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WELCOME TO THE SWARTHMORE COLLEGE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT!

Swarthmore's CS Department offers courses that emphasize the fundamental
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Welcome to the Computer Science Department at Swarthmore College!

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Swarthmore CS offers a variety of core Computer Science courses. Learn more.

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Swarthmore CS students engage in research both during the school year and over
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encouragement and expertise to topple barriers and bias. Learn more. 

Each year Swat CS sends a few teams to the ACM Programming Contest. Learn more.

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