The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers courses covering the major areas of computer science. These courses constitute the basis for an undergraduate major that prepares students for a variety of professional and technical careers in business; industry; and government, or for graduate work leading to advanced degrees. In addition, the department offers courses for students from other fields that will use computer science as a tool in their own areas.

The UAF Department of Computer Science offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science. Research interests in Computer Science include computer security, computer graphics, parallel computation, digital forensics, databases, intrusion detection, artificial intelligence, robotics, software engineering, simulation, networks and computability.