Computational Science and Engineering Minor Degree
What is it and how do I get one?
The “third pillar” of scientific inquiry, alongside experiment and theory, is computations. Computational models are being used routinely to predict the behavior of the climate, design commercial aircraft, understand traffic flow, model stock market behavior, understand how galaxies form and stars collapse, and so on. In fact, there is hardly an area of scientific and engineering investigation that is not touched by computational modeling and analysis. To gain expertise in scientific computing or to become a computational scientist, one needs to take courses at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and in an application area.
The CSE (Computational Science and Engineering) Minor at Boise State is a minor degree that will prepare you for the exciting field of computational science. If you are intrigued by the possibility of combining your interest and or skill in mathematics, programming, and science or engineering, the CSE minor might be right for you.
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About the presenter
Dr. Donna Calhoun
Associate Professor
Boise State Mathematics Department
Donna Calhoun received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington. After post-docs at the Courant Institute (New York University, NYC) and Univ. of Washington, she spent almost six years working for the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), in Saclay France. There, she developed simulations in support of the civilian nuclear industry in France. Following that, she joined the faculty in the Mathematics Department at BSU, where she teaches courses in mathematical and scientific computing, numerical methods, linear algebra, and applied mathematics. Her research is supported by the National Science Foundation, NASA, and DARPA.