Computer Science Enrollment Increases

Reference:

Durrett, D. (2009, April 9). Computer science enrollment increases. THE ITHACAN.org. Retrieved April 10, 2009, from http://theithacan.org/am/publish/news/200904_Computer_science_enrollment_increases.shtml.

Summary:

In David Durrett’s article entitled “Computer science enrollment increases” computer science enrollment increases, even though technology occupations are decreasing recently. According to the article, there are some professors who give their ideas about the situation of computer science. The economy was not an issue in enrollment. It’s affected by national cycles as engineering is. The students are in demand after the industry recovers again. Don’t worry about the job market. Being interested in computer science is a good way for choosing the major. We need to create a new major that is related to computer science. In conclusion, the reason computer science enrollment increases is that computer is so useful. Everyone has to know the computer skills that are used in life.

Reaction:

At first, I didn’t know why the computer science enrollment could increase when the economy is not good. But, after reading this article, I realize that computer is necessary for our modern life. So the computer skills are more important than before. They are not just the business of the students whose major is computer science. Everyone in the world must have the knowledge of computer. Choosing computer science was not my idea, when I was in senior high school. In China, there is a very important test at the end of the last semester. After that test, we must to choose the university and major that we want. But at that time, more of us knew our scores. Thus it was very difficult to choose. I focused on law at that time. Unfortunately, the result was that my scores were so low. It means I could not go to study law that I wanted to study. Then, I was enrolled in the Liaoning University of Technology. And my major is computer science. Actually, I don’t like it, but my mother said computer is a developable major. So, I went to learn it. I always worry about the future of this major, especially in an economic crisis. However, I have trust in the future.