Computer Science Department | Major, Faculty, Courses

The mission of the computer science department is to:

Prepare students for participation in all phases of software development;
Provide a foundation of fundamental concepts that will accommodate emerging technologies;
Promote the University's overall mission of integrating faith, learning and living.

We offer degrees in Computer Science and Software Development, which prepare students for placement in the following positions:

Software Engineer
Computer Systems Analyst
Database Programmer/Administrator
Network Engineer
Web Developer
Graduate studies in computer science

We also offer degrees in Cybersecurity (in partnership with the information systems department) and Data Science (in partnership with the math department).

You may browse the courses we offer, learn about our faculty, and see the awards and honors our students have earned. Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Frank McCown. Admission information is available from Harding University Admissions.

Seminars are held in Science room 113. All Friday seminars are at 7:00 am; seminars on other days are at 4:00 pm unless posted otherwise. All are welcome!

Fri, Sep 20	Merek Hailey Denereus Beneby	Flutter Front-End Framework The Art of Facial Recognition
Thu, Sep 26	Cole Moury ArcBest Technologies	Leveraging a Technical Degree in Tech Adjacent Roles
Fri, Sep 27	Isaiah Lawson Davey Blake	Application Development for the Apple Vision Pro The Canvas LMS REST API
Fri, Oct 11	Carson Atkins Jake Steinmetz	Understanding VPNs The Advancement of Intrusion Detection Systems
Fri, Oct 18	Andrew Phillips Gabriel Bergeson	The Zig Programming Language An Introduction to the Vue.js Framework
Thu, Oct 24	Terry Rickard (Affiliate Professor) and Noah Oppermann	Computing with Words and Its Applications in Making Subjective Decisions
Fri, Oct 25	Mirna Callejas Mendez Rachel Emlaw	The Future of 3D Web with Three.js The Julia Language
Fri, Nov 1	Aaron Helms Greg Supratman	An Introduction to CAPTCHAs A History of 3D Printer Firmware
Thu, Nov 7	Anthony Sofio Microsoft	Generative AI: Breaking the Barrier Between Natural Language and Native Code
Fri, Nov 8	Noah Oppermann Hannah Holcomb	Federated Learning Detecting Software Plagiarism
Thu, Nov 14	Nathan Cobb Dillard's	What is Full-Stack Web Development?
Fri, Nov 15	Teodor Zlatar	Graph Algorithms
Fri, Nov 22	Adrian Calero Bethany Stevens	Cale, a New Programming Language An Introduction to COBOL
Thu, Dec 5	Scot Harris	From Business Need to User Acceptance: Software Engineers at Work

Contact Information

Computer Science Department

comp@harding.edu