Contact Information

Location: Edgerly Room 310
Chairperson: Frits Lander, 978-665-3392
Secretary: Ann Larsen (Temp), 978-665-3290
Admissions Office:  978-665-3144 or admissions@fitchburgstate.edu

SUMMARY

The Computer Science department at Fitchburg State University strives to provide quality education and sound academic advising and student support in the areas of Computer Science and Computer Information Systems. Our primary focus is to prepare students with a foundation that prepares them to continue learning after graduation. The department is committed to providing high quality professional programs and life-long learning opportunities at the graduate and undergraduate levels and in continuing education. The department seeks to help the local hi-tech/business communities by providing professional education and a skilled workforce in the Computer Science and Computer Information Systems fields.

FACULTY

With an average student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to one, every student receives the kind of personal attention they need to master a variety of skills applicable to the business world.  Many members of the faculty hold doctoral degrees, and many have been recognized for their expertise in a variety of areas such as system programming, networking, data communication, and algorithms.  Students enrolled in our Computer Science and Computer Information Systems Program benefit by taking courses taught by our Math and Business Administration faculty.  Faculty from these departments offer dynamic instruction in workplace applications, as well as in group projects. They are all recognized for their teaching excellence and involvement with professional organizations.

FACILITIES

The department offers all its courses in state-of-the-art multimedia classrooms and lecture/labs.  There are computer science labs exclusively for the use of students which contain all the software needed in their courses.  The university maintains special educational software licenses from Microsoft, and other prominent software vendors.  Labs are connected by a departmental network and are also connected to Internet through high speed connection using latest technologies.   Hardware labs contain equipment for teaching courses such as digital electronics, computer organization, microprocessors, digital signal processing, data communications, local area networks and embedded systems.   The university also maintains Windows, UNIX, LINUX, and State-of-the-art database servers.

University Catalog
Four Year Plan of Study

RELEVANT LINKS

• ABET - http://www.abet.org/