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Ninety-five percent of the universe is missing! Astronomical observations suggest that most of the mass of the universe is in a mysterious form called "dark matter" and most of the energy in the universe is in an even more mysterious form called "dark energy." Unlocking the secrets of dark matter and dark energy will illuminate the nature of space and time and connect the quantum world with the cosmos.

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Evidence of the need for a change in physics education will be presented. It will be argued that computational physics provides a broader, more balanced and more flexible education than the traditional physics major. A survey of all computational science programs in the USA will be presented, as will be details of the BS in Computational Physics program at Oregon State University and of the educational materials developed.