The Mathematics and Computer Science Department is a large and flourishing department, offering a variety of courses at a variety of times. There are over 30 full-time faculty members, over half of whom are computer scientists covering a wide range of areas. The Department offers about 40 undergraduate computer science courses and about 30 graduate courses.
Many students at the University are working and attending school only evenings or part-time, and the Department and University pays special attention to their needs. Most graduate classes are offered in the late afternoon or evening.
Cal State East Bay offers unique opportunities. Students choose CSUEB because it is a low-cost, convenient school with a good reputation. It is located in the Hayward hills, overlooking the San Francisco Bay and is within easy reach of most of the Bay Area. Many students commute to class; there are some on-campus housing units available. CSUEB is large enough (about 13,000 students) to offer many specialities, but small enough that each student can receive individual attention. The University offers a multicultural environment, with students of many nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, and of all ages. It operates on the quarter system, with four full quarters each year. Students can arrange their schedules to fit their needs, taking four quarters each year to finish more quickly, or taking summer (or a different) quarter off as vacation.
The campus library contains a large number of volumes and periodicals relating to computer science.
Departmental computing equipment includes a number of advanced workstations including Sun SPARCstations and numerous PC workstations. Laboratories include a graphics laboratory, digital and microprocessor laboratories, a network laboratory, and symbolic mathematics laboratory. In addition, the university centrally provides open computing and internet access for students and provides a number of open computing laboratories which include PC, Macintosh, Sun, and NeXT workstations. There is also access to supercomputers through the CSU system.