Of the top 20 most-enrolled courses this quarter, nine were in Computer Science (CS), a decrease from the 13 CS courses that appeared in the top 20 last fall.
In the graphics below, hover over each bar to view the full course title.
The top 10 undergraduate courses with the highest enrollments spanned seven different departments —CS, math, economics, bioengineering, engineering, athletics and psychology.
The three highest-enrolled undergraduate courses were CS 106B: Programming Abstractions, MATH 53: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra, Fourier Methods and Modern Applications and ECON 43: Introduction to Financial Decision-Making.
ECON 43 is designed to ensure students can navigate significant financial decisions they are likely to encounter in life. Topics include insurance, stocks, credit, taxes and private equity and venture capital.
The fourth most-enrolled course was ENGR 80/BIOE 80: Introduction to Bioengineering. Taught only in spring quarter this year, the four-unit course is required for bioengineering majors.
Next: ENGR 76: Information Science and Engineering. Similar to BIOE 80 for bioengineering majors, ENGR 76 fulfills a requirement for CS majors.
The most sought-after graduate course was CS 224R: Deep Reinforcement Learning. Last offered in spring 2023, this three-unit course explores topics such as model-free and model-based methods and goal-conditioned reinforcement learning.
The second most-enrolled graduate course was CS 231N: Deep Learning for Computer Vision. According to Carta, 43% of students report spending 20 or more hours on CS 231N each week. Both CS 224R and CS 231N culminate in students completing final projects as part of their course grade.
Trailing the CS graduate courses with the highest enrollment is MS&E 472: Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders’ Seminar. This is a one-unit speaker series course led by instructor Ravi Belani B.S. ’97 M.S. ’98. Speakers discuss innovation, strategy and culture in the entrepreneurial space.
The graphics below provide a breakdown of course enrollment within four schools: the Graduate School of Business, School of Education, Medical School and Law School.