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Computers and computer systems play a central role in business, communication, science, entertainment and medicine. As the range of computer applications continues to expand, so does the demand for computer scientists. Computer Science is an ever-changing discipline that studies the theory, design and implementation of computer applications and systems. You will learn the principles that will help you adapt to changing technology. You will learn to use computing and information technology to help solve the problems that we face in business, science and society today and those that we will face tomorrow.

The Bachelor of Computer Science is available as a four-year Honours degree with the choice of nine streams and a four-year Major degree for those desiring a less specialized program. You may also choose to take the Honours degree without a stream, or to start without a stream and add one later. For those students who might be interested in postgraduate studies in Computer Science, please note that an Honours degree is usually required for admission. We also offer a Combined Honours program with Mathematics. Students in other programs can opt to take a minor in Computer Science.

The Honours Computer Science program at Carleton is organized into nine diverse streams so you can develop a particular expertise. Our six specialty streams allow you the opportunity to concentrate on one important area of computer science and our three multidisciplinary streams give you the chance to examine areas of increasing opportunity for computer scientists. All streams share a common core of computer science courses. No matter which stream you choose, you will gain expertise in all the fundamentals, including programming, algorithms, software engineering, databases and user interfaces.

Biomedical Computing

Computer and Internet Security

Computer Game Development

Management and Business Systems

Mobile Computing

Network Computing

Psychology (Computer Science)

Robotics

Software Engineering (Computer Science)