FSU establishes two new undergraduate degree programs

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<p>**New program #1: **

The 3-year-old** Department of Scientific Computing**, which started as a graduate program exclusively, will begin offering a bachelor’s degree. It is the only undergraduate degree of its kind in the State University System, according to Joe Travis, dean of FSU’s College of Arts and Sciences.</p>

<p>“It’s a relatively new area as a discipline and one that we’re way out ahead of the curve with,” Travis said. “There are whole new methods of exploring problems that weren’t possible even 15 years ago.”</p>

<p>Scientific computing students should be able to find employment in a variety of fields, including industry, government and national laboratories, Travis said.

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<p>New program #2:

The other new degree will be in environmental science, which is the result of the merger of three departments — Geological Sciences, Meteorology and Oceanography — to form the new Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. The new department is expected to be established this spring.</p>

<p>“I think environmental science is something we should have done years ago,” Travis said, “but the time is still right.”

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Another new program I just now heard about that is fascinating: [Computer</a> Criminology](<a href=“http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/academic-computer-criminology.php][B]Computer”>http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/academic-computer-criminology.php)</p>