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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

MAJOR CONCENTRATION DEGREE OFFERED

COMPUTER SCIENCE BS
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
BS

Chair: Seonho Choi

Professors: Seonho Choi , Hoda El-Sayed, James Gil de Lamadrid, Lethia Jackson Joan Langdon,
Manohar Mareboyana, Sadanand Srivastava

Professor Emeritus: Manjit Bhatia

Associate Professors Joseph Gomes, Soo-Yeon, Darsana
Josyula, Sharad Sharma, Frank Xu, Jie Yan, Bo Yang

Assistant Professors: Quincy Brown, Patricia Hughes, Courtney Lamar, Daryl Stone

Lecturers: Velma Latson, Clarence Ray, Haydar Teymourlouei

Staff: Mary Rodriguez, Program Management Specialist
Jim Hickey, System Administrator

MISSION

The mission of the Computer Science Department is to serve the educational needs of the Baltimore-
Washington area community in general and the Southern Maryland region in particular, by offering
its citizens opportunities to seek and complete a high quality education in fields related to the science
and application of computer and information technology.

GOALS

1. To prepare new generations of computer and information technology professionals, arming
them with the quality education necessary for them to excel in the development and/or
application of computing technology.

2. To provide an academically rigorous environment by exposing students to outstanding
teaching and quality programs and by offering enriching experiences that help students to
develop intellectually and professionally.

3. To support the University’s historic commitment to the African American community
through programs that promote minority enrollment in computer science/computer
technology.

4. To provide a high quality education for computer science/computer technology students
by promoting:

 quality instruction to prepare students for a career or further studies in computer
science/computer technology;

 the attitudes and discipline of professionalism in computer science/computer

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