We are a joint department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and so the
proper home for computational science is not at issue. Our first course in computational
science, Introduction to Scientific Programming, is listed as Computer Science
but is required of Mathematics majors. The mathematics curriculum has begun
to draw on computational science to enrich and motivate its material, especially
in calculus and statistics. It is not yet clear how far we will go in incorporating
computational science into mathematics. It is not clear how far we should go.
But we do recognize that if we are to live up to the vision of a Mathematics
department that plays a central role in the undergraduate programs of our institution,
then the role of computational science is something that we need to consider
very seriously.