Student/Faculty Lunch 2005
University of California, BerkeleyCS Undergraduate Student Groups
Monday, March 28th, 2005
Presented by the CS Undergraduate Student Groups
Resources
• AirBears coverage– Thank you for increasing coverage in Cory!– AirBears is still spotty on 6th & 7th floor Soda.
• South Side labs– HFA labs should be open to all CS students
Resources
• Students are interested in reading groups and talks but don’t know where to find information about them
• Suggestion: announce technical talks in lectures
Student Programs
• Current Internship Program– no better than CalJobs through the
Career Center.– offers no advantage for Berkeley
students.– does not ensure job positions that offer
challenging and applicable work.
Student Programs
• Current Internship Program Available
– Suggestion: Revert back to previous internship program with reserved internships for Berkeley students.
Student Programs
• Thesis in EECS Honors Program– EECS students feel that current Honors
Program has lost its prestige.– Possible solution:
• Option of completing a thesis in the Honors Program
• ~27% of students would find a thesis useful.
Student Programs
• CS Masters program – Students are interested in the Masters program and are excited that faculty is moving it forward
Courses
• Last year students complained about the lack of accountability in partnership classes
– Students appreciate the individual projects in the lower division classes
Research
• Students are very interested in research
- gives them a better idea of what is expected in grad school
- students can discover what area of research most interests them
Research
• Still difficult for students to find research – URAP & UROP are not up-to-date
– there are not many options available for EECS students – Skill requirements are unclear – Students feel intimidated to approach
professors
Research
• Undergraduate research groups, like Gamesman, are popular and are a good way to introduce students to research – boosts confidence in finding research later on
Research• Suggestions
– encourage more professors to lead research groups for undergraduates
– professors can post a list of required background
knowledge so that students are better prepared to approach professors about research
– point out interesting research problems in class to excite students into doing research
– update web pages to reflect current research
opportunities
Community
• Why it is important
– Enables students to more effectively utilize existing resources
– Improves communication between students and faculty
– Encourages the sharing of ideas
Community
• We are making steps to facilitate community within the CS department
– Student-Faculty mixer on Tuesday April 1st, noon in the Woz
– Lecture series: Eric Brewer, April 6th
Questions?
Representatives• CSUA: Mike Hoisie, Aaron McKee, Karen
Nguyen • HKN: Tina Dong, Jessica Leung, Robert Liao,
Li Li, Leonard Wei, Hua Xu• IEEE: Kedar Shah• SWE: Jen Kelly• UPE: Kaisin Lin, David Sontag, Wei Tu
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