I'm guessing that this is more of a seminar-type class rather than a standard core CS course. It's very specialized and narrow and doesn't really fit into a standard CS education. I suspect the professor just really wanted to teach it, as opposed to the department deeming it a necessary part of the curriculum. Also, at my school classes starting with 19- are usually either seminars, student-taught or in "beta"; the numbering at Stanford might be similar.
As an aside, some of these classes can be really awesome. Some nice examples at my school have included a popular cloud class and--particularly epic--a Starcraft-AI class. These are definitely not part of our core curriculum, but they are nice complements to staples like introduction to AI (the prerequisite for the Starcraft course).
I go to Berkeley. The Starcraft AI class was structured around writing a bot to compete in a tournament which it ended up winning. I think there was a mix of graduate and undergraduate students. Unfortunately, I'm not sure they're doing it again.
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Anyone know where this falls in the standard computer science course?
I'm guessing that this is more of a seminar-type class rather than a standard core CS course. It's very specialized and narrow and doesn't really fit into a standard CS education. I suspect the professor just really wanted to teach it, as opposed to the department deeming it a necessary part of the curriculum. Also, at my school classes starting with 19- are usually either seminars, student-taught or in "beta"; the numbering at Stanford might be similar.
As an aside, some of these classes can be really awesome. Some nice examples at my school have included a popular cloud class and--particularly epic--a Starcraft-AI class. These are definitely not part of our core curriculum, but they are nice complements to staples like introduction to AI (the prerequisite for the Starcraft course).
thanks for the clarification, that starcraft AI course sounds great! which school do you go to?
I go to Berkeley. The Starcraft AI class was structured around writing a bot to compete in a tournament which it ended up winning. I think there was a mix of graduate and undergraduate students. Unfortunately, I'm not sure they're doing it again.