Our mission is to contribute to the liberal arts education of Colorado College students emphasizing logical, computational, and quantitative thinking. We strive to help all students develop an appreciation of the beauty, power, and responsibility of our disciplines. We understand the work of mathematicians and computer scientists as situated in a broader social context. Alongside technical skills, we value applying an interdisciplinary and humanistic lens to assessing the moral impacts of our work. Through research, we contribute to the growth of knowledge in our fields of study. Our goal is to teach the fundamental principles of our disciplines that allow students to adapt to our ever changing world. We foster a supportive and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff, who share a passion for mathematics, computer science, and statistics.

Curricular Goals for Computer Science

Majors in Computer Science should be able to:

● Develop critical thinking skills and algorithmic reasoning via practice in formulating and analyzing problems.
● Independently learn and apply computational skills to solve real-world problems.
● Design and write code with a goal of maintainability, reliability, and flexibility.
● Demonstrate the ability to test, evaluate, and remediate the correctness of programs.
● Develop written and oral communication skills to explain work to both technical and non-technical audiences within disciplinary conventions.
● Engage in project and teamwork experiences in accordance with current best practices within industry and academia.
● Awareness of the physicality of computing hardware and the associated risks/limitations.[TBW: Danielle comp org point]
● Engage with the broader mathematical and computer science research community and draw connections to other disciplines.
● Gain different cultural and ethical perspectives on computer science, including discipline-specific codes of conduct, and apply those to evaluating the impacts of computer science on society and nature. Based on those evaluations, engage in responsible creation of computational systems.
● Understand the limitations of computation and computational systems with respect to computability theory, complexity theory, and techno-solutionism.

 
Curricular Goals for Mathematics and Statistics

Majors in Mathematics should be able to:

● Demonstrate a familiarity with major themes and principles in mathematics and/or statistics.
● Engage in project and teamwork experiences.
● Participate in the broader mathematics and statistics research community.
● Write correct, clear, and concise proofs.
● Model real-world applications or analyze real-world data, recognizing the limitations of mathematical and statistical models.
● Communicate effectively about mathematics or statistics in oral and written forms.
● Understand the historical, cultural and/or ethical context of mathematics and statistics.
● Use and compare analytical, visual, and numerical perspectives in exploring mathematics
● Assess the correctness of solutions, create and explore examples, carry out mathematical or statistical experiments, and devise and test conjectures.
● Synthesize and make connections to various mathematical ideas to gain deeper insights
● Recognize parallels between concepts and methodologies in mathematics and statistics and other disciplines.

(December 2025)