This page provides information about the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Grinnell College. The deparment offers a broad range of courses covering may subareas within mathematics and computer science.
All courses develop logical thinking, quantitative ability, and rigorous deductive analysis.
Each provides a combination of fundamental theory and widely applicable material of interest to all students of liberal arts. The curriculum further prepares majors who plan careers in pure or applied mathematics, probability and statistics, or computer science, in the natural or social sciences, in teaching, or in other professions. Each classroom in the department contains a computer workstation and monitors for presentations and demonstrations. In addition, the computer laboratory, renovated in 1993, and one classroom contain a total of 35 workstations, which are used by students in class, for laboratory sessions, and for individual and group use. A scanner also is available to students in the laboratory.