The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science

With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence.But the senior at Virginia Commonwealth University began to see it differently as she looked into graduate psychology programs that explore human behavior in the workplace, which is quickly being upended by machine learning. Maeba, 21, is now pursuing a minor in AI.“It’s giving me an edge and standing out,” she said.Hiring has cooled for entry-level software developers — work increasingly done by AI agents — and college enrollment in c...