2026-2027 Course Catalog
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for the Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science & Engineering
for the Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science & Engineering
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Core Courses | | 9 | | Programming | | | | CS 101 | Intro Computing: Engrg & Sci | 3 | | CS 125 | Introduction to Computer Science | 4 | | CS 225 | Data Structures | 4 | | ECE 220 | Computer Systems & Programming | 4 | | LING 402 | Tools & Tech Spch & Lang Proc | 3 | | Applied Math | | | | ECE 493 | Advanced Engineering Math | 3 or 4 | | MATH 441 | Differential Equations | 3 or 4 | | or MATH 442 | Intro Partial Diff Equations | | | or MATH 489 | Dynamics & Differential Eqns | | | MATH 415 | Applied Linear Algebra | 0 to 4 | | MATH 444 | Elementary Real Analysis | 3 or 4 | | or MATH 447 | Real Variables | | | MATH 446 | Applied Complex Variables | 3 or 4 | | or MATH 448 | Complex Variables | | | MATH 482 | Linear Programming | 3 or 4 | | or MATH 484 | Nonlinear Programming | | | STAT 408 | Actuarial Statistics I | 4 | | or STAT 409 | Actuarial Statistics II | | | or STAT 410 | Statistics and Probability II | | | or STAT 420 | Methods of Applied Statistics | | | or STAT 430 | Topics in Applied Statistics | | | or MATH 461 | Probability Theory | | | Computational Methods | | | | CS 411 | Database Systems | 3 or 4 | | CS 450 | Numerical Analysis | 0 to 4 | | or CSE 401 | Numerical Analysis | | | CS 466 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 or 4 | | ECE 448 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 or 4 | | GEOG 489 | | 4 | | LING 402 | Tools & Tech Spch & Lang Proc | 3 | | STAT 440 | Statistical Data Management | 3 or 4 | | TAM 470 | Computational Mechanics | 3 or 4 | | or CSE 450 | Computational Mechanics | | | Application Coursework/Computing Elective | | 9 | | OPTION 1 | | | | Three 400-level CSE courses; see list below: | | | | Core Courses: | | | | CSE 401 | Numerical Analysis | 3 or 4 | | CSE 402 | Parallel Progrmg: Sci & Engrg | 3 or 4 | | CSE 408 | Applied Parallel Programming | 4 | | CSE 510 | Numerical Methods for PDEs | 4 | | CSE 527 | Scientific Visualization | 4 | | Computing Electives. Courses below are topically organized and are cross listed with many departments. Double counting from Core courses and application courses is not allowed. Choose Option 1 or Option 2 below. | | | | Option 1 | | | | Biological, Chemical and Atmospheric Sciences: | | | | CHEM 576 | Computational Chemical Biology | 4 | | CS 466 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 or 4 | | CEE 534 | | | | CEE 557 | Groundwater Modeling | 4 | | CSE 566 | Numerical Fluid Dynamics | 4 | | CHEM 550 | Advanced Quantum Dynamics | 4 | | Computer Software, Hardware and Graphics | | | | CSE 402 | Parallel Progrmg: Sci & Engrg | 3 or 4 | | CSE 422 | Computer System Organization | 3 or 4 | | CSE 423 | Operating Systems Design | 3 or 4 | | CSE 426 | Software Engineering I | 3 or 4 | | CSE 427 | Interactive Computer Graphics | 3 or 4 | | CSE 429 | Software Engineering II | 3 or 4 | | CSE 521 | Computer Architecture | 4 | | CSE 522 | Parallel Computer Architecture | 4 | | CSE 527 | Scientific Visualization | 4 | | Electronics and Electromagnetics: | | | | CSE 530 | Computational Electromagnetics | 4 | | CSE 532 | Numerical Circuit Analysis | 4 | | Fluid Mechanics | | | | CSE 450 | Computational Mechanics | 3 or 4 | | CSE 461 | Computational Aerodynamics | 3 or 4 | | CSE 560 | Computational Fluid Mechanics | 4 | | CSE 561 | | | | CSE 566 | Numerical Fluid Dynamics | 4 | | CSE 412 | Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | 2 to 4 | | Numerical Computing: | | | | CSE 401 | Numerical Analysis | 3 or 4 | | CSE 414 | Algorithms | 4 | | CSE 441 | Introduction to Optimization | 3 or 4 | | CSE 510 | Numerical Methods for PDEs | 4 | | CSE 511 | Iterative & Multigrid Methods | 4 | | CSE 512 | Parallel Numerical Algorithms | 4 | | CSE 513 | Topics in Numerical Analysis | 4 | | CSE 515 | | | | CS 598 | Special Topics (Integral Equation and Fast Algorithms) | 2 to 4 | | CSE 517 | Adv Finite Element Methods | 4 | | CSE 553 | Computational Inelasticity | 4 | | Other Related Fields: | | | | TAM 598 | Advanced Special Topics (Uncertainty Quantification) | 1 to 4 | | CS 598 | Special Topics (Integeral Equations and Fast Methods) | 2 to 4 | | CEE 528 | Construction Data Modeling | 4 | | ASTR 510 | Computational Astrophysics | 4 | | Physics and Materials Science: | | | | CSE 485 | Atomic Scale Simulations | 3 or 4 | | MSE 498 | Special Topics (Atomic Scale Simulations) | 1 to 4 | | AE 598 | Special Topics (Mult-scale Modeling of Materials) | 1 to 4 | | Power Systems, Control and Signal and Image Processing: | | | | CSE 441 | Introduction to Optimization | 3 or 4 | | CSE 543 | Topics in Image Processing | 4 | | ECE 513 | Vector Space Signal Processing | 4 | | ECE 558 | Digital Imaging | 4 | | Solid Mechanics: | | | | CSE 450 | Computational Mechanics | 3 or 4 | | CSE 451 | Finite Element Analysis | 3 or 4 | | CSE 517 | Adv Finite Element Methods | 4 | | CSE 551 | Finite Element Methods | 4 | | CSE 552 | Nonlinear Finite Elements | 4 | | ME 570 | Nonlinear Solid Mech Design | 4 | | TAM 598 | Advanced Special Topics (Computational Nonlinear Dynamics) | 1 to 4 | | Statistics and Data Sciences: | | | | CSE 428 | Statistical Computing | 3 or 4 | | CSE 440 | Statistical Data Management | 3 or 4 | | CSE 448 | Advanced Data Analysis | 4 | | CSE 525 | Topics in Computational Statistics | 4 | | STAT 530 | Bioinformatics | 4 | | CSE 542 | Statistical Learning | 4 | | STAT 430 | Topics in Applied Statistics (Big Data Analysis Foundation; Basics of Statistical Learning) | 3 or 4 | | STAT 432 | Basics of Statistical Learning | 3 or 4 | | CS 412 | Introduction to Data Mining | 3 or 4 | | CS 410 | Text Information Systems | 3 or 4 | | OPTION 2 | | | | Two 400-level CSE courses listed above AND an independent study on a computational topic. In order for an independent study to fulfill the minor requirement, the student must conduct the undergraduate research with one of the CSE affiliated faculty. | | |
for the Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science & Engineering