2011 Programming Contest Participants 2010 Programming Contest participants with Dr. Morrow at University of Illinois at Springfield. Augustana College offers a major and a minor in computer science. Students have the opportunity to work with two faculty members with a PhD in computer science—a rare opportunity for undergraduates at a college of Augustana’s size. At the same time, with its strong liberal arts foundation, an Augustana education provides students in the hard sciences and pre-professional programs with a special depth of focus accompanied by a rich range of knowledge—a balance difficult to find at larger universities. The computer science curriculum focuses on the representation, manipulation and storage of information in computer systems. Its range includes the study of programming languages, computer architecture, networks and the global internet, operating systems, data structures, algorithms and database management. Most computer science students take calculus and an introduction to computer science during their first year, followed by discrete mathematics in the first term of their second year. Discrete mathematics is a bridge between calculus and other math and computer science courses. All students complete Senior Inquiry, a focused, topical capstone project that draws from the student’s comprehensive learning experience and demonstrates benefit to a community. In computer science, seniors apply the software development process to specify, design, implement and test a major software 2009 Programming Contest participants. project in teams. This capstone project also includes focus on social and ethical issues, a reflective written evaluation and an oral presentation. A degree in computer science enables students to work in business or industry as software engineers and systems or mathematical analysts.

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