BA/BS in Mathematics and Computer Science

This program is anchored in Bowdoin's Digital and Computational Studies initiative, which treats computing as a tool that reshapes questions across the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences alike. New kinds of data and analysis let scholars ask things they could not before, and the initiative argues that those fields should in turn help determine how such tools are built and interpreted. Faculty from across the college collaborate to bring new technologies, methods, and forms of knowledge into teaching and scholarship. An open-access article written by three professors (Chown, Hall, and Nascimento) sets out an analytical framework for thinking about the digital machine. The home base is Mills Hall. Students who choose this path should expect to combine mathematical and computational training with work in other disciplines. The college can supply details on the specific courses and requirements that make up the pathway.