Program Facts

GU Computer Science Facts

• Recent Gannon CS graduates have secured employment at top organizations such as Bayer Corporation, Citizens Bank, Erie Insurance, General Electric, and Hamot Medical Center.
• CS majors can be involved in student chapters of professional organizations including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE).
• Graduates from Gannon’s Computer Science program enjoy a 100% placement in either employment or graduate studies.
• CS majors have benefitted from work experiences, complementing their academic work at sites such as Erie Insurance, General Electric, and Hamot Medical Center.

Major Facts

• Nationally, more than one million systems-related professionals will be needed in the United States in the next 10 years according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Employment growth is expected to be much faster than the average of all occupations.
• CS professions are identified as a “high priority occupation” by the Pennsylvania Center for Workforce Information and Analysis.
• According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary was $97,970 in 2008 with the middle 50% earning between $75,340 and $124,370.

About the Program

• CS majors in the program learn to:
  • Design and build software
  • Design and analyze algorithms for correctness and complexity Apply discrete mathematics and abstract structures to solve computational problems
  • Understand the interface between computer architecture and software applications
  • Apply quantitative measures to the evaluation of computational units
   
• Professionally involved, technical faculty teach and mentor majors. 
• The CS program is hosted by the Computer and Information Science (CIS) department along with the related CIS majors of the computing and information fields: bioinformatics, information systems and software engineering. 
• The program shares CIS facilities and courses with the related majors in the computing and information fields enabling participation in interdisciplinary and team-based projects.