Welcome to the Computer Science Department. We are in our 21st year as an independent department. We offer both a B.S. and a B.A. degree in computer science. The B.S. program has been accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) since 1990. Browse our web pages to learn more about our department and the people that make it unique.

Masters Program

In April 2003, the Maryland Higher Education Commission endorsed the Loyola Computer Science Department's proposals to offer two new degrees. A Master of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Software Engineering welcomed their first students at the Timonium and new Columbia Graduate Centers in September 2003. Find out more here

Honor Code for Computer Science Courses

The Computer Science Department has adopted a new Honor Code Policy for computer science courses. The Honor Code

• New Science Scholarships for Freshman in 2008

  On August 3, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a grant of almost $600,000 to fund scholarships for science majors entering Loyola starting in fall, 2008. More information on the grant, administered by Dr. Roberta Sabin of the Computer Science Department. For more information, visit http://www.loyola.edu/STEMscholarships .

• New CS Initiative

  The new Center for Community Informatics is an initiative of the Loyola CS Department that aims to help facilitate access to and use of technology by the less advantaged. Learn more

• Why Choose Computer Science?

  Why do undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty choose computer science & engineering as their field? What takes place during a day in the life of a Computer Science alum working in the software or Internet industry?

  Two videos from University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering address these questions. Take a look!

• Upcoming Departmental Events

• Past Departmental Events
  
  

  2006

  Wednesday, November 15th - Dr. Hanan Samet from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park presented, "Sorting in Space." To view an abstract and Dr. Samet's bio, click here. This event was sponsered by Loyola's ACM and the Computer Science Department.

  Wednesday, September 27th - Ellen Voorhees of TREC presented her talk, "You Have 500,000 Hits: Searching the World Wide Web." The talk was excellent and very well attended. If you missed the punch, well, that was your mistake! This talk was sponsored by Loyola's ACM and the Computer Science Department. Much thanks to Ellen Voorhees for giving up her time to visit Loyola College.

  Wednesday, September 20th - CS Majors, Minors, and Professors enjoyed the annual "Computer Science Welcome Back Picnic". Located on the grass between Donnely Science and Knott Hall, the picnic was a lot of fun and a good number of students showed up. Dr. Glenn cooked burgers and hot dogs while the rest of us ate them (and boy were they good!). Much thanks to Dr. Glenn and Dr. Binkley, who did most of the organizing.

  Wednesday, April 19 - Chairman of the Board Dr. Geschke of Adobe Systems gave a talk in McManus Theater.

  Monday, April 3 - The Computer Science department in conjunction with the other science departments at Loyola held a Science Business Etiquette Dinner. Yes, even geeks need to learn manners!

  Wednesday, March 29 - The CS department participated in it's second dodgeball game, only this time we took on all the Natural Sciences! Of our two teams, one managed to place third overall, loosing to math and biology (there were about 6 bio team, BTW). Dr. Jim Glenn proved priceless for our team, making him the MVP for the department. Good job guys! Next year we'll go all the way!

  Tuesday, March 28 - Digital access advocate Tim Ney will be guest lecturer on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:45pm in MH240 as part of the regularly scheduled Community Informatics class taught by Marco Figueiredo, director of the Center for Community Informatics. Ney will speak about the open source movement and collaborative software development.