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Department Office: 2109 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5657

Full-Time Faculty

Professor(s): Arnow, Bar-Noy, Langsam, Levitan, Parikh, Psarris, Rudowsky, Sokol, Weiss, Yanofsky, Yarmish, Zhou, Ziegler
Associate Professor(s): Chen, Kletenik, Thurm
Assistant Professor(s): Santhalingam
Lecturer(s): Briskman, Chuang, Samanta, Taylan, Xiang

The field of computer and information science encompasses the nature of computers and computing, methods of accessing and organizing information, techniques of problem-solving, and computer applications in all fields of human endeavor.

The Brooklyn College Department of Computer and Information Science is one of the largest college departments of its kind in the metropolitan New York area, with close to thirty full-time professors. Two are distinguished professors, having achieved the highest rank that the University can bestow. Our faculty has been awarded prestigious research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation.

Our computer facilities for students are among the best in the city. Three major hubs house more than 300 computers for student use, and wireless Internet connections are available at many campus locations. A participant in the select Broadening Participation in Computing Program of the National Science Foundation, the department offers a wide range of services to our diverse student body, as well as four bachelor of science degrees, four minors, and a certificate program. The department provides educational programs that present the fundamentals of computer and information science and foster professional and intellectual maturity. The department stresses knowledge relevant to technological innovation, business needs, and the science of computing and prepares students for the job market or advanced computing studies.

Our faculty members offer students cutting-edge research opportunities in major areas of computer and information science that are relevant to industrial or academic careers. Examples of these areas of interest are robotics, software engineering, computing education, parallel and distributed computing, information systems and bioinformatics. Many of our students also receive college credit for projects and internships at prestigious commercial companies. Computer and information science graduates achieve success in a wide variety of roles in academia, government, and the computer industry as well as in other private and public sector organizations.

We offer a bachelor of science degree in information systems in collaboration with the Murray Koppelman School of Business.

Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's and doctoral degree programs offered by or in conjunction with this department.

Grades in prerequisite courses

All prerequisite courses in computer and information science must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Restriction on repeating courses

No Computer and Information Science course may be taken more than three times by any student. A student taking a specific Computer and Information Science course three times without achieving a grade of C or better (this includes INC, FIN, W, WN, WU, WF, and ABS grades), may not take that course again. If that course is required by a major program offered by the Department of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College, the student will not be able to complete the major.

Department recommendations

Students interested in computer-related careers should read the brochure Advice to Undergraduate Students, which may be obtained in the department office.

Incoming students with a knowledge of a programming language other than Java should consult with a department adviser.

With counseling, students should choose electives in any departments that may prepare them to apply computer science to a particular field of interest.

Students are advised to frequently check the department Web site, https://www.brooklyn.edu/cis/, and to subscribe to cistalk, the department’s e-mail list to subscribe, visit the Website.

Double Major restrictions

Students are not allowed to declare a major in any two or more of the following three major programs offered at the department, Computer Science, Multimedia Computing, and Information Systems.

Recommendations for prospective graduate students

Prospective doctoral students in computer-related fields should develop reading competence through course 2 in at least one of the following languages: French, German, Russian, and should take course, CISC. 3410, course, and course.

Graduate Studies

The Computer and Information Science Department offers a master of arts degree program in computer science and a master of science degree in information systems. Some courses may be creditable toward the CUNY doctoral degree. For information, students should consult the graduate deputy chairperson for counseling or the department Web site, https://www.brooklyn.edu/cis/.

Departmental Policies

  • The department chairperson or designee may allow substitutions consistent with the educational goals of the program for one or more requirements in any concentration.

    • Computer Science BS

    • Multimedia Computing BS

Courses

Courses listed below are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 24 credits in advanced courses for majors in this department.

The following inactive course(s) will only be offered if there is sufficient demand:

  • CISC. 3635 Multimedia Coding and Compression

  • CISC. 3640 Digital Image Processing

  • CISC. 3645 Multimedia Security