The course is really for anyone who has a curiosity in applying computational science to solving problems. If you are motivated by Victor's essay on "What can a technologist do about Climate change" (http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/) or Alan Edelman's "A programming language to heal the planet" (https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_edelman_a_programming_languag...), then you should follow this class.
It does many things differently than the traditional way of teaching such a course. Specifically the emphasis on applications that matter today (epidemiology, climate change, etc.) are a key part of the course, where a more traditional approach may have been to cover a series of numerical methods.
It does many things differently than the traditional way of teaching such a course. Specifically the emphasis on applications that matter today (epidemiology, climate change, etc.) are a key part of the course, where a more traditional approach may have been to cover a series of numerical methods.