Current and future students coming to Emory & Henry College will soon have the opportunity to major in Computer Science, under the direction of Associate Professor Dr. Ed Carr.
Computer scientists in today’s industries are problem solvers who work to improve or adapt current technology to meet the needs of the future.
“This program dovetails nicely into our current math and business curriculum as well as taking on a liberal arts approach to critical thinking and leadership skills,” said Carr. “Our project based focus in the program at E&H will prepare students for integrated opportunities as well as collaborative problem solving.”
Computer scientists are capable of bringing a wide variety of tools to the most challenging problems faced by humanity in the 21st century. Emory & Henry faculty will actively be engaged in each students’ development by encouraging professional development through collaborative projects and individual accomplishments.
Through real world projects, the primary goal of the program is to produce computer science graduates who are both technically competent and sufficiently well grounded in theory so that they can contribute to fundamental research in several areas in computer science. The Computer Science Bachelor of Science at Emory & Henry prepares students for the growing technology industry.
The curriculum includes 75 credit hours of computer science, math and core courses. Sample classes will include: Introduction to Computing; Computer Programming I,II, Lab; Data Structures; Database Systems; Programming Languages; Analysis of Algorithms; Computer Organization; Theory of Computing; Professional Ethics in Computer Science; Software Engineering; Internet Systems; Operating Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Concurrent and Parallel Programming; Networked Computer Systems; Capstone Computer Science Project; Calculus I; Probability & Statistics; and Discrete Structures.
“Graduates are employed wherever there is a product or system that uses software that could be improved, or repurposed for other applications,” said Carr. “Globally there are many industries that employ these professionals.”
Carr earned a BS Mathematics from Wingate University, Wingate, North Carolina; MS Applied Mathematics from Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina; MS Computer Science and Ph.D. Computer Science from North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina.
