Graduates of Shippensburg University s computer science program are contributing to every branch in the field. Today, computers are used on a daily basis by organizations of all sizes. With the proliferation of the Internet, even the smallest companies are developing web sites for doing business online. Computer scientists are involved in all aspects of computers and their uses from designing hardware and software to organizing and maintaining computer systems in an organization. Computers and computer scientists affect virtually all aspects of today s world.
Careers are as varied as the organizations using computers.
A hospital computer programmer has quite a different career from a programmer at a missile installation. Our graduates are prepared to enter the field as computer programmers and systems analysts. Systems analysts organize and define information and processes for computerizing tasks in various organizations. They combine their knowledge of both the organization and computer information systems to provide an automated operation. Computer programmers work closely with the requirements of an organization to actually develop the computer instructions to produce the desired results.