COMPUTER SCIENCE

Established in 1967, we are located on NC State’s award- winning Centennial Campus.

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ACADEMICS ■ Enrollment 2014-15 Academic Year Undergraduate degree programs - Undergraduate 875 - Master’s 486 ■ Bachelor of Science in * - Doctoral 199 ■ Game Development Concentration ■ Incoming Freshmen Fall 2014 ■ Undergraduate Minor, Computer Programming - Average GPA: 4.55 (weighted scale) ■ Certificate in Computer Programming Most admissions between 4.29-4.81 Graduate degree programs - Average SAT: 1307 (reading and math only) ■ Ph.D. Most admissions between 1213-1401 ■ Master of Science (Thesis and non-thesis options) - Average ACT Composite: 29 ■ Master of Computer Science (Professional degree, Most admissions between 26-32 non-thesis, with on-campus or Distant Education options) ■ Facilities ■ Master of Computer Science - Track in Data Science - Engineering Building II (EB2), state-of-the-art teaching ■ Master of Networking (Thesis and non-thesis options) and research facility, opened in fall 2006 with available concentration in Service Sciences, - 12 research centers and more than 35 teaching and Management and Engineering (SSME) research laboratories and groups - Leading-edge networking and computational infrastructure Designated by NSA and DHS as a National Center of KEY STATISTICS ■ Excellence in Information Assurance Research (CAE-R) ■ Established in 1967 - one of the first official Computer ■ Academic Alliance Member of National Center for Women Science Departments and Information Technology ■ Approximately 46 faculty, 6 emeritus faculty, 8 lecturers ■ First U.S. university to be awarded a Cisco TelePresence and adjuncts, and 37 research, IT and administrative staff unit ■ Rankings: ■ First U.S. research university to offer multi-disciplinary th - 7 among Online Master’s Degree programs (Best Buy masterslevel curricula in services (SSME) 1 Online Degree) ■ Recognized as a Laureate in Computerworld Honors th 2 - 11 in Computer Science M.S. enrollment Program in 2007 and 2009 th 2 - 5 in Computer Science Ph.D. enrollment ■ Video Game Design and Development program recognized th 2 - 14 in Computer Science undergraduate enrollment by The Princeton Review as one of the top 25 th 2 - 14 in Computer Science BS degrees awarded undergraduate programs in the U.S. and Canada in 2011, th 2 - 10 in Computer Science research expenditures 2012, 2013 and 2014 - 7th in Computer Science MS degrees awarded 2 th 2 - 13 in Computer Science PhD degrees awarded OPPORTUNITIES - 7th in Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology programs 3 ■ Research with faculty - research centers and groups, - 1st in Tenure-track female faculty among all CSC depts. undergraduate opportunities, scholars and honors programs in Colleges of Engineering 2 ■ Applied learning - award-winning capstone Senior Design - Engineering Online Ranked Nation’s Best Online Center projects Graduate Engineering Program for Veterans and Active-duty Military Personnel (2013) 3 ■ The department has a variety of ■ Proximity to world-famous Research ■ Center for Democracy & Tech. student organizations providing Triangle Park (RTP) provides many Fellow leadership skills, service, opportunities for internships and ■ IBM Smarter Planet Innovation networking, and informal learning co-ops. Approximately 25% of all Faculty Award winner opportunities, including: NC State Engineering co-ops are ■ Gordon and Betty Moore Fdn. Moore - ACM/AITP from the department of Computer Investigator Award winner - Graduate Student Association Science. ■ 2 NC State University Faculty Scholars - Honors Program/Honor Societies ■ NC State is a top supplier of new ■ 2 recipients of the NC State Alumni - Linux Users Group graduate talent to Cisco, IBM, SAS, Association Outstanding Research - STARS Student Leadership Corps NetApp, Fidelity Investments, and Award - Women in Computer Science many others. ■ 11 members in the NC State Academy (WiCS) ■ Computer Science related careers of