Washington State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Computer Science at the Tri-Cities campus. Computer science is a discipline that provides a scientific foundation for a variety of practical skills including software engineering, computer system design, software system design, data base design and applications, distributed computing, network design and applications, computer graphics, scientific computation, and the use of specialized computer applications. The computer continues to have a dramatic effect on many aspects of contemporary society, and the demand for people who are trained to use computers and software systems will increase for the foreseeable future. The curriculum in computer science prepares students for a variety of careers that involve the extensive use of computers.
