Overview of Major
Potential Job Titles
Examples of Internships
Possible Career Fields
Possible Work Settings
Important Skills and Abilities
Sample Web Resources
Sample Graduate Programs Pursued by Computer Science Majors
Overview of Major
The study of computer science combines an up-to-date curriculum with state-of-the art facilities. A few specialties within it are robotics, game development, social network infrastructures, simulation, and data mining.
Resources
Potential Job Titles
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Application Analyst
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Software Engineer
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Ratings Associate
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Technical Support Manager
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Software Developer
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Editorial Design Assistant
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Teacher
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Senior Consultant
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Quality Assurance Analyst
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Computer and Information Scientist
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Desktop Analyst
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Computer Programmer
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System Integration Analyst Associate
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Computer Systems Analyst
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Network Engineer
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Database Administrator
- Consultant
- Mathematician
Examples of Internships
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RDA Corp
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Johns Hopkins University
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Philadelphia Insurance Companies
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NIST
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Entertainment Software
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Lucent Technologies
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COCC
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Raytheon Company
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Webloyalty
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Digital Storage Solutions, Inc.
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Omni Group, The
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Bechtel Corporation
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Aberdeen Test Center
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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
Possible Career Fields
Programming
- Systems
- Scientific applications
- Business applications
- Maintenance
- Project management
Systems Development
- Analysis
- Design
- Support
- Quality assurance
- Specialty systems
Network Technology
- Installation & maintenance
- Administration
- Internet
- Programming
- Software design
- Systems analysis
- Hardware production
- Web page design
Consulting
- System installation
- System implementation
- Training
Education
- Teaching
- Instructional technology
Non-Technical
- Customer/Product support
- Technical writing
- Sales
- Marketing
Possible Work Settings
- Online service providers
- Computer/Equipment vendors
- Large businesses
- Public/Private schools
- Software vendors
- Retail stores
- Software/Hardware manufacturers
- Banks
- Government agencies
- Management consulting firms
- Research laboratories
- Insurance companies
Important Skills and Abilities
- Programming language
- Interpersonal
- Leadership
- Detail oriented
- Computer
- Analytical
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Team player
Sample Web Resources
Association for Computing Machinery
Data Management International
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
League of Professional System Administrators
National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies
Sample Graduate Programs Pursued by Computer Science Majors
- MS, Computer Science
- PhD, Computer Science
- MIS, Management Information Systems
- MS, Computer Information Systems
- MS, Security Management
- MS, Information Assurance
- PhD, Information Science & Technology
- MS, Software Management