COMS Curriculum
Curriculum Overview
| Curriculum Component |
Hours Required |
| Core Courses |
37 |
| Electives |
17 |
| Directed Research |
6 |
| Dissertation |
12 |
| TOTAL |
72 |
Core Courses: Total Credits (37 hours)
The computational science foundation courses are designed to take students from diverse
majors and prepare them to successfully enter the computational science core. The
computational science core is designed to give students a thorough grounding in the
fundamental tools and methods necessary for a research career in computational science.
The core courses are sequenced so as to prepare students to take the elective courses.
Foundation Courses: Total Credits (11 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| COMS 6100 |
Fundamentals of Computational Science |
3 |
| COMS 6500 |
Fundamentals ofScientific Computing |
4 |
| CSCI 6020 |
Data Abstraction and Programming Fundamentals |
4 |
Computational Science Core: Total Credits (26 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| COMS 7100 |
Applied Computational Science |
4 |
| COMS 7300 |
Numerical Methods |
4 |
| COMS ???? |
Teaching Internship |
3 |
| COMS 7950 |
Research Seminar in Computational Science |
2 |
| CSCI 6050 |
Computer Systems Fundamentals |
4 |
| CSCI 6330 |
Parallel Processing Concepts |
3 |
| CSCI 7300 |
Scientific Visualization & Databases |
3 |
| MATH 7450 |
Mathematical Modeling I |
3 |
Electives: Total Credits (17 hours)
Each student, in consultation with his/her advisor and committee, will select at least
15 hours of 6000/7000 credit within science departments. Three courses must be selected
from the following list:
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| MATH 6260 |
Advanced Differential Equations II |
3 |
| MATH 6300 |
Optimization |
3 |
| MATH 7750 |
Mathematical Modeling II |
3 |
| STAT 7400 |
Computational Statistics |
3 |
| CHEM 7720 |
Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry |
|
| CHEM 7400 |
Computational Chemistry I |
|
| CHEM 7410 |
Computational Chemistry II |
|
| PHYS 7400 |
Computational Physics I |
|
| PHYS 7410 |
Computational Physics II |
|
| BIOL 6450 |
Advances in Molecular Genetics |
|
| BIOL 6366 |
Biostatistical Analysis |
|
| BIOL 6390 |
Advanced Cell/Molecular Biology |
|
| BIOL 6760 |
Bioinformatics |
|
| BIOL 7400 |
Computational Biology I |
|
| BIOL 7410 |
Computational Biology II |
|
| CSCI 6100 |
Analysis of Algorithms |
3 |
| CSCI 6130 |
Selected Topics in Parallel Processing |
3 |
| CSCI 7350 |
Data Mining |
3 |
Directed Research: Total Credits (6 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| COMS 7900 |
Directed Research* |
1-6 |
*Students will enroll in this course prior to their advancement to candidacy.
Dissertation: Total Credits (12 hours)
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| COMS 7640 |
Dissertation Research* |
1-6 |
*Students are only allowed to enroll in this course following successful completion
of their preliminary exam and their advancement to candidacy.
