{"id":2890,"date":"2012-08-06T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=2890"},"modified":"2023-03-21T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:04:24","slug":"structure-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/","title":{"rendered":"Theoretical and Practical Foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45419\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/07\/computer-science-students-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"computer science students around a Raspberry Pi cluster\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/07\/computer-science-students-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/07\/computer-science-students-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/07\/computer-science-students.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Computer Science students around a Raspberry Pi cluster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Data Science\u00a0provide tools for solving a wide array of quantitative and computational problems.\u00a0Our majors and minors develop the ability to understand both applied and abstract quantitative relationships, to interpret and communicate with data, to use modern technology to compute, and to understand and implement algorithms. Based on a strong theoretical foundation and grounded in the liberal arts, these perspectives and skills are critical not only to today\u2019s top jobs but also to the yet-to-be-discovered jobs of the future.\u00a0Students completing a major in Mathematics, Mathematical Economics,\u00a0Computer Science, or Data Science,\u00a0or a minor in Mathematics, Statistics,\u00a0Computer Science, or Data Science\u00a0go on to careers such as Data Analytics, Software Engineering, Finance, and Insurance, or to teach in Grades 7-12. They pursue graduate work in Mathematics, Statistics\/Biostatistics,\u00a0Computer Science,\u00a0Economics, Finance, Law, Business, or other sciences.\u00a0The department offers the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Science (BA, BS, and Minor)<\/li>\n<li>Data Science (BS and Minor)<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics (BA, BS, and Minor)<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics: Secondary Education (BS)<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical Economics (BS)<\/li>\n<li>Statistics (Minor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Data Science\u00a0provide tools for solving a wide array of quantitative and computational problems.\u00a0Our majors and minors develop the ability to understand both applied and abstract quantitative relationships, to interpret and communicate with data, to use modern technology to compute, and to understand and implement algorithms. Based on a strong theoretical &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45395,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2890","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45444,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2890\/revisions\/45444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}