Outstanding Teachers ■ National competitions and listed among US News & World ■ NC State Academy of Outstanding recognition: Recent student honors Reports “100 Best Jobs of 2014”: Faculty Engaged in Extension include 1st place in CSIDC World - #1 - Software Developer member Finals, ACM Grand Award, - #2 - Computer Systems Analyst Anita Borg Scholarship, IBM’s - #11 - Information Security Analyst SELECT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Extreme Blue Internships, USA - #12 - Database Administrator ■ Thushan Amarasiriwardena - Today, Academic All American. Founder, LaunchPad Games and ■ CSC-specific scholarships: 25 FACULTY HONORS creator of award-winning Toontastic App endowed and numerous sponsored ■ 24 National Science Foundation ■ Marshall Brain - and external CAREER Award recipients and Author, TV Star & Founder of ■ CSC students are also eligible for one NSF Young Investigator Award HowStuffWorks.com; NCState College of Engineering and recipient Distinguished Engineering Alumnus University-wide scholarships. Details ■ National Academy of Engineering ■ Keith Collins - available at www.csc.ncsu.edu/ member CTO, SAS Institute; NC State academics/undergrad/scholarships. ■ Emmy Award recipient, National Distinguished Engineering Alumnus ■ More than 90 companies actively Academy of Television Arts & ■ Suzanne Gordon - partner with the department via Sciences - for plasma screen CIO (retired), Our 7,200+ sponsored programs, research, technology SAS Institute; NC alumni are scholarships, projects and initiatives. ■ Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame State Board of located in all 50 Inductee Trustees US states and in AREAS OF EXPERTISE 24 countries ■ National Inventor’s Hall of Fame ■ Dr. Larry Hodges - ■ Theory and algorithms Inductee hf Flagship ■ Bioinformatics and computational ■ DOE Early Career PI Award recipient Director of the sciences ■ American Association for Artificial School of Computing at Clemson ■ High-performance & power aware Intelligence Fellow and Senior University systems Member ■ Bobby Johnson - Former CEO and ■ Artificial intelligence ■ American Mathematical Society Co-founder of Foundry Networks; NC ■ Networks Fellow State Distinguished Engineering ■ Security ■ 6 Institute of Electrical and Alumnus ■ Software engineering Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows ■ Richard Krueger - developed xRes ■ Computer-based education ■ IEEE Dist. Service Award recipient (now Macromedia’s Fireworks), ■ Graphics and visualization ■ 2 IEEE Golden Core members President & CEO of Skinux ■ Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt - Executive The faculty foster strong ■ IEEE Computer Society Dist. Director, Institute for multidisciplinary and collaborative Scientist, Dist. Visitor, and Dist. People and Technology interaction with other disciplines at Lecturer ■ Rudy Puryear - ranked as one of NC State (e.g., Bio-informatics, ■ ACM SIGSOFT Inaugural Influential world’s Top 25 Consultants by eCommerce, serious games, etc.), Educator Award recipient Consulting Magazine other universities, industry, ■ 2 ACM Distinguished Scientists ■ Erik Troan - Co-author of Red Hat government agencies and ■ Computing Research Assoc. (CRA) Package Mgr and “Linux Application laboratories, and other partners in Digital Government Fellow Development,” Senior Consultant the Research Triangle Park (RTP) and ■ American Academy of Forensic with Plaza Bridge Group beyond. Sciences (AAFS) associate member ■ NCDS Data Science Faculty Fellow *Accredited by CAC/ABET CAREERS ■ 2 Senior Research Ethics Fellows 1 www.geteducated.com/rankings/best_computer.asp ■ Alcoa Foundation Engineering 2 ASEE data, 2013-2014 ■ Average starting salaries, May 2015 3 U.S. News and World Report, 2014 Research Achievement Award 4 NC State University Career Center - BS CSC - $70,305 5 money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100- - MS CSC - $102,546 recipient best-jobs? (Published: October 2015)

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