Silicon Graphics workstations are used in advanced computer graphics courses. The department also has access to other university computer facilities such as a large IBM mainframe and several Cray Supercomputers. The degree program in engineering is designed to prepare students for careers as practicing engineers in industry. Students with other objectives may wish to consider the department's programs in the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences discussed on page 44. The Fisher College of Business also offers an information systems concentration.
All students take basic courses in mathematics, science, and engineering.
Core courses in computer science and engineering include programming and software development, computer architecture, data structures, operating systems, programming languages, theory of computation, databases and file design, and numerical methods. This option provides a general, broad-based overview of the computing field. The electives within this option may also be tailored to emphasize computer graphics, artificial intelligence, distributed computing, operating systems, databases, software design, etc. The software systems option prepares students for positions as general applications programmers and systems analysts. This option includes courses from electrical engineering as well as from computer and information science.