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The School of Computational Science and Information Technology provides a wide
choice of courses and degree options and fosters an intellectual atmosphere in
which cross-fertilization of disciplines occurs naturally.  The School
encourages interaction between students and faculty in research, education and
outreach programs.

Several departments from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of
Engineering are participants in CSIT. As such, they offer courses that combine
their disciplines with a strong computational component. The content of these
courses may include algorithms, numerical analysis, or computational science
issues. Contemporary research  results and techniques will be integrated into
these courses to enable each student to appreciate the state of the art in
related  disciplines and to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

Departments affiliated with CSIT grant Ph.D.'s in their own disciplines. A
student accepted into the CSIT Program today will receive his or her Ph.D.
from one such home department, with an accompanying specialization certificate
in CSIT. It is expected that the program will also offer an M.S. and a Ph.D.
degree in "Computational Science and Information Technology" in the near
future.  When these degrees are available, students may elect to pursue an
M.S. and/or a Ph.D. degree in CSIT or they may combine one of these degrees
with complementary degrees in another discipline.

The educational elements of the CSIT Program extend beyond coursework,
including workshops, short courses, summer research internships and an annual
retreat. Workshops will bring scientists and engineers in the forefront of
CSIT-related research from around the world to campus to interact with
students and faculty. Short courses provide concentrated instruction on a
cutting-edge research topic to students and faculty at FSU, and from around
the world. Summer research internships in industry or a national laboratory
provide students with valuable experience in applications of computational
techniques to real-world problems. The annual retreat will provide an informal
setting for CSIT students and faculty to exchange ideas and perspectives, both
on their individual research topics and on more general CSIT issues.