Students from another degree program who meet certain requirements can have the designated emphasis (DE) of “Scientific Computing” annotated to their degree title. For example, an M.S. or Ph.D. student in physics who meets the requirements would get a certification that reads “M.S. in Physics with an emphasis in Scientific Computing" or “Ph.D. in Physics with an emphasis in Scientific Computing”.

The designated emphasis is open to Ph.D. students, as well as M.S. students in either a Plan I (thesis) or Plan II (exam/project) capstone.