Wing Technology Center
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Computer Science Department University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Science and Allied Health Homepage UW-La Crosse Homepage
Wing Technology Center
For Prospective Students
For Current Students
Undergraduate Program
Graduate Program
Faculty and Staff
Advising
Distinguished Lecture Series
Contact Us
Search

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Department of Computer Science Web Page! The department offers majors and minors in computer science along with a Master of Software Engineering (MSE) program.

Recent News:

2008 Distinguished Lecturer

Fran Allen, recipient of the ACM's 2006 Turing Award, is this year's UW-L Distinguished Lecturer in Computer Science. The lectures will be on Mar 3, 2008 and are open to the public.

Midwest Computing and Instruction Conference

The UW-La Crosse Computer Science department will be hosting the MICS 2008 conference on Apr 11-12, 2008. More details can be found at http://www.cs.uwlax.edu/mics2008.

National Science Foundation S-STEM Award

The UW - La Crosse Computer Science Department has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant ($526,000 over 5 years) in the S-STEM program. The UW - La Crosse award will fund scholarships for students studying full-time in the Master of Software Engineering (MSE) program. Further details, including the application process, can be found at http://www.cs.uwlax.edu/S-STEM.

Employment Outlook

The U.S. Department of Labor reports in its Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09 Edition, which covers the 2006-2016 decade, that Computer Software Engineers will remain in high demand. The most recent report says

"Job prospects should be excellent, as computer software engineers are expected to be among the fastest-growing occupations through the year 2016."

"Employment of computer software engineers is projected to increase by 38 percent over the 2006-2016 period, which is much faster than the average for all occupations."

"According to Robert Half technology, starting salaries for software engineers in software development ranged from $66,500 to $99.750 in 2007."

 

 

 


University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1725 State Street La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 (608) 785-8000
All material © 2003 by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Please address questions or comments about this site to: webmaster@cs.uwlax.edu