{"id":732,"date":"2022-04-08T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/cs\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:25:15","slug":"computer-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-icon-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"info-box-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/04\/cs-icon.png\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\"\/><\/div><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Computer Science at Mudd<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>The CS department seeks to provide students with a strong foundational background blending experimentation, theory and design. Our graduates are equally well-prepared for work in industry and graduate school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The capstone Clinic Program provides students with a yearlong software design project, and our active research program involves approximately 50 students in research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"4\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"\/cs\/academic-programs\/\"><span>Academic Programs<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-2\" href=\"\/cs\/faculty-staff\/\"><span>Faculty and Staff<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"\/cs\/student-resources\/\"><span>Student Resources<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-4\" href=\"\/cs\/academic-programs\/learning-outcomes\/\"><span>Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box center\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/06\/About-CS-2.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-inner\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/06\/jb-quote-bubble.png\" alt=\"Jim Boerkoel\" class=\"prerounded\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-box-text\"><blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-quote\">\u201cThe Department of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd actively fosters a departmental environment that invites and welcomes all. Students in our program gain both intellectual depth and breadth in CS, experience with programming and the ability to apply computational thinking to pressing problems.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-quote-citation\"><cite>DEPARTMENT CHAIR JIM BOERKOEL<\/cite><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"primary-page-card-container wp-block-mudd-latest-posts\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading-wrapper\">\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading\">Latest HMC CS News<\/h2>\n\t      <a aria-label=\"More CS news\" class=\"mudd-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/category\/computer-science\/\"><span>More<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t    \n        \n    \n    <ul class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-content-wrapper\">\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/04\/29\/chengyi-tang-27-wins-2026-rudolph-polk-memorial-award-in-music\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Chengyi-piano.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Chengyi Tang \u201927 Wins 2026 Rudolph Polk Memorial Award in Music<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/04\/17\/three-harvey-mudd-juniors-receive-prestigious-barry-goldwater-scholarship\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/goldwater-logo.png');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Three Harvey Mudd Juniors Receive Prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/04\/14\/harvey-mudd-junior-wins-national-prize-for-research-on-ai-and-introductory-computing\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/yuan-headshot.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Harvey Mudd Junior Wins National Prize for Research on AI and Introductory Computing<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"1\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading h2\">Contact Us<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>Department of Computer Science<br>301 Platt Boulevard, Claremont CA 91711<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department chair: Jim Boerkoel<br><a href=\"mailto:&#99;&#104;air&#64;c&#115;&#46;&#104;&#109;c.edu\">&#99;ha&#105;r&#64;&#99;&#115;.&#104;m&#99;&#46;&#101;&#100;u<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1937,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-primary.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-732","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}