Dr. Thomas | Computer Science | California State University Stanislaus

Megan Thomas

Associate Professor and Department Chair
Dept. Of Computer Science
CSU Stanislaus
Office: 279 DBH
Phone: (209) 667-3584
Email: mthomas@cs.csustan.edu (best way to reach me)
Address: Dept. Of Computer Science, CSU Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382

Office Hours: Monday, 12:00-1:30, Tuesday, 12-2 pm, Thursday, 1-3 pm, and by appointment.
Office hours cancelled Thu, Mar. 26 and Fri, Mar. 27.
Office hours cancelled Tue, Apr. 14.

College of Sciences Poster Celebration 2026

Spring 2026 Classes

I have been a professor at CSU Stanislaus since 2005. I earned my PhD at UC Berkeley, where I worked with what is now called the data systems and foundations research group.

Miscellany

CS Major Class Prerequisites Chart, and

CS Major with Cybersecurity Concentration Class Prerequisites Chart

Job Hunting Links for Undergrads - Advice, and Lists of Job Application Web Sites (career and internships)

Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges - Southwestern Region

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) -- and -- IEEE Computer Society

The VI Cheat Sheet

CS Education Links

Education Videos, collections of videos, etc

Interesting Information

Our World In Data
Gapminder.org - global statistics that may surprise you
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Data.gov

SocialCoder, ACM and SocialCoder
Engineering for Change
Engineers Without Borders
Telecoms Sans Frontieres

Volunteer opportunities for undergrads
- LearningQuest: Stanislaus Literacy Centers -- volunteers needed to tutor community members, young or adult, in reading skills (tutoring usually done at the Modesto Public Library)
- Cyber-Seniors -- young people provided one-on-one tech help to seniors, via telephone

Megan Thomas

Spring 2026 Classes

Miscellany

Interesting Information

Old Classes

Fall 2025 Classes

Spring 2025 Classes