The curriculum in computer science began in the Department of Mathematics in 1967-68 with the approval of an Information Science Minor consisting of 36 quarter hours (3 quarter hours roughly equals 2 semester hours). This minor first appears in the Undergraduate Catalog for 1968-69. The 1974-75 Undergraduate Catalog lists a Mathematics Major with Option in Computer Science and Information Science under the Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics Degree. In this option, a student would take 53 quarter hours of core mathematics courses, and 36 quarter hours of cognate computer science courses.

The Mathematics Department developed the Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science in 1976-77; it first appears in the Undergraduate Catalog the following year 1977-78. This degree required 41 semester hours of coursework in mathematics and computer science. (The university moved from quarters to semesters at this time). The Mathematics Major with an Option in Computer Science was also retained, as well as the Information Science Minor of 25 semester hours. At this time, computer science was organized into an Area of the Department of Mathematics, and a Coordinator of Computer Science was created.

The Bachelor of Science degree in computer science first appears in the 1986-88 Undergraduate Catalog. This degree requires 39 semester hours of computer science, plus 18-20 semester hours of cognate (mostly mathematics) courses and 12 semester hours forming a supporting area of concentration which could be chosen from business, mathematics, or industrial technology. The Information Science Minor does not appear in the 1984-86 Undergraduate Catalog.

In 2000, the Department of Computer Science was created from the Computer Science Area of the Department of Mathematics. The new department was combined with the Department of Communications to create a new School of Computer Science and Communications. Then, in 2003 this school was dissolved, and the Department of Computer Science moved to the new College of Technology and Computer Science. Other departments in this new College are the Department of Construction Management, the Department of Technology Systems, and the Department of Engineering.