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Purdue science majors have a computing requirement Currently they can choose among four CS courses A first course should ◦ Teach computational thinking and problem solving skills ◦ Increase the interest in computing ◦ Promote computational scientific inquiry 2
Physics • Currently using VPython in an introductory t physics course • Faculty are interested t din students t gaining i a more complete understanding of computation Chemistry • Learn computational methods relevant in chemical hi ti l MCSA research, in particular MC, SA • Be able to use and run existing programs (e.g., written in Fortran) 3
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