Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1982 |
| Dean | Carla E. Brodley |
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Academic staff
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59 (17 Faculty are interdisciplinary with other Colleges at Northeastern) [1] |
| Undergraduates | 1222 |
| Postgraduates | 1133 |
| 133 | |
| Location |
Boston, MA, USA 42°20′19.5″N 71°5′31.6″W / 42.338750°N 71.092111°WCoordinates: 42°20′19.5″N 71°5′31.6″W / 42.338750°N 71.092111°W |
| Website | www.ccis.northeasern.edu |
The College of Computer and Information Science ("CCIS") is one of the nine colleges of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The College offers Bachelor of Science ("B.S."), Bachelor of Arts ("B.A."), Master of Science ("M.S."), and doctoral degrees in computer science ("CS"), as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in interdisciplinary, computer-related fields. Some 1000 masters and 133 doctoral candidates are enrolled in the College.
Founded in 1982, Northeastern's College of Computer and Information Science was the first college in the United States devoted to computer science. The College is also among the first to offer an information assurance degree program. At the end of 1987, CCIS proposed Law of Demeter which was widely used in software development area. In 1998, Napster was invented here, one of the first popular peer-to-peer file sharing platforms.
In addition to a traditional computer science curriculum, CCIS offers numerous other information science programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The computer science program at CCIS focuses on the fundamentals of computer program design, software design, computer networking, computation theory, and other technical computer-related subjects.
The CS program offers both Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees. While both require a core curriculum of computer science, mathematics, science, and humanities coursework, the B.A. candidates are required to take more humanities coursework than B.S. candidates. The B.S. is thus the more technical of the two degrees, with the B.A. aimed at giving students a social science context with which to frame their understanding of computer science. CCIS offers the following degrees:
CCIS offers multiple combined major degree options within its own programs:
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