Associate Degree Program
During the first year of the project, the project team has devised a proposed curriculum that will allow candidates for the Associate of Science Degree to pursue a concentration in computational science. That revised major will require four additional courses:
The purpose of the computational methods course is to reinforce mathematics concepts needed for the mathematics and computational domain courses later in the curriculum. The topics were selected based upon the common needs of each of the disciplines and are intended to strengthen mathematics skills by applying computational modeling examples to a subset of mathematical and statistical problems. The competencies that constitute the requirements for the Introduction to Modeling and Simulation have already been finalized as a part of the undergraduate minor program. For the other areas, the team has met with both an academic and a business advisory group to define the competencies that will be required in each area. The competency documents may undergo additional changes as the curriculum and courses are tested during the 2008-2009 academic year. The current versions of those competency documents are:
What campuses are involved in the associate degree program?
Contacts for further information on this program: Steve Gordon, Director, Ralph Regula School of Computational Science |