Computation and Design With Tracks in Computer Science, Digital Media, and Social Policy
Suzhou, China
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English
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EARLIEST START DATE
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On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Computation and Design at Duke Kunshan University blends foundational computer science with applications across science, media, and policy. The Sino‑American partnership between Duke University (US) and Wuhan University (China) delivers a Duke education in China. The major covers core topics through five common courses: Computation, Society and Culture; Computation and Problem Solving; Programming and Data Structures; Modeling and Predicting; and Digital Design, preparing students to design algorithms and systems and to critique their social, cultural, and communicative effects.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter roles such as software engineer, data scientist, UX designer, policy analyst, product manager, and applied researcher.
Computer science is an intellectually rich and rapidly growing field that has had a profound effect on our society and everyday lives. Today, this field continues to expand in scope and depth and will remain an exciting place to work and learn in coming years. Computer Science majors are in high demand for well- paying jobs in technology, science, business, healthcare, and other sectors. At the same time, the wide- ranging impact of computer science tools and methods demands careful design of the algorithms and systems by which we deploy them, as well as an ability to critique their assumptions and effects in terms of social policy, media and communications, and the arts.
The structure of the Computation and Design major combines foundational computer science knowledge with a diverse range of potential applications, which are presented within a wider context of scientific, social, and cultural challenges. Students in this major take five courses in common: Computation, Society and Culture; Computation and Problem Solving, Programming and Data Structures, Modeling and Predicting, and Digital Design.
