Prospective Students
Join the University of Denver’s Department of Computer Science on a voyage of excitement and discovery.
Hollywood!
Computer scientists and digital graphic artists are instrumental in producing entertainment and motion picture footage. Films like The Matrix, Jurassic Park, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings make digital animation (a subfield of computational and multimedia computing). Video game animation and technology draw on the most advanced computer graphical techniques and engineering hardware design. Computer imaging and enhancement even allows the Hubble Space Telescope to peer into the very abyss of time and bring back spectacular pictures of the universe. Check out our degrees in Game Development and Applied Computing.
Environment!
Satellite imagery and computer analysis show the healthy or unhealthy state of the earth. Natural resources specialists use the power of computing to see beneath the surface of our planet and discover new resources for people around the globe. We can examine rain forests and understand their growth and decline by computer analysis of pictures from space. Global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) are used by people ranging from sales professionals to soldiers to establish where they are on the earth’s surface. Likewise, the environment within the human body is becoming a greater focus of computer scientists as computing applications assume a greater role in biology and medicine. Our degrees in Bioinformatics and Applied Computing, as well as Computer Science will be of interest to you.
Internet!
Highly trained computer scientists spin the wheels of electronic commerce, maintaining the Internet as a highway for businesses and individuals. 38 million people in China
enjoyed live 2002 World Cup games through webcasting! The Library of Congress is storing millions of digital items; the American Memory Project, the historical collections of the National Digital Library, offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections for viewing over the Internet! Talented and educated individuals are needed to develop new tools and techniques for the future of electronic communications. Our degree in Computer Science will prepare you for a successful career in many related fields.
These are only a few of the exciting intellectual adventures in computing and computer science that students can participate in at the University of Denver. Our faculty are exploring the frontiers of research and scholarly pursuit. Students can join research teams investigating game development, data-bases, bioinformatics, multimedia systems, distributed systems, web architectures, electronic commerce, network security, scheduling theory, computational geometry, algorithms and parallel computer architecture, and computer algebra, among other topics.
By incorporating research results in the classroom, students learn current state-of-the-art techniques and skills. At the Department of Computer Science, faculty, not graduate assistants, teach courses. Senior faculty teach at all levels, both undergraduate and graduate. Classes average 15 students or less and allow for flexibility and individualized attention.
The Department of Computer Science maintains an active internship program to introduce our students to the working world and to potential employers—one of the best paths to employment. Through the reputation of our department, our contacts, and our understanding of industry needs, we have consistently maintained an outstanding record of placing our students. Our programs of study lead toward satisfying careers in the revitalizing computing and telecommunications industries.
If you are excited by an education that emphasizes innovative multidisciplinary study and cutting-edge research, we hope that you will explore our website to learn more and decide to join us at the University of Denver. Please contact us if you would like additional information, or would like to schedule a tour of our department and school.