The mission of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is grounded in the context of the mission of Duquesne University, particularly its focus on serving students. Our primary goal is to instruct students in the mathematical sciences, and more generally to enhance our students' logical reasoning and problem solving skills. Toward these goals, we strive to treat each learner as an individual, and we encourage significant interaction among students, faculty, and staff. To ensure continual improvement in meeting our goals, we are committed to supporting each other as we seek excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

The program in Computational Mathematics leading to a Master of Science degree is a graduate program in Duquesne University's McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, offered through the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The program seeks to embody the principles and traditions of Duquesne University in an academically rigorous and intellectually stimulating multidisciplinary curriculum. It produces highly skilled problem solvers with a broad background in the theory and practice of mathematics, computer science, and statistics. The major goals of the program are to:

• Enhance students' problem solving skills by focusing on "great problems" in the three disciplines;
  
• Enable students to readily adapt to future technology changes by emphasizing theoretical foundations in all courses;
  
• Develop student proficiency in both programming languages and mathematical/statistical applications software by integrating computational components throughout the program.