Program: Computational Science and Statistics (Ph.D.) - University of South Dakota

Apr 04, 2025

2007-2009 Graduate Catalog

Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Science and Statistics

The doctoral program is offered in cooperation with South Dakota State University (SDSU). Students may take courses at SDSU if appropriate to their research. Consult the departmental web site for current information about the program (http://www.usd.edu/csci).

Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Science and Statistics: Total 60 credit hours*

Computational Science & Statistics core 15 credit hours
Dissertation Research 36 credit hours
Dissertation support electives 9 credit hours
Note: No credit will be granted on the Program of Study for a course with a grade of ‘C’ or lower.

Note

* 60 credit hours required of students who already have M.S. or M.A. in an appropriate field. A 90 credit-hour program is required of students admitted directly from a baccalaureate program.

Computational Science & Statistics core course work: 15 credit hours

CSS 701 - METHODS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS 3
CSS 702 - ELEMENTS OF COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE 3
CSS 703 - STATISTICAL MODELING AND COMPUTING 3
CSS 704 - COMPUTING PARADIGMS 3
CSS 890 - SEMINAR IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND STATISTICS 1
(repeated three times)
3 credit hours required.

Required Dissertation Research Credits

CSS 898 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH 1 to 15
(variable credit hours)
36 credit hours required.

Required Dissertation Support Electives: 9 credit hours

Dissertation Support Electives may be taken from a single discipline or several disciplines related to Computational Science and/or Statistics. Electives are available from Computational Science (CSS), Computer Science (CSC), Mathematics (MATH), Statistics (STAT), Biology (BIOL), Biochemistry (BIOC), or other related disciplines as approved by the student’s advisory committee for the Ph.D. program. A selection of possible dissertation support electives follows:

Computational Science & Statistics Electives

CSS 892 - TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & STATISTICS 1 to 3

Mathematics Electives

MATH 512 - LINEAR ALGEBRA 3
MATH 516 - COMBINATORICS 3
MATH 517 - MATRIX THEORY 3
MATH 572 - NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II 3
MATH 585 - THEORY OF STATISTICS 3
MATH 731 - PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 3
MATH 735 - MATHEMATICAL MODELING 3
MATH 790 - SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS 1 to 4
3 credit hours
MATH 792 - TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS 1 to 4
3 credit hours

Statistics Electives

Biology Electives

BIOL 508 - LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 3
BIOL 513 - PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3
BIOL 516 - EVOLUTION OF DISEASE 3
BIOL 530 - NEUROBIOLOGY 3
BIOL 571 - GENETICS 3
BIOL 575 - INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3
BIOL 775 - ADVANCED GENETICS 3
BIOL 792 - TOPICS IN BIOLOGY 1 to 6
1-3 credit hours

Biochemistry Elective

Other Electives

NSCI 731 - MEDICAL NEUROSCIENCE 4
3 credit hours
CPHD 610 - EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 3
CPHD 702 - SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 3
CPHD 733 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I / II 3
CPHD 734 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I / II 3
MICR 522 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES 6
3 credit hours
MICR 732 - MICROBIAL GENETICS 4
3 credit hours
NSCI 701 - NEUROSCIENCE: SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION 2
3 credit hours
POLS 525 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3