North Carolina State University. Dept. of Computer Science.

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)