?
The enormous growth of current and emerging technologies has generated a need for graduates with Computer Science degrees. Students graduating from Troy University's undergraduate and graduate programs are prepared to work in a wide range of computing careers, including software engineers, system analysts, computer system designers, or computer programmers. Computing jobs are among the highest paid and have the highest job satisfaction (from Association of Computing Machinery, ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society)..

Data Science
Data Science is about coordination and management of the use of shared resources of a networked computer system to achieve a common set of goals.
Students work on individual and team projects, focusing on such things as big data using Hadoop and Spark, simulation and modelling of a distributed system, building a scalable system and protocol development and analysis. Students graduating with this concentration are prepared to work in roles such as the following: cloud administrator, distributed system engineer, Hadoop and or Spark developer, big data engineer, system administrator and application delivery manager.