A Shared, Interinstitutional Undergraduate Minor Program in Computational Science

Author

Gordon, Steven I. ; Carey, Kate ; Vakalis, Ignatios

Author_Institution

Ohio Supercomput. Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2008

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

16

Abstract

Nine Ohio higher education institutions combined expertise to implement an interinstitutional, competency-based undergraduate minor curriculum in computational science. Key program elements include the definition of the program´s interdisciplinary competency requirements, sharable instructional modules, and interinstitutional agreements for cross registration. Many courses are offered remotely, so students can access computational science instruction likely unavailable at their home institutions. The program is a model for interdisciplinary, interinstitutional activities that provide the expertise required to advance the application of computational methods to new discoveries in science and engineering.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; computational science instruction; cross registration; interdisciplinary competency requirement; interinstitutional agreement; sharable instructional module; undergraduate minor program; Collaboration; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Data engineering; Demand forecasting; Educational programs; Information science; Software development management; Supercomputers; HPC; HPC in Education; computational science; distance education; education; high-performance computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2008.127

Filename

4604499