Fairfield?s computer science curriculum encompasses a truly unique combination of experiences:

• Experiential Hands-On Learning: A unique curriculum guarantees computer science students the equivalent of 20 months of real-world experience through a sophomore year service-learning initiative, a junior year entrepreneurial experience, and an industry-based senior capstone project.?

• Cross-Disciplinary Engineering Exposure: As part of the School of Engineering, computer science students have access to other engineering disciplines and engineering-heavy industries, which expands career opportunities exponentially.

• Student Mentoring: By volunteering as high school mentors, students learn valuable management skills, they become comfortable explaining highly technical concepts simply and clearly, and they experience the satisfaction of sharing their knowledge to help others.

• Liberal Arts Core: A strong foundation in the liberal arts encourages engineers to think critically, design imaginatively, communicate clearly and collaborate productively.?

• Academic/Research Activities and Internship: Companies from a variety of domains, such as The Weather Company (visualization), Servo-Robot (artificial intelligence and user interface design), Federal Aviation Administration (software engineering and data mining), Saugatuck Energy (artificial intelligence) have an on-campus presence and provide computer science students opportunities to interact with industry leaders.

The computer science accreditation track is preparing for accreditation by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. This track offers a Master of Science program that allows students the option of earning a combined BS/MS degree in computer science and software, in just one additional year.

At Fairfield, undergraduate students can pursue multiple degree options as follows: a BS degree in computer science (accreditation track), a BS degree in computer science (liberal arts track), a double major in computer science and mathematics, or a minor in computer science.