{"id":6,"date":"2013-09-04T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:51:12","slug":"mscs-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MSCS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Olaf&#8217;s Class of 2024 includes 88 mathematics majors, 81 statistics data science concentrators, 47 computer science majors and 12 math-bio-concentrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We foster 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.&nbsp;To this end, we strive to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cultivate a \u201cbig tent\u201d philosophy, welcoming students with a broad range of interests, backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop and support leadership and innovation in teaching, learning, and scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build forward-looking interactions among our distinct but connected disciplines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide rigorous and stimulating academic and intellectual experiences for students and faculty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage with larger academic and intellectual communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For additional information on the individual MSCS departments please choose the Major\/Concentration below.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/files\/2013\/09\/LarsonSculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" data-attachment-id=\"435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/mscs-department\/larsonsculpture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/files\/2013\/09\/LarsonSculpture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,345\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LarsonSculpture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/files\/2013\/09\/LarsonSculpture.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/mscs\/files\/2013\/09\/LarsonSculpture-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Synergy,&quot; 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