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Multidisciplinary Minors
Scientific Computing
Robyn Wangberg, Ph.D., Supervisor
The multidisciplinary minor in scientific computing is a natural complement to the curriculum for majors
in the natural and physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science. Focused study in the area of
scientific computation enriches learning in any of these disciplines, adding an applied emphasis and
stressing the cross-fertilization of research methods across disciplines.
The advancement of science in many fields is becoming less discipline-specific, and nowhere is this
more apparent than in the common tools used for challenging computational problems. For instance,
the modeling, visualization and simulation of large-scale nonlinear systems are common to many
fields of science and applied mathematics. A multidisciplinary minor in scientific computation provides
students with a valuable, intellectually challenging experience and marketable skills applicable in many
fields. The minor will help to stimulate collaboration and exchange among faculty in the sciences. The
three departments responsible for staffing the minor are computer science, mathematics, and physics.
This minor may be extended to include chemistry and/or biology in the future.
Scientific Computing Minor (22-23 credits)
A. Required Core
CS106 Introduction to Programming for Sciences
CS/M/P356 Introduction to Scientific Computing
CS/M/P456 Scientific Computing Project
M252 Linear Algebra
M/P344 Applied Mathematics/Mathematics Methods for Science
ST232 Introduction to Statistics
B. Two of the following courses:
M310 Combinatorics and Graph Theory
M315 Number Theory
M341 Differential Equations
M342 Numerical Analysis
M361 Operations Research
P340 Classical Mechanics
P360 Electricity and Magnetism
P370 Microcontroller Organization and Architecture
P380 Quantum Mechanics
ST371 Applied Regression Analysis
ST373 Design of Experiments
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