The Computing Science and Applied Mathematics program at Augustana builds foundational knowledge in Python and Java to prepare you for further study in other programming languages, as well as the areas of software engineering, operating systems, computer organization and architecture, algorithms, databases, networks, parallel programming, and computing theory. The hands-on skills you will learn in this major are enhanced by a thorough exposure to the underlying principles, theories, and ethics in mathematics that carry on in spite of changes within the tech realm.