Example courses of study in scientific computing

Students specializing in numerical analysis/scientific computing often minor in Computer Science. This sample course of study assumes a CS minor. Another relevant minor would be Operations Research, especially for students interested in optimization.

• Year 1, fall semester: CS 621 (Matrix Computations), Math 611, Math 433
• Year 1, spring semester: CS 622 (Optimization) or CS 624 (ODE's and PDE's), Math 622 (Applied Functional Analysis),
• Year 2, fall semester: CS 681 (Algorithms), Math 619 (Partial Differential Equations), OR 630 (Linear Programming).
• Year 2, spring semester: CS 622 (Optimization) or CS 624 (ODE's and PDE's) CS 522 (Software for Scientific Computing), Math 620 (Partial Differential Equations)
• Year 3, fall semester: OR 632 (Nonlinear Programming), Math 671 (Probability)
• Year 3, spring semester: OR 635 (Interior Point Methods), Math 628 (Finite Element Methods)