Computer Science | College of Science & Engineering

A photo of CS Chair, Dr. Perry Fizzano, with a few of the spring CS graduates.
A photo of the WWU team with their trophy after winning second place in the 2018 Pacific Rim Cyber Defense Competition.
The CS mentors offer free tutoring in CF 162/164 from 4 - 7 pm every weekday.
CS graduate student Sam Dixon presenting his virtual reality research at the end of the year poster session, titled Human Activity Recognition.
Robot sumo for the final competition of Dr. Jianna Zhang's Intro to Robotics course.
One CS senior project group took to the skies above Bellingham to test a camera they designed to control from the cockpit.
Computer Science is located on the 4th floor of the Communications Facility (CF.)
Mary Hall, Program Coordinator for Advising in the CS Department, meets with a student.
Sunset over the oval lawn and the hard-working students in the Computer Science labs.

What does the CS Department offer?

Computer Science is one of the fastest-growing fields of study at Western, and the faculty seek to find ways to challenge students in various areas such as Game Programming, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, or Bioinformatics. Just imagine harnessing the raw processing power of a 300-core cluster computer, testing the vulnerability of a company’s firewall against cyber-attack, or working with a team to build the next great mobile game. Whatever your interest may be, the Computer Science Department can help you pursue it! The CS Department seeks to prepare its graduates for a variety of occupations, including working for such industry giants as Amazon, Boeing, Google, and Microsoft.