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Cherishing the ideals of
the liberal arts, the Department of Computer
Science, Mathematics and Science aims for a
contextualized and active learning approach. The
department emphasizes interdisciplinary
education and research, and maintains close ties
with other departments within the University as
well as with research centers, universities, and
industry in Europe and all over the world. The
Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and
Science aspires to enhance the general education
of AUP students by providing them with skills
for quantitative and abstract reasoning,
comprehension, analysis, and integration of
knowledge, and to formulate and efficiently
solve problems. We aim at making our students
successful lifelong learners independently of
their field of study.
The department offers a
Major in Computer Science with a possibility for
students to choose a track in Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT). Our mission is
to prepare students who are capable of applying
computational and quantitative methodologies to
a wide variety of subject areas, who can
communicate their knowledge efficiently, and who
can work and study in interdisciplinary teams.
We aim to enable students to understand the
theoretical underpinnings of the field of
computing and software development, and to
prepare them to work and continue to learn in a
field in which radical change is the normal
condition.
The track in ICT is more
flexible allowing the students to flavor the CS
core with complementary courses according to
their wider interests like: Business, Economics,
Communications, Art History, or Psychology.
Student Learning Outcomes for Computer Science
Majors
Students will demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of essential facts, concepts,
principles, and theories relating to computer
science and software applications.
Students will be able to use such knowledge and
understanding in the modeling and design of
computer-based systems in a way that
demonstrates comprehension of the trade off
involved in design choices.
Students will be able to deploy appropriate
theory, practices, and tools for the
specification, design, implementation, and
evaluation of computer-based systems: from
hardware to operating system level.
Students will know how to apply the principles
of effective information management, information
organization, and information-retrieval skills
to information of various kinds, including text,
images, sound, and video.
Students will be able to apply the principles of
human-computer
interaction to the evaluation and construction
of a wide range of materials including user
interfaces, web pages, and multimedia systems.
Students will know how to deploy effectively the
tools used for the construction and
documentation of software, with particular
emphasis on understanding the whole process
involved in using computers to solve practical
problems.
Students will learn to make succinct
presentations to a range of audiences about
technical problems and their solutions.
Students will learn to manage one’s own learning
and development, including time management and
organizational skills and continue their own
professional development.
Students will have gained critical hands-on
experience in design, testing, and management of
digital hardware and software components: from
logical circuits to computer networks.
Student Learning Outcomes for Computer Science
Majors: ICT Track
Students will demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of essential facts, concepts,
principles, and theories relating to computer
science and software applications.
Students will be able to use such knowledge and
understanding in the modeling and design of
computer-based systems in a way that
demonstrates comprehension of the trade off
involved in design choices.
Students will know how to apply the principles
of effective information management, information
organization, and information-retrieval skills
to information of various kinds, including text,
images, sound, and video.
Students will be able to apply the principles of
human-computer
interaction to the evaluation and construction
of a wide range of materials including user
interfaces, web pages, and multimedia systems.
Students will learn to make succinct
presentations to a range of audiences about
technical problems and their solutions.
Students will learn to manage one’s own learning
and development, including time management and
organizational skills and continue their own
professional development.
Interdisciplinary
Initiatives
The Department of Computer Science,
Mathematics and Science emphasizes an
interdisciplinary approach to education and
research. The department offers a number of
courses which were created to serve the
needs of other departments, and the
applications in these courses are strongly
interdisciplinary. The department is active
in the FirstBridge program, teaching with
professors from Art, Comparative Literature,
and International and Comparative Politics.
Furthermore, it has strong research groups
in the areas of Human Computer Interaction,
Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics, which
are inherently interdisciplinary. The
department offers minors in Applied
Mathematics, Applied Statistics, and
Information and Communication Technology.
Centers and
Partnerships
The department hosts the
Technology and Cognition Lab. Members of the
department have conducted projects that were
funded by the Mellon Foundation, FP6 (the
European Union Sixth Framework Programme for
research funding) and the COST European
funding program.
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The Department of Computer Science,
Mathematics, and Science organized a three-day workshop entitled "Swarms
Go Dutch@AUP / A Workshop on Artificial Intelligence,
Physiology, and Art" on May 12-May 14, 2011 at AUP.
Watch an excerpt from this conference on
