计算机系统专业的文学学士（BA）强调在感兴趣的领域中将原理应用于实际问题的解决。学生完成以下基础之一的基础课程和核心课程：Web编程，系统管理，游戏开发，图形编程。学生还可以通过一般的跨学科选择将计算机系统的研究与另一个研究领域相结合。
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts degree program is to strengthen student means to remain on a fulfilling, productive, life-long learning path by guiding them to fundamental understanding of the structure and operation of modern computer systems and the methods by which these systems are applied to the solution of problems of interest to society. The study of Computer Systems provides an ideal avenue for students to develop intellectual skills that will make them valued by their present and future employers and will lead them to opportunities in which they exercise their creativity and problem solving skills to accomplish tasks that are personally fulfilling and recognized as positive contributions to society. The faculty and staff of the School of Computer Science and Engineering are committed to providing the best possible learning environment for students to attain the benefits that come from mastery of this discipline. The principal characteristic of the BA program that distinguishes it from the traditional BS program offered by the School of Computer Science and Engineering is that it places greater emphasis on applied problem solving in a narrow field of interest. To accomplish this, students take fewer units of theoretical computer science, mathematics, and physics, and increase the number of units taken in applied courses that are relevant to the student's chosen program option.