Founded in 1975, the Computer Science program is one of the original programs of University of Houston-Clear Lake. The program
offers a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science. The B.S. has earned certification from the Accreditation Board of Engineering and
Technology (ABET) since 2002. The program currently has more than 100 undergraduate
students and more than 200 graduate students.
Computer science programs prepare students to be lifelong learners; they quickly become
productive in their professional work. The curriculum and coursework balance core
computer science theory with practical, leading-edge computer technology. The programs
require strong traditional computer-science courses found in other leading universities
(as required by the ABET accreditation).
About the Faculty
The faculty members incorporate the latest state-of-the-art technology from industry into their classes. They integrated Java, J2EE, ASP, C#, .NET, XML, and CGI-Perl into the curriculum and courses as soon as they became available. A large collection of practical courses cover a wide range of computing fields, such as Web development, E-Commerce, network programming, .NET development, advanced Java development, design patterns, and systems administration.
In recent years, faculty members have earned three grants from the National Science
Foundation to acquire computer resources to support coursework. With matching funding
from the university, and other internal and external funding, the grants bring nearly
$1 million to the department to furnish its many laboratories. The department offers
its students the Windows lab, the Solaris lab, the Systems Administrations lab, the
computer security lab, and the capstone project labs.
The computer science faculty members are renowned for their teaching quality. Several
are active in computer science education and have published technical papers. Many
are active in regional and local teaching conferences, where they gather new teaching
and techniques and philosophies from other disciplines. Two members have won the UHCL
distinguished teaching award. Another was a UHCL Piper Teaching Award recipient while
others were finalists.
Faculty members also actively engage in research. They work in artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, E-Commerce, data mining, real-time systems, semi-structured data, algorithms, operating systems, numerical methods, and other areas of study. They incorporate their research into their coursework, and have co-authored many papers with their students.