<quote> In the 1960's, computer science came into its own as a discipline. In fact, the term was coined by George Forsythe, a numerical analyst. The first computer science department was formed at Purdue University in 1962. The first person to receive a Ph. D. from a computer science department was Richard Wexelblat, at the University of Pennsylvania, in December 1965. </quote>
There were certainly CS departments before 1965 : http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/about/history/index.php We (Newcastle) started teaching postgrad in 1960 (probably an MSc course) and undergraduate in 1969. The department was started in 1957. Undergraduate teaching in CS is much younger than postgraduate (as I may have already said in a message which may or may nto have gone out - damn these web based mail interfaces). Edinburgh's first UG degree was awarded in 1973 (I know because I got mine in 1974) L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
