CSCP Requirements

A student must complete four courses, as described below, and a capstone project in his or her home department, to fulfill the certificate requirements.

Course Options

As the focus of this certificate is on providing students with skills in computational science, students are required to take courses from the list given below. Two of the courses must be * courses  from two different departments and not from the student’s home department. The remaining two courses can be any from the given list, as long as they are not from the student’s home department. Note that outside courses taken as a part of this program may be also listed on the student's degree plan with the consent of the student's committee.

• Mathematics (Each of the following courses will be offered once a year):
  • MATH 609 Numerical Analysis (*)
  • MATH 610 Numerical Methods in PDEs (prerequisite 609 For Math Majors)
  • MATH 660 Computational Linear Algebra (cross-listed with CPSC 660)
• Statistics (Each of the following courses will be offered once a year)
  • STAT 604 Special Problems in Statistical Computation and Analysis (*)
  • STAT 605 Advanced Topics in Computational Statistics
  • STAT 608 Least Squares and Regression Analysis
  • STAT 626 Methods in Time Series Analysis
  • STAT 636 Methods in Multivariate Analysis
• Computer Science (Each of the following courses will be offered once every two years)
  • CPSC 603 Database Systems and Applications
  • CPSC 654 Supercomputing
  • CPSC 659 Parallel/Distributed Numerical Algorithms and Applications (*) [Note: Math 609 will satisfy the CPSC 653 prerequisite]
  • CPSC 660 Computational Linear Algebra (cross-listed with MATH 660)

Capstone Project

The goal of the capstone project is to provide students with experience in the area of computational science. The intended length of the project is one semester. This project may be fulfilled by:

1. an independent study graduate course in the home department, or
2. an independent study graduate course outside the home department, or
3. as part of a M.S. thesis or project required by the home department, or
4. as part of a Ph.D. dissertation.

To fulfill this requirement, the faculty member supervising the capstone project must write a memo describing the project and certifying the project’s computational component. This memo must be placed in the student’s file in the home department.

Paperwork

In addition to filing the degree plan with the OGS and the capstone memo with the student’s home department, students should also send copies of these documents to ISC. Students may file the documents by one of the following methods:

• by Email: cscp@isc.tamu.edu
• by campus mail stop: TAMU 3404
• by postal mail:
  Institute for Scientific Computation
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, TX 77843-3404
• in person: stop by 612 Blocker Building

Upon receipt of the official certified transcript, students should inform ISC of their completion of the program. A designated CSCP certificate plaque will be granted to students.