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	Computer Graphics and Visualization in a Computational Science Program Click here to start Table of Contents Computer Graphics and Visualization in a Computational Science Program Steve CunninghamCalifornia State University StanislausSIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, September 2000 Computation is the third leg of the tripod that represents science education and practice Visual thinking and understanding:key tool to help the student develop his or her intuition and deeper understanding of science Scientific visualization is where computation and visual thinking meet - it’s using computation to support the visual understanding of science How do we introduce students to visual thinking and computation in science? Value of programming approach This approach is embodied in a course in computer graphics as a core component of the student’s computational science background Traditional wisdom says that this might not be worthwhile: BUT... Goal: create a computer graphics course that serves a broad student audience and is still a sound computer science course Whom does the course serve? What is the new course like? What background is needed? Course projects To borrow from Mike Bailey, not but rather Possible student projects Who wins with this approach? Contact information: Author: Steve Cunningham Ph.D. Home Page: http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu
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