The St. Olaf MSCS Department fosters an inclusive community of students and faculty centered around mathematics, statistics, and computer science; their characteristic modes of thought, reasoning, and problem solving; their beauty, power, and enjoyment; and their importance among the liberal arts.
To this end, we strive:
- to cultivate a “big tent” philosophy, welcoming students with a broad range of interests, backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations;
- to develop and support leadership and innovation in teaching, learning, and scholarship;
- to build forward-looking interactions among our distinct but connected disciplines;
- to provide rigorous and stimulating academic and intellectual experiences for students and faculty; and
- to engage with larger academic and intellectual communities.
Approved by MSCS on May 22, 2013