The Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University was formed in 1967 in the College of Physical Science and Applied Mathematics (later the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences). In 1988, the department was transferred to the College of Engineering.
From the description of North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science Records, 1967-2007 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 521125210
The Senior Design Center (SDC) was created in 1994 to provide Computer Science seniors with a value-added capstone course resulting in a final project. The SDC provides an opportunity for companies to sponsor a particular project, resulting in a collaboration between students and private enterprise. Companies who sponsor projects present a problem, mentor a team during the semester, and provide financial support. The course provides direction and teaching that enables students to develop writing, speaking, interpersonal and project management skills.
From the guide to the North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Senior Design Center Project Notebooks, 1997-2009, (Special Collections Research Center)
1957
Department of Experimental Statistics installed computers in Patterson Hall.
1962
NCSU Computing Center established.
1965 August
NCSU joined Duke and UNC and, with the help of a National Science Foundation grant, formed the Triangle Universities Computation Center, or TUCC.
1965
Ad hoc Committee on Computer Science formed to include a faculty member from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and the director of the Computer Center, Paul E. Lewis.
1966
Paul E. Lewis and John W. Cell of the Department of Mathematics wrote the report recommending the reconstitution of the Computing Center into the Department of Computer Science, which would offer a bachelors of science, within the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics.
1967 July
The new department was approved.
1967 Fall
Instruction in the Computer Science Department began with 21 declared majors and 460 students.
1968 Spring
Number of majors had more than doubled to 49. The expanding department was housed in Harrelson Hall.
1970
Department occupied 10 rooms in the newly opened Dabney Hall.
1974
1978
Averaged 350 majors and between 2,000 and 2,500 students enrolled in all CSC courses.
1977 Fall
Computer Studies program began operation, offering master of science and master of computer studies degrees.
1980
Department started a certificate program in computer programming. Enrollment increased from 100 to over 400 students in one year.
1982 Fall
Department dedicated its Data General MV 8000 to the support of its instructional program. With 60 terminals, it served the approximately 1,500 students in CSC 101 and 111, relieving TUCC of a considerable strain. By Spring 1983, the number of simultaneous computer users on campus had increased by 40%.
1983 Fall
Department acquired a section of the basement of Leazar Hall and installed a Sage microcomputer system with 150 new terminals, which could handle 2,000 underclass students per semester. Some terminals were set aside for computer literacy service courses and graduate and undergraduate graphics courses.
1985
Majors topped the 1,000 mark.
1987
Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL), a joint venture between Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, opened in Daniels Hall.
1988 July
Computer science officially became a department within the College of Engineering.
1989 Fall
The masters in computer studies was officially renamed the masters in computer science.
1990 January
All students previously in the computer science option for a masters or Ph.D. in computer engineering were transferred into the new autonomously controlled Computer Science program.
1990
Withers became the Computer Science Department's home.
Additional information and resources on the history of the Department of Computer Science can be found through the NCSU Historical State website .
1967 September
1969 January
Paul E. Lewis, acting
1970 January
1973
Paul E. Lewis
1973
1974
Norm Williamson, acting
1974 July
1985
Donald Martin
1986
1992
Robert Funderlic
1993
2004 June
Alan L. Tharp
2004 July
Mladen Vouk
From the guide to the North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science Records, 1967-2007, (Special Collections Research Center)
