About

The College of Science, Engineering, and Technology (COSET) is located between Eagle and Wheeler Streets at the western gate of Texas Southern University on Ennis Street. TSU is near downtown Houston, and Wheeler and Cleburne Streets intersect Main Street. TSU is easily accessible from virtually anywhere in Houston via freeways and Metro, which has stops at the Spearman Technology Building and the Science Center Building. The College of Science and Technology at Texas Southern University consists of ten departments:

• Aviation Science and Technology offering a B.S. in aviation science management
• Biology offers a B.S. and an M.S.
• Chemistry offering a B.S. and an M.S.
• Computer science offering a B.S. and an M.S.
• Engineering offering B.S. in civil and electrical and computer engineering;
• Environmental and interdisciplinary sciences offering an M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental toxicology;
• Industrial technologies offering a B.S.;
• Mathematics offering a B.S.;
• Physics offering a B.S. and M.S.
• Transportation studies offering an M.S.

Texas Southern University (TSU) is a true melting pot where people from all backgrounds come together. In our students, faculty, staff, and alumni, it is a clear reality that TSU is more than the sum of its parts. From beginnings as a regional historically black college to the international reach of today, we are well on the way to becoming one of the nation’s preeminent, comprehensive, metropolitan universities. As we move forward through the 21st century, we remain committed to everything we do to become a force for positive change. Fortunately, TSU exists in the nation’s fourth-largest city, with access to resources many institutions do not have.
TSU has offered courses in science and technology since becoming a degree-granting institution in 1934. TSU’s predecessor, Houston College for Negroes, had a full complement of courses in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Industrial and Vocational-Technical Education by 1946. During this time, Heman Marion Sweatt applied for admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin denied Heman Marion Sweatt admission because of his race and subsequently filed suit against the State. Sweat’s actions prompted the Texas State Legislature to form Texas State University for Negroes in 1947 and use Houston College for Negroes as the starting school. This act made TSU the first state-supported university in Houston and, therefore, the oldest. Texas State University for Negroes was renamed Texas Southern University in 1951. .