Abstract
Computational skills are required across all astronomy disciplines. Many students enter degree programs without sufficient skills to solve computational problems in their core classes or contribute immediately to research. We recommend advocacy for computational literacy, familiarity with fundamental software carpentry skills, and mastery of basic numerical methods by the completion of an undergraduate degree in Astronomy.
We recommend the AAS Education Task Force advocate for a significant increasein computational literacy.
We encourage the AAS to modestly fund efforts aimed at providing OpenEducation Resources (OER) that will significantly impact computational literacyin astronomy education.