Our Program
The Computer Science program at Minnesota State University, Mankato emphasizes project-based learning for meaningful, engaging experiences that prepare students for fulfilling industry careers or continued learning in graduate school. Lower-division courses follow the common computing core that is shared between Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, and Cognitive Science, along with courses that will earn a minor in mathematics. This allows undergraduate students two years to choose which computing program is best for them. The powerful and innovative upper-division CS program, currently unique in North America, is fully project-based. Students complete four significant semester-long projects to solve challenging problems from industry or university research. Project teams include students from all upper-division levels and are guided by faculty mentors and subject-matter experts. CS students have the option of doing a senior thesis prior to graduation.
