Interdisciplinary Computational Science Minor

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In recognition of the importance of modeling and simulation in an increasing number of applications, the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Computational Science Minor is intended to help prepare science, math, and engineering students for leading roles in their professions.

The Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science is based on the following requirements:

The student must earn 15 credit hours in specified courses.
Within the 15 credits, the student must earn 9 credits at the upper-division level (3000 or above).
Within the 15 credits, the student must earn 6 credits outside of her/his major.
Within the 15 credits, the student must earn at least 6 credits in core courses.
Only grades of C or better will be accepted for the minor.

The 15 hours of coursework are divided between core and elective courses as listed below.

Core Courses

MATH 4340 - Numerical Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Credits: 3
OR
COSC 4340 - Numerical Methods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Credits: 3
High-Performance Computing (Offered as a topics course).
MATH 3340 - Introduction to Scientific Computing Credits: 3
OR
COSC 3340 - Introduction to Scientific Computing Credits: 3
STAT 4460 - Statistical Software Credits: 1

Elective Courses

BOT 4550 - Computational Biology Credits: 4
OR
BOT 5550 - Computational Biology Credits: 4
COSC 3020 - Algorithms and Data Structures Credits: 4
PHYS 4840 - Mathematical and Computational Physics II Credits: 4
CHEM 4560 - Molecular Modeling Credits: 3
OR
CHEM 5560 - Molecular Modeling Credits: 3
ES 3070 - C with Numerical Methods for Engineers
MATH 4300 - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling Credits: 3
ME 4040 - Introduction to Finite Elements Credits: 3
COSC 4820 - Database Systems Credits: 3