Your major in computer science will encompass software experience to prepare you to develop the compilers and operating systems of the future, hardware experience to design the next generation computer chips in Silicon Valley and theoretical studies to advance into research in academia.

Over half of your coursework involves computer science software and hardware, mathematics and the natural sciences, leaving time and flexibility to explore your specific interests. Imagine yourself in elective courses such as:

Computer Organization
Embedded Systems
Programming Language Concepts
Software Engineering
Operating Systems Principles
Database Systems
High-performance Computing

A major in computer science at Nebraska means preparing for one of the fastest growing and well paying fields in the nation! Computer science graduates readily find employment as internet programmers, web information retrieval systems designers, game and animation programmers, scientific programmers, high-speed processor specialists, electronic commerce specialists and engineers of enterprise-scale software systems. Here are examples of recent graduates' employment:

Business Technology Support Technician / DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
Data Engineer / HUDL
GIS Web Developer, Analyst / THE NORTH JACKSON COMPANY
Mobile App Developer / SANDHILLS PUBLISHING
Officer / UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Programmer / NEBRASKA HEART HOSPITAL
Software Consultant / SELF EMPLOYED
Software Developer / EXPERIAN
Systems Application Specialist / SANDHILLS PUBLISHING
Technology Specialist / TD AMERITRADE