Imagine creating the programs that people use everyday to improve their lives. Think of those programs we can’t live without. Well, the Computer Science program at Mercy College can get you started. The program is more than just theoretical background. You’ll get the practical experience you’ll need to make yourself attractive in the computer science profession, related fields, and to succeed in a technological society. You’ll learn programming skills (currently in Java and C++), Software Engineering, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems and Computer Networking. The Computer Science program follows the most recent guidelines of the Report of the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Curriculum Task Force. According to Prof. Daniel McCracken, former President of ACM and former Chairman of the Computer Science department at CCNY-CUNY, "Mercy College is to be commended for having a fine program in Computer Science. The curriculum is constantly revised to keep it up to date; the faculty are qualified and committed; the facilities are outstanding in many ways; students are enthusiastic about their educational experience and have good prospects for jobs or graduate study." With small class sizes, personal interactions with the professors, and real-world computing projects in teams, you’ll learn see what makes this program so great.

Representative career opportunities for graduates of the Computer Science Bachelor's degree program are as follows: Programmer, Helpdesk Specialist, Analyst, Software Engineer, Network Engineer, Network Administrator, Web Administrator, and Game Programmer.