The computer science undergraduate office is located in room 1109 of the A.V. Williams building. The Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park publishes this guide to tell you about careers and courses in computer science. Please feel free to contact us if you need further information. Principal areas within computer science include artificial intelligence, computer systems and networks, database systems, human factors, networks, numerical analysis, programming languages, software engineering, and theory of computing.
Computer programming is only one element of computer science.
A computer scientist is concerned with problem solving. Such models often require extensive numeric or symbolic computation. Computer scientists design and analyze algorithms to solve problems, and develop and study the performance of computer hardware and software. The Department of Computer Science at College Park is among the top twenty computer science departments in the country. The more than 40 faculty members are among the leaders in research in artificial intelligence, software engineering, numerical analysis, computer systems, databases, and theory of computation.