Computer Science

Computers and other digital technologies are extensions of the human mind and increasingly have more or less capable minds of their own. 

Our computer science curriculum gives students a foundation for further work by providing them with skills in programming and digital media, including computer graphics, animation, and game development.

Another focus is understanding computers, networks, and digital media as tools for learning and creativity, and as powerful catalysts of intended and unintended social transformation. The potential and limitations of artificial intelligence, and its relationship to biological intelligence, is also a popular field of research for computer science students at Hampshire.

• What Computers Can't Do
• Advanced Computer Animation Production
• The Art and Science of Digital Imaging
• Artificial Intelligence in 3D Virtual Worlds
• Computer Animation I, II, and III
• Computer Graphics Topics for Programmers
• Computing Concepts: Creative Machines?
• Genetic Programming
• Language and Computers
• Literary Computing
• Minds, Brains, and Machines: The 50 Key Ideas
• Programming Paradigms for Artificial Intelligence
• Radical Innovation in Digital Arts
• Research in Artificial Intelligence
• Software Engineering
• Unconventional Computing
• What Computers Can't Do
• Women in Animation
• Algorithms (MHC)
• Computational Geometry (SC)
• Data Structures (MHC)
• Energy and Power-Aware Computing (Umass)
• Interactive Web Programming (UMass)
• Microprocessors and Assembly Language (SC)
• Networks and Cryptography (AC)
• Operating Systems (MHC)
• Parallel Algorithms and Architecture (UMass)
• Robotics (UMass)

Requirements

• Common Application
• An academic paper in English
• Supplemental essay responses
• Current transcripts
• School report, including guidance counselor recommendation
• At least one letter of recommendation from a teacher
• Certification of Finances form
• TOEFL or IELTS score (Minimum TOEFL score of 91 or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Predicted grades for IB English A1 or A2, or for A-level English, will also be considered.
• Additional letters of recommendation, up to three

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

• MacArthur Foundation Grant Making Programs
• American Association of University Women
• Fulbright International Scholarship Program for non-US students