Tell me about the CS program at William and Mary
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Actually interesting thing to point out is that the W&M CS program also has the highest ratio of women to men of any CS program in the state (I think a third of declared majors are women), so the school is also doing a good job of serving a severely underrepresented population in STEM |
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According to William & Mary's newest 6 year plan being submitted to SHEV
"W&M has begun to explore degree-granting programs in cybersecurity." |
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“200,000 problem solvers graduate from ABET accredited programs yearly.” abet.org Obviously not that hard, so maybe best to make sure it has that accreditation. |
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As someone posted earlier: NOT ABET accredited undergraduate CS programs: Cal Carnegie Mellon UMD Purdue Stanford Washington UNC Chapel Hill UT Austin Princeton Harvard Brown Cornell ACCREDITED undergraduate CS programs include: Coastal Carolina UDC Hood Liberty Radford York (PA) https://amspub.abet.org/aps/category-search?disciplines=19°reeLevels=B |
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It's SCHEV |
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Typo 🤦🏻♂️ Not really sure a one letter mistake merited a reply |
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Thanks! Illuminating table. I’ll do my best to make my kid stay away from those schools lacking accreditation. |
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Yep, you can skip Stanford for Radford. It's a fantastic life decision. BTW, the schools are accredited by many bodies. There are many good reasons excellent CS programs would focus on guidance from CS focused accrediting bodies than the more slow-moving engineering one. One big thing being not teaching things that are no longer relevant with AI. |
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| William and Mary graduates working in technology rank in the top 20 for earnings among public schools, and it is the only one in the top 20 without an engineering program. |
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| So how is data analytics / statistics / econometrics at W&M? Directly related I’d say. |
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The problem is not that it's hard to get that certification, it's that the certification prevents strong CS programs from adapting as quickly as they should to the changing CS landscape. ABET certification may ensure a minimum level of quality in programs that might be otherwise sub-standard, but it's a too limiting structure for strong programs. And it makes zero sense for CS majors outside of a school of engineering. |
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High strengths and, yes, very related. As are International Relations/Public Policy/Government. As a sort of aside, I have found in general, programs that are sometimes somewhat amorphous at other colleges, tend to have high rigor there For instance, if you do Hispanic studies as a minor for instance, at WM that means you've done all the higher ed course content for that major in that language--all the reading, writing, presenting for every Hispanic studies course is done in Spanish. That's pretty rare these days--elsewhere usually "studies" just means you studied that culture's history, culture, arts--not that all your lectures and everything you've read and written about the history, cultural analyses, art criticism etc. are done in the target language. So when looking at schools I think it's important to dig kind of deep into the departments of interest--look at the syllabi if they post on-line, look at what students end up doing if the department page has it. |
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| It's interesting that a college known for its liberal arts program is now trying to expand its CS program. That should tell you something about LACs |
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Counterpoint is that it is a state school and to be effective at that it needs to meet student demand. As is, CS is the 5th biggest major on campus |