History of the College of Computer Studies

The College of Computer Studies (CCS) was officially formed on May 24, 2001 with Atty. Manuel O. Diaz, Jr. as the first Dean. The defunct College of Information Technology and Engineering was divided to two independent Colleges, namely College of Engineering and College of Computer Studies. The split highlights the difference of curricular program offerings and research interests of the two newly formed Colleges. The separation of Computer Studies from Engineering encouraged development of curricular programs, faculty, and specialized research. The curricular programs under the College of Computer Studies included BS Computer Science, BS Information Management, BS Information Technology, and BS Digital Illustration and Animation.

The Department of Digital Illustration and Animation (DIA) was formed on April 18, 2002. This new department administers the specialized BS DIA. The separation of DIA program from the Computer Studies Department was initiated to enable the growth of the DIA program which demands graphics-optimized computing facilities and requires highly-skilled and graphic arts oriented pool of faculty. It was noted that the mainstream ITE programs,  particularly Computer Science and Information Technology, are more theory and technical-oriented. Through the leadership of Atty. Diaz, Jr., the DIA program was empowered with an equal footing with the Computer Studies Department under the College. As a separate independent academic department, the needs and concerns in the DIA program would be addressed directly. 

The Department of Computer Studies was renamed Department of Computer Science and the Department of Digital Illustration and Animation renamed the Department of Digital Arts and Computer Animation on September 5, 2002, through University Memorandum No. 295.

The BS Information Systems program was first offered by the Department of Computer Science during School Year 2007-2008. This curricular program replaced the BS Information Management program.  The BS Information Systems is technically the newer name of BS Information Management program.