Our Mission and Goals

The Department of Computer Science will offer an excellent computer science education in a personal environment. Students, faculty, and staff will engage in extracurricular activities that enrich the learning experience and offer opportunities to interact with peers. The Faculty and Staff will dedicate themselves to preparing our students for successful careers, life-long learning, and citizenship.

Statement of Values

The Department

• Values most highly student learning in a personal environment.
• Encourages each Faculty and Staff member to undertake the professional development that makes educational excellence possible.
• Aims to achieve continuous improvement in all our professional activities.

This being so, the Department rewards and promotes:

• Excellence in teaching both inside and outside the classroom and laboratory.
• The scholarship of discovery, of learning and teaching, of integration, and of application.
• Faculty-directed student research and traditional faculty scholarship.
• Interactions with our students that foster their academic and personal growth.
• Leadership in service to the Department, the College of Arts and Sciences, the University, the West Georgia region, and the discipline.

Department Goals

The goals of the Department of Computer Science are to:

1. Offer a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science that meets or exceeds national standards for undergraduate computer science programs as defined by the IEEE/ACM Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001), and ABET Inc.
2. Offer a Master of Science in Applied Computer Science that prepares college graduates from any discipline for successful careers in computing by providing a curriculum focused on foundations of computing coupled with applied knowledge and advanced technical skills.
3. Offer various Graduate Certificates in Computing that prepare college graduates from any discipline for successful careers in selected areas of computing and information technology through a focused program of study in a specialized area of computing, with a curriculum focused on applied knowledge and advanced technical skills.
4. Offer undergraduate service courses, as part of UWG's Core Curriculum, that provides UWG undergraduates with an introduction to computing and technology coupled with a focused set of applied skills.
5. Offer an undergraduate minor in computer science that offers non-majors an introduction to computing theory, practices, and applications.
6. Support extracurricular activities that help our students prepare for their careers, for lifelong learning, and for citizenship.
7. Encourage and support faculty-directed student research as a means of enriching our students' learning experience.

The Department will develop and maintain policies that support our goals, including policies that affect program development, Faculty and Staff responsibilities, and criteria for Faculty evaluation, tenure, and promotion. The Department will use the Comprehensive Assessment Plan to regularly and consistently review and assess our effectiveness in achieving our goals, as well as, a means to identify, implement, and document actions for improvement.