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Department of Computer Science
Social Science Building Room 401
The University of Montana-Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
Phone: (406) 243-2883
Fax: (406) 243-5139
Email: erik.nugent@umontana.edu


Welcome to the Computer Science Department of the University of Montana. The department was founded in 1969, and in 1984 began to offer a master's degree. The Computer Science Department's undergraduate program at The University of Montana was accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAC) of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), a specialized accrediting body.The growing utility of computers in research and education, as well as the increased impact of computers on our modern society, strongly implies that a knowledge of computers and their capabilities should be a part of the basic education of all students.

The Department of Computer Science then has a two-fold mission. First, to provide appropriate non-major courses to meet the needs of all students, and second, to offer a major and minor for those students who want to pursue a career in this discipline. The objective of the undergraduate major/minor curriculum in computer science is to develop professionally competent and broadly educated computer scientists who wish to pursue professional careers or graduate studies.

-Alden H. Wright, Chairman

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