Gain a professional education and become a skilled member of the workforce in the Computer Science and Computer Information Systems fields. Our students leave here with all the tools necessary to make them valuable members of their communities.
The job growth outlook for information security analysts through 2030 is 33%, with 47,100 new jobs in the field. This comes with a median annual wage of $113,270.*
*View the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook Information Security Analysts (visited May 20, 2022).
Learn about our
S-Stem Scholarship Program
Majors and Concentrations
Computer Information Systems
Computer Science
Cybersecurity, CIS
Game Programming
Cybersecurity, CS
Under the Computer Science major you can take a concentration in Cybersecurity and develop knowledge and skills in network security, data encryption and decryption, cybersecurity, and ethical hacking.
Graduate Degrees
Minor
Additional Resources
- Two-Year Course Rotation (PDF)
- Four-Year Plan of Study
- University Catalog
- Computer Science/CIS Job and Internship Search Resource Guide (PDF)
Accreditation
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and the Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
Meet Our Faculty
Hands-On Opportunities
Internships
Hands-on experience that prepares you for your career.
Department Procedures for Undergraduate Internships
UG Internship Procedures (PDF)
Department Procedures for Graduate Internships
GD Internship Procedures (PDF)
Departmental Awards
The Computer Science department offers three awards:
- Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Computer Information Systems Outstanding Senior
- Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
Recipients of these awards are chosen at a departmental meeting by the whole department; the awards are based on the students GPA, citizenship and contributions to the program and department.
The Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award was created in honor of the late Professor McGuire, who taught at Fitchburg State University for over 20 years, and during his tenure he served as both the department chair and the graduate program chair. The award was established in 2000, and the recipient must be either a CS, CIS major or a Graduate student with minimum GPA of 3.0.
List of our award recipients:
- Stephen S. Brown - CIS Outstanding Student
- Alex Phoummalayvane - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Jacob S. Miller - Robert McGuire Memorial Scholarship
- Charles M. Oliveira - Robert McGuire Memorial Scholarship
- Sebastian Goyette-Connerty - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Nicholas Bisceglia - CIS Outstanding Senior
- Avinash Tripathi - Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- David Xiao, Dylan Hague, Bianca Suero Mendez - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Amanda Mambro - CIS Outstanding Senior
- Andrew C. Fletcher - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Stanley L. Choruzek - CIS Outstanding Senior
- Zachary A. Smith - Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Patrick R. Almeida - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Sean L. Ayres - CIS Outstanding Senior
- Lavanya Maradani - Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Alyson Leonard - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Nathanael Rojas - CIS Outstanding Senior
- Daniel Beaulac - Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Stephen Strasser - Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Letty Bell – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Elmer Ramirez – Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Jim Harte – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Matthew Santonastaso – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Daniel Fisher – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Garrett Wasylak – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Stephania Da Rosa – Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Andrew Clouser – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Timothy Goldsmith – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Mamadou Niang – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Jonathan Schmidt – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Michael Perron – Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Aaron Longfield – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Tawheed Abdul-Raheem – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Jacob Gonyer – Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
- Peter Lustig – Computer Science Outstanding Senior
- Adam Ryba – CIS Outstanding Senior
- Jeffrey Dickens – Robert F. McGuire Memorial Award
