Studying Computing and Information Science
Specific course-related information:
CIS offers study in the following academic areas:
- Department of Computer Science (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- Computational Biology (Undergraduate, Graduate and Training Program)
- Computational Science and Engineering (Graduate)
- Computing in the Arts
- Department of Statistical Science
- Information Science Program (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- Joint Programs
- Game Design
Additional information:
Student groups:
CIS brings its faculty together with faculty throughout the university—from Anthropology, Astronomy, Aerospace Engineering, Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, History, Mathematics, Operations Research, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, and the social sciences and the humanities. Already, 25 academic departments cross-list courses with CIS.
Cornell grants Ph.D.s in Information Science and in Computational Biology. Undergraduates
in Cornell’s three largest colleges can major in Information Science, and students in each
of Cornell’s colleges can pursue a minor in Information Science. Students can minor in
Computational Biology in several colleges. Various programs in the Digital Arts are being
developed, as well.
To learn more about Computing and Information Science at Cornell, go to http://www.cis.cornell.edu/outreach/considercomputing.html

