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Stanford's Hottest Major: Computer Science
Stanford computer science department associate chair Mehran Sahami
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More than 220 Stanford University students, in a class of about 1,700, chose computer science as their major last year, a 25 percent increase from the previous record in 2000-2001, according to a Stanford School of Engineering report.
The increase in computer science students at Stanford follows a major restructuring of the program over the past several years. The new program includes six courses that provide a foundation, which is built on a series of tracks that students can choose from in order to focus on their own personal interests. The tracks include artificial intelligence, systems, theory, graphics, and human-computer interaction.
Students also can include courses from other departments, such as biology, studio art, and psychology, as part of their computer science program. "Virtually every field is touched by computer science in some way," notes Stanford computer science department associate chair Mehran Sahami. "In medicine and biology computational methods are used to analyze DNA, predict treatment outcomes, and model drugs at a molecular level."
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