Historical View of CSE at UTA
1966 -- First computer science courses offered (through IE Department)
1973 -- Master of Science in Computer Science degree established
1974 -- First MS CS degrees awarded
1976 -- Undifferentiated Ph.D. program established
1977 -- Computer Science Section of IE Department established
1978 -- Bachelor of Science in CSE degree program established
1979 -- First BS CSE degree awarded
1980-- Computer Science and Engineering Department established
1981 -- First Ph.D. in CS awarded
1983 -- CSE undergraduate program accredited by ABET, reaccredited in 1989 and 1995 (first accredited CS or CSE program in Texas)
1989 -- Software Engineering Center for Telecommunications established
1990 -- Honors Program in Parallel Processing (HiPP) established
1994 -- Master of Software Engineering program established
1995 -- CSE undergraduate program accredited by CSAB (first dual ABET/CSAB accredited program in Texas)
1996 -- UTA ranked 20-th in the USA in computer science research expenditures [figures released in 1998]
1998 -- First offerings of CSE courses at distance via the web