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{{Infobox university
|name           = CS Department
|image          = [[File:OSU_Computer_Science_Department_Logo.png|200px]]
|established    = {{start date and age|1974|5|2}}
| type = Research Department
| parent = Oregon State University: College of Engineering
|director       = [[Brenda Langley]]
| academic_staff = 30
| administrative_staff = 6
| students = 500
| postgrad = 90
|address        = 1148 Kelley Engineering Center <br> 2500 NW Monroe Ave <br> Corvallis, OR 97331
|city           = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis, OR, USA]]
|website        = {{URL|http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/}}
}}

The '''Computer Science Department''' at the [[Oregon State University]] (OSU) in Corvallis, Oregon is one of the leading computer science departments in Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/history|title=History {{!}} College of Engineering {{!}} Oregon State University|website=engineering.oregonstate.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> It was founded in 1974 and has occasionally tied with the [[UO Computer and Information Science Department|UO Computer Science department]] for 1st in the state. The department is under the [[Oregon State University College of Engineering|OSU College of Engineering]]. The department's geographical location is close to the Silicon Forest located in the Portland Metro Area.

== History ==
The OSU Computer Science Department was founded in 1974.

== Academics ==
The CS department grants B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees as well as minors for undergraduate students. The program is [[ABET]] accredited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/current-students/undergraduate/programs/computer-science?qt-computer_science_options=0|title=Computer Science|last=Anonymous|date=2014-11-12|website=eecs.oregonstate.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>

== Kelley Engineering Center ==
The Kelley Engineering Center is the building that the Computer Science Department shares with the Electrical Engineering Department. The building was completed in 2006 with a $20 million donation to OSU from Martin and Judy Kelley, $20 million in matching funds from the state of Oregon, and $5 million in private gifts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/about-eecs/our-building|title=Our Building|last=galesumida|date=2010-06-11|website=eecs.oregonstate.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>

== Cascades Campus ==
OSU Cascades is a satellite campus that the University owns located in Bend, Oregon. This smaller campus grants Bachelor degrees in computer science and participates in the MECOP program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://osucascades.edu/academics/computer-science|title=Computer Science {{!}} OSU Cascades {{!}} Oregon State University|website=osucascades.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>

== People ==

=== Alumni ===
* [[Jen-Hsun Huang]], founder of [[nVIDIA]] Corp<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/bios/jen-hsun-huang|title=Jen-Hsun Huang|last=Newsroom|first=NVIDIA|website=NVIDIA Newsroom Newsroom|language=en|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
* [[Douglas Engelbart]], inventor of the [[computer mouse]]

== See also ==
[[Oregon State University College of Engineering|OSU College of Engineering]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/ OSU Computer Science]
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