 The school offers 16 undergraduate, 25 graduate, and 2 PhD programs in various fields, as well as several joint degrees with other Colleges at DePaul University.DePaul has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence (NCAE) in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity for academic years 2014-2021 by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA).CDM originated as the Department of Computer Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1981 with Helmut Epp as its founding chairman.