15年来第一次, 金融是电子游戏软件最受欢迎的专业, 1,360名本科生在2022-2023学年电子游戏软件, 其次是经济学(1),260), which had topped the list annually since 2012-2013—and ahead of finance since 2013-2014.
Other notable changes in the top 10 popular majors list saw neuroscience (411) rise to ninth place in its fourth year as an undergraduate program, while 心理学 (571) and 沟通 (570) swapped fifth and sixth places from last year.
Biology (883) and 政治科学 (743) retained their positions at, 分别, 第三和第四, 就像2016-2017年以来一样.
Three other perennially popular undergraduate programs round out the top 10: 计算机科学 at seventh (556), 护理排名第八(418), and applied 心理学 and human development at 10th (382)—the latter two having been among BC’s most-enrolled majors since 2011-2012.
这些和其他数据为大学的9,全日制本科生484人,250 graduate students were compiled during the fall 2022 semester by the Office of Institutional 电子游戏正规平台 and Planning (IR&P) as part of its yearly compendium of facts and figures for administrators, 教师, 工作人员, 和学生. Current and past editions of the 电子游戏软件 Fact Book are accessible at yinghuiqibao.com/factbook.
Other reported statistics show the Lynch School of Education and Human Development with the highest number of graduate students (958), 紧随其后的是卡罗尔管理学院(849), 莫里西文理学院(823), BC法学院(813), 卑诗省社会工作学院(633), 伍兹高等教育学院(566), 康奈尔护理学院(341), 神学与事工学院(318).
Financial transactions and trade are based on trust between parties, 这说明了人性的一个基本方面. 在教室里, even as we cover the fundamentals of finance and areas such as corporate finance or investments, 我们也强调道德和做正确的事. 这些话题与最近的金融趋势相吻合, 比如企业社会责任和环境, 社会, 治理投资. So, finance fits in very well with BC’s values of cura personalis.
统计等热门专业, 根据管理人员和教职员工的说法, 提供对兴趣的见解, 动机, 和BC学生的愿望, 以及它们如何随着时间的推移而演变或保持不变. 而个人的立场可能会有所不同，从每年, 目前大多数受欢迎的专业，特别是金融, 经济学 (which includes enrollments from Morrissey College and the Carroll School), 生物学, 政治科学, 沟通, 心理学, and 护理—have been in the top 10 list at least since the 21st century began, 有些则更长.
The data also provide a yardstick for considering BC students’ academic and career interests among wider societal and generational trends. 全国性的本科专业分析随处可见, but at a glance some commonalities emerge: Studies in or related to business, 护理, 心理学, 生物学, 经济学, 计算机科学, 沟通, and 政治科学 tend to be highly enrolled throughout American higher education.
这就是为什么BC的注册数据受益于上下文, say administrators and 教师: The numbers should be viewed through the lens of a major national Jesuit, 天主教大学和它吸引的学生.
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Akua萨尔 (Lee Pellegrini)
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Akua萨尔 believes BC undergraduates come to the Heights with a mix of pragmatism and a healthy interest in, 以及对, 他们周围更大的世界. “是的, 他们会考虑那些最有可能帮助他们找到工作的专业, 但他们想电子游戏正规平台那些大问题:气候变化, 健康差异, 经济不平等, 种族平等,”她说。. “They want also want to address the big questions in matters of faith, values, morals, and ethics. BC’s Core Curriculum and interdisciplinary minors make those explorations possible, and our graduates go out into the world with a unique perspective and global view, 不管他们的专业是什么.
“So, 很明显, while our students are attracted to many of the same disciplines their peers are, 他们知道他们的BC教育涉及整个人, and gives them distinctive insights that help guide them in many aspects of their lives.”
金融不仅是最受欢迎的本科专业, but also is the most-enrolled minor at BC for the fifth straight year (566). 其他人, 为了, 是:市场营销(258), 管理与领导(257), 社会影响管理(170), 计算机科学(148), 哲学(146), 历史(120), 全球公共卫生(106), 医学人文(105), 国际电子游戏正规平台(92分).
豪布家族教授兼金融学主席罗尼·萨卡 (Lee Pellegrini)
财务主席罗尼Sadka, 卡罗尔学院的霍布家族教授, 金融在波士顿大学的受欢迎程度, Catholic university with a solid liberal arts legacy—should not be regarded as a contradiction or anomaly.
“Financial transactions and trade are based on trust between parties, 这说明了人性的一个基本方面,他指出. “在教室里, even as we cover the fundamentals of finance and areas such as corporate finance or investments, 我们也强调道德和做正确的事. 这些话题与最近的金融趋势相吻合, 比如企业社会责任和环境, 社会, 治理投资. So, finance fits in very well with BC’s values of cura personalis.”
The appeal of the finance program lies in its high quality of teaching, expert 教师 recruited from top research programs around the world, 和严格的, 具有挑战性的, 不断适应行业发展趋势的相关课程, 说Sadka, pointing to a course in data analytics based on the popular multi-programming language Python. 安置率接近100%, 与华尔街的紧密联系, 还有一个慷慨的, 支持的校友网络是其他资产, 他说.
作为本科辅修课程, Sadka说, finance “nicely complements students’ sets of related skills acquired in other majors such as math, 经济学, 或者计算机科学, while for others it provides some hedge or option in the job market. Some students just want to pursue finance because of personal interest in the topic.”
副教授兼计算机科学主席塞尔吉奥·阿尔瓦雷斯
IR&P also provides a list of programs and disciplines experiencing the largest percent increase in majors for the past decade. 金融在其中——第三位(58%), in front of 经济学 (24 percent)—but at the top is 计算机科学, with an uptick of 297 percent in majors (enrolled from the Morrissey College and Carroll School) since 2013.
副教授兼计算机科学主席塞尔吉奥·阿尔瓦雷斯 said that the department goes beyond the discipline’s technological, 数学, 以及操作方面, including discussions on ethical considerations and 社会 impact, as well as offering a course (Technology and Culture) specifically devoted to such areas. The department also is a key contributor to the Morrissey College’s planned minor in data science, under the direction of Fitzgerald Professor of Computer Science George Mohler.
“我们教师的电子游戏正规平台直接是为了造福社会, through the development and application of advanced computational techniques that enable improved understanding and management of issues that arise in human health and behavior, 城市规划, 可访问性, 以及刑事司法, 等,他说. “A growing number of our undergraduate majors take advantage of opportunities to participate in and contribute to 教师 research on these and other topics.”
肖恩·史密斯|大学传播| 2023年3月