We are excited to share that the School of Computing faculty recently updated the focus areas for computer science and software engineering.
More information on the focus areas will be posted on the School of Computing website soon. Computer engineering focus areas are up-to-date in the current catalog here.
For the computer science and software engineering majors below are the areas and courses available. Please see your academic advisor if you would like to know more about how to specify a focus area in your academic and plan.
Proposed School of Computing focus areas and courses:
Data Science & Informatics
CSCE 410, CSCE 411, CSCE 412, CSCE 413, CSCE 464, CSCE 470, CSCE 471, CSCE 472, CSCE 473, CSCE 474, CSCE 478, CSCE 479
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning:
CSCE 421, CSCE 475, CSCE 476, CSCE 478, CSCE 479
Networking
CSCE 438, CSCE 455, CSCE 456, CSCE 458, CSCE 459, CSCE 462, CSCE 463, CSCE 465
Computer Architecture & High-Performance Computing
CSCE 411, CSCE 430, CSCE 432, CSCE 435, CSCE 436, CSCE 456, CSCE 457
Foundations of Computer Science
CSCE 421, CSCE 423, CSCE 424, CSCE 428, CSCE 440, CSCE 477
Software Engineering
CSCE 425, CSCE 453H, CSCE 454, CSCE/SOFT 460, CSCE/SOFT 461, CSCE 464, CSCE/SOFT 466, CSCE/SOFT 467, CSCE/SOFT 468
IoT, Robotics & Embedded Systems
CSCE 436, CSCE 438, CSCE 439, CSCE 454, CSCE 459, CSCE/SOFT 460, CSCE 473, CSCE 476
User-Centered Computing
CSCE 411, CSCE 412, CSCE 453H, CSCE 454, CSCE 470
Cybersecurity
CSCE 438, CSCE 457, CSCE 462, CSCE 463, CSCE 477
*Computer science majors may choose any focus area. Software engineering majors may choose any focus area except software engineering.
**Customized focus areas: The student’s advising team in consultation with the School of Computing curriculum committee may approve a customized Focus Area proposed by a student.