UL Lafayette: Computer Science: Welcome

	Welcome to the Computer Science Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We offer an ABET-accredited baccalaureate degree program in Computer Science. Graduate degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering are offered by the Center for Advanced Computer Studies.
	The new Computer Science Building.
Computer Science Learning Outcomes
News and Upcoming Events
The Computer Science will hold the 23rd Louisiana Computer Programming Classic on Friday, March 27th, 2009. For details go to http://fidelio.cacs.louisiana.edu/lcpc/ In October of this year the Computer Science department in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) will celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Computing at ULL and CACS' Silver Jubilee. For more information go to http://www.cacsconference.com/2009/ The DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEO GAMES concentration is now offering four courses in video gaming. The latest additions are CMPS359 "Programming Handheld Devices" and CMPS499 "Game Algorithms & Engine Architecture" . See concentration areas for details about the concentration.. All machines in the Video Game Design & Development lab and the general purpose CMPS lab were upgraded over the Christmas holiday break. As part of the Video Game Design & Development concentration, the department has installed a motion capture lab. We are one of only a handful of computer science departments in the country to have a lab of this type available to undergraduate students. The alumni information submission form is now operational. Go to People and click the Alumni tab. Some snapshots from past years' Springfests This web site now offers many of its files in PDF format. If you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html
Overview
	Our undergraduate program has been accredited by CSAB and now ABET since 1987. This ensures that our curriculum, faculty, and facilities are nationally competitive. We offer a BS degree in Computer Science with concentration areas in Video Game Design and Development, Cognitive Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific Computing. Majors' courses are taught by Computer Science faculty with MS or Ph.D. degrees. In addition to regular courses, juniors and seniors have the opportunity to work on independent projects with faculty in more specialized areas, such as video game design and development, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, computer architecture, and human-computer interaction, as well as apply for internship credit in industry.
	UL Lafayette has a long history in computer science education. The first course in Computer Science was offered by Dr. James Oliver in 1959. In 1960 Dr. Oliver obtained our first computer, an IBM 1620, with National Science Foundation support. In 1961 he started the first student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) worldwide. The first Computer Science degree was awarded in 1964. Our department was officially established in 1968. Today we have more than 400 undergraduate majors. Our ACM alpha chapter is alive and well; it is involved in social as well as educational activities. We also have an active IEEE Computer Society chapter. The department also hosts the annual Louisiana Computer Programming Classic LCPC which is a programming contest for high school students.
	We have several departmental scholarships for computer science majors who have spent at least one year in our program. These awards are made on the basis of scholarship and effort.
Contact
For more information, please contact us at: Computer Science Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette ACTR Hall Room 222 301 East Lewis St. P.O. Box 41771 Lafayette, LA 70504-1771 Phone: (337) 482-6768 Fax: (337) 482-5791 E-mail: cmps@louisiana.edu

Document last revised Monday, February 16, 2009 10:58 AM . © Copyright 2001 by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Computer Science, PO Box 41771, Lafayette LA 70504-1771 Telephone: 337/482-6768 · E-mail: cmps@louisiana.edu This site is maintained by Jim Etheredge