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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a senior at WM double majoring in CS and Math.  Not sure if his CS degree is going to be a BA or a BS, as both are offered  ([url]https://www.wm.edu/as/computerscience/undergraduate/[/url]).  His focus in on machine learning and AI. Some of his upper level classes have been very small (one class this semester has only 6 students).  He has a job offer for post-graduation, but he is still looking for other options.  Based on what he tells me, I think the department is solid, but definitely doesn't yet have the [b]depth of classes [/b]that bigger programs can offer. That may change going forward, I suppose.[/quote]

It will grow to some degree I imagine, but it's not really WM's aim to replicate the specificity of classes you see in a large university.  It's a smaller school without extensive graduate programs (though it has a few)--it's more like a large LAC.  It has a greater depth of CS classes than most LACs.  But I wouldn't want it to move to replicate the larger publics in this regard because then you lose the heart of a WM degree which is they are focused on undergraduates, every graduate gets a very rigorous educational core across areas and has its classes mainly taught by full-time professors. There are trade-offs, but in my view if you want a very specialized CS degree, you are better off going to a tech school with an engineering department.  If you want a broad, rigorous education with a CS major, WM is excellent.  Both have the potential for very lucrative future trajectories.

Congrats to your senior on his job offer and good luck in his continued search! With the tech layoffs of late (though I know unemployment has stayed very low), I have wondered how the new crop of grads --not just from WM but everywhere--will be doing. Having an offer in hand in December must feel good.[/quote]

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