Computer Science

Science careers almost always now require practitioners to be somewhat facile with computers, thus, all participants receive instruction in computer science. This computer-science instruction also employs cooperative-group learning. Two computer-science courses (whose level of instruction varies with the background of the student) are designed specifically for our students. Students with solid programming knowledge (BASIC, FORTRAN) are placed in a course in Turbo Pascal language and algorithm development, with additional experiences in computer graphics, C/C++ language, and UNIX. Students with little or no programming knowledge are placed in an introductory course in computer applications. The applications are those most frequently used in research laboratories.