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1. Computer Science Major: Cybersecurity Track

Why Work in Cybersecurity?

As we continue to become ever more connected through digital devices and data, the need for cybersecurity professionals grows.

With our increasing dependence on online technology, security is crucial for business, consumers, and government, to protect systems from cyber threats and attacks. A degree in Cybersecurity will provide you with the skills to protect valuable data assets and to anticipate and avoid threats to data integrity.

Coursework will cover the tools and systems used to monitor, mitigate, and prevent online threats.

2. Computer Science Major: Software Design Track

Though students use cutting-edge software development technologies, the curriculum focuses on the concepts and principles embodied by those technologies that persist over time.

The emphasis of the software design track at Saint Mary's is on providing students with an education that guides them to be proficient in core programming skills and to be experienced in project-based software development. Students will also acquire critical information technology skills which will lead to the construction of quality software.

Students who earn a degree in the software design track will graduate with data analysis skills from multiple perspectives and technologies and an understanding of the scientific, cultural, and political role that technology plays in our global society.

Enhance Your Experience

Students who earn a degree in this track will oftentimes pursue a minor or double major in mathematics or statistics.

Computer Science Minor

A computer science minor is also available at Saint Mary's, giving students in many majors the chance to explore the field of computer science and to gain career-enhancing skills in programming. The minor complements major areas in business, mathematics, and the sciences.

3. Computer Science Major: Data Analytics Track

Combining the knowledge and training for analytically focused careers in business with the programming skills necessary for working with data.

The emphasis of the data analytics track at Saint Mary's is on applications of data analysis, business forecasting, modeling, operations management, market analysis, and project management techniques. The student in this major will learn programming and information technology skills to provide information for decision support systems.

Enhance Your Experience

Students who earn a degree in this track will oftentimes pursue a double major or minor in business, mathematics, or marketing.

4. Computer Science Minor

The computer science minor gives students in many majors the chance to explore the field of computer science and to gain career-enhancing skills in programming.

Students start with core courses in programming and choose additional courses from the three computer data science major tracks: cybersecurity, software design, and data analytics.

Enhance Your Experience

The minor complements major areas in business, mathematics, and the sciences.

Where You Are Matters

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a private, nonprofit university. Our students’ success is the core of our concern.

Students choose Saint Mary’s for any number of reasons, among them: our welcoming community; our commitment to walking alongside each student, every step of the way; our intentional focus on practical, hands-on learning experiences; and our dedication to helping students form connections that will guide them in their post-graduate lives.

Our undergraduate, residential, liberal arts college offers 59 majors at our 450-acre Winona Campus. Convenient graduate, bachelor's completion, and certificate programs are offered at our Twin Cities and Winona campuses, Rochester or other regional locations, and online. We are mission-driven, committed to abandoning elitism, embracing respect, and being dedicated to every person. We are the university for students who are ready to grow and who know that with the right opportunities they can build the future they want.

It's Who Knows You

At the heart of Saint Mary’s are the people who get to know you. Faculty, staff, and your fellow students—all become allies on your educational journey. Here, in an intense give-and-take setting, each of us discovers just how much we can grow. You’ll find, in every one of our classrooms, a relationship-driven, person-centered education. Because we believe that everyone deserves the chance to make an impact. To achieve beyond expectations. To be known.

Saint Mary’s offers a transformational education. Whether our students are in Winona or Minneapolis or any location in the world, the experience is the same—through intense inquiry, we help students discover the truths in the world around us and the character within us. Learn more about the support we can offer to undergraduate and graduate students through our offices.

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A Dynamic and Transformational Learning Community

Mission

Enriched by the Lasallian Catholic heritage, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

A Top-tier Vision

Grounded in its Lasallian Catholic identity, Saint Mary’s is a nationally ranked transformational and innovative university with a global footprint. Saint Mary’s graduates gain the advanced knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities necessary to be lifelong learners, successful workers, good neighbors, and ethical citizens that ensure Saint Mary’s standing as a well-known top-tier national university that prepares tomorrow’s leaders.