School of Computer Science Welcome to the Major! Fall 2014...• Sahil Peris . ACE – Advising...
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School of Computer Science Welcome to the Major!
Fall 2014
CS Life & Academics
David Mix Barrington School of Computer Science Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
The CS BS/BA Major
Rod Grupen School of Computer Science UG Program Director (UPD)
CS by the Numbers • 763 Majors!
– 80 Females – 721 BS – 42 BA
• 31 Applicants • 123 Minors • ~101 UGs graduating each year
(headed toward 200!)
People You Should Know
Darlene Fahey Undergraduate Program Manager
Samantha Sabola Undergraduate Program Assistant
Administrative Overview
• Academic Regulations • ARR
– Shopping Cart
• Overrides • Transfer Credit Equivalencies
Darlene Fahey School of Computer Science UG Program Manager
http://www.umass.edu/registrar http://www.umass.edu/registrar/students/policies-and-practices/academic-regulations
People You Should Know
Tim Richards Chief Undergraduate Adviser Sophomore Advising
Gordon Anderson Transfer Adviser – CC Outreach Freshman Adviser
Resources, Accounts, CSCF
• EdLab Resources • Account Creation • Help https://www.cs.umass.edu/computing-facilities (Off the CS website, under the About tab) http://www-edlab.cs.umass.edu (Edlab page off facilities page above)
Terrie Kellogg School of Computer Science Software Specialist
The CSCF office is located in room 120 in the Computer Science Building. Our office hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm Phone: (413) 545-4294 CSCF email works on a ticketing system to ensure fair and organized servicing of requests. Address your email to the appropriate address to create a new ticket: Software Enquiries: [email protected] Hardware Enquiries: [email protected]
ROCks - Recruiting and Outreach Committee
– Successful Juniors or Seniors in CS – Student Ambassadors – knowledgeable about the program and the discipline – give tours (are trained to walk backwards!), conduct
open houses, speak to prospective students
Michelle Trim School of Computer Science ROCKs!
Main Office
Introducing the 2014-2015 ROCks Committee
• Becky Bryan • Sara Da Silva • Ted Leone • Zachary May • Sahil Peris
ACE – Advising Center Committee
– Sucessful CS Juniors or Seniors – knowledgeable about the CS program,
courses, and curriculum – Peer advisers/tutoring CS 144 (USpace)
Bill Verts School of Computer Science ACE Manager!
ACE Hours Bill Verts School of Computer Science ACE!
Introducing the 2014-2015 ACE Committee
• Cara Magliozzi • Austin Suszek • Niharika Venkaathri • Sean Luo • Justin Purcell
Moving Forward • Plan!
classes (need/want), subplans, concentrations
• Study – attend (class, office hours, UG events), participate, conduct research (IS), study abroad
• Engage - Internships, REU programs, ACM, programming team, CSwomen
• Read email
Moving Forward
• Lead – Leadership Committees ACE ROCks paying positions! (more later)
• Plan some more! – resume, job applications, grad school (Baystate Fellowship)
Congratulations Future Computer Scientists!