York College offers a full spectrum of academic opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in the fast-growing and ever-changing field of computing. The B.S. degree in Computer Science (CS) offered by the Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Computer Science Department is designed for those pursuing computing careers in a technical or scientific field. Consistent with the mission of the College to help students prepare for their postgraduate careers, the CS program blends the practical with the theoretical. In their final year of study, students put together the technical, theoretical, and practical aspects of their computer science education through industry internships and upper-level projects and a required senior capstone project.
The Computer Science program at York College is built on guidelines recommended by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Computer Science program in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Computer Science at York College is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
Computer Science, B.S. Learning Outcomes
Degree Requirements
Institutional Degree Requirements
Program-Specific Degree Requirements: To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Computer Science must complete a minimum of 124 credits and must achieve a grade of 2.0 or higher in all major requirements and major electives. At least one programming language course must be taken at York College.