COMPUTER ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
The Computer Science program (CS) and Computer Engineering/ Computer Science program (CECS) objectives at the University of Southern California are designed to promote technical competence, professional development, and citizenship in the global community.

• Technical Competence:
  
  
  1. Graduates will have the proficiency in mathematics, computer hardware and software necessary to apply these disciplines to the solution of problems encountered in modern practice.
  2. Graduates will have the ability to model, analyze, design, and experimentally evaluate components or systems that achieve desired technical specifications subject to the reality of economic constraints


• Professional Development:
  
  
  1. Graduates will have the professional skills necessary for immediate employment or graduate studies in computer science and/or computer engineering
  2. Graduates will have the professional skills necessary to compete effectively in a world of rapid technological change
  3. Graduates will be capable of professional redirection into fields with strong information technology components such as business, law, cinema, and music through graduate-level studies and the process of life-long learning.


• Citizenship in the Global Community:
  
  
  1. Graduates will have the capabilities and communication skills necessary to function effectively either as individuals or as members of multidisciplinary teams in a diverse global economy.
  2. Graduates will have an understanding of the importance of high ethical and professional standards as well as the significance of engineering decisions and solutions in a global, environmental, and societal context.