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Program
Overview
Degrees
Research
Facilities
Degrees
Computer Science
The
Computer Science Program at Bard offers courses of interest to
computer science, science, and nonscience majors. The program focuses
on teaching fundamental ideas of computer science and introduces
students to multiple programming languages that emphasize different
programming paradigms. It offers balanced coverage of topics ranging
from theoretical to applied.
Students interested in computer science should consider
applying for
the Distinguished
Scientist Scholarship. This scholarship provides full tuition for
students of science and includes the opportunity for summer research
support. The Financial
Aid Office describes a number of additional scholarship
opportunities
available to Bard students.
The
Computer
Science Major
Before
undertaking
an upper-college concentration and serior project in comptuer science,
a student must moderate into computer science. By the time of
moderation a student in the program
should have completed or be enrolled in:
By
graduation a student in the program must take
Students in
the Computer Science Program are expected to follow the standard
divisional procedure for Moderation, and to fulfill the collegewide
distribution and First-Year Seminar requirements.
Related
Programs
Students
of mathematics and
computer science very often have similar
interests and share a number of courses. Recent research project
titles in this area include:
- Arrays,
Rook Circuits, and Minimal Hamiltonian Graphs
- Chip-firing
games
- The
Game
of Life on a Torus
The Biology Program provides
courses for students interested in computational biology and
ecology. Most often these students apply concepts from
algorithms, data base design, and computer modeling to the
understanding of biological systems. A sample of recent research
project titles includes:
- Bacterial Identification: Algorithms for the
Selection of Primers
for PCR Reactions
- Deriving Phylogenetic Trees from Non-Coding DNA
Interdisciplinary
Programs
Computers
and
the computational metaphor have affected many different
disciplines, including genetics, cognitive science, law, music, and the
visual arts. Interdisciplinary programs combine computer science
and with another area of interest.
Science,
Technology, and Society Program
The Science, Technology, and Society
Program (STS)
aims to
foster a critical community engaged in understanding science
and its relation to society, and to promote contact among students
across different fields and divisions. Students in STS are encouraged
to have a practical 'hands-on' technological,
artistic, or a policy component to their education, preferably in
collective projects in their junior year. Programs of study that
combine computer science might, for example, focus on ethical, legal,
or sociological aspects of computer technology.
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