Amherst Computer Science students work closely with talented faculty—all active researchers—to study a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence, to big data, to cryptography.
Students develop an understanding of data structures, algorithms, and computer systems, and also study a number of more advanced topics in depth.
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Seniors who write theses spend an entire academic year working on an in-depth study with the help and direction of a faculty member.
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We encourage Computer Science majors to study abroad.
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Many of our majors go to graduate school, some in mathematics or computer science, some in other fields.
Learn MoreLearn ideas and techniques fundamental to computer science, especially procedural abstraction, algorithmic methods, and structured design.
Explore some paradigms of programming languages and discuss the major ideas underlying language design. Learn about functional programming, declarative programming, and programming for concurrency and distributed computing.
Delve into the design and analysis of computer algorithms. Topics include set algorithms (e.g., sorting and searching), graph algorithms, string algorithms and matrix algorithms, as well as several different design paradigms.