School of Computer Science Group Advising Meeting Fall 2014 Todays - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

School of Computer Science Group Advising Meeting Fall 2014

Today’s Goals

• Course Overview

– Courses you are taking – Courses you will be taking

• Planning

– Advisor & Tips – What you should be thinking about

• Remove the hold on your account

– Ask/answer your questions

Undergraduate Academic Program Officers

Chair (Clarke) Associate Chair for Academic Affairs (Barrington) Undergraduate Program Director (Grupen) Student Outreach Committee (Diao, Trim) UG Events (Moll) UPM Fahey Honors Program (Marlin) Chief Undergraduate Adviser- Sophomores (Richards) Peer Advising Manager (Verts) ACE 5 Student Leadership Committee CS ROCKs 5 Student Leadership Committee Faculty Advisers

CS Program

Graduate Program Freshman- Transfer Adviser (Anderson)

froshadvising@cs.umass.edu

Visit the CS Website

https://www.cs.umass.edu

BS Course Tracking Form:

BA Course Tracking Form:

(From the BS Tracking Form)

First and Second Year BS Courses

Note: Choice of Calc or Stats

If you are taking 121 and 131:

Your next courses are:187 and 132:

✓ ✓

If you are taking187 and 132:

Your next courses are: 220 and 250:

✓ ✓

First and Second Year BA Courses

(From the BA Tracking Form)

(From the BA Tracking Form)

If you are taking 121 and 131:

(From the BA Tracking Form)

Your next courses are:187 and 132:

✓ ✓

200 level CS Core Courses

BS-CMPSCI: Must take all 4 200-level cores.

200 level CS Core Courses

BA Tracking Form BA-CMPSCI: Must take at least 3 200-level cores.

200 level CS Core Courses

Intensive Programming Mathematical Foundations

• f Computing

Require 1 year

• f Calculus

200 level CS Core Courses

Recommended Sequence: CMPSCI 220 and CMPSCI 250

200 level CS Core Courses

Recommended Sequence: CMPSCI 230 and CMPSCI 240

✓ ✓

200 level CS Core Courses

Can’t do this: CMPSCI 220 and CMPSCI 230

200 level CS Core Courses

Also, can’t do this: CMPSCI 250 and CMPSCI 240

Consider taking Summer courses:

These CS courses are usually offered online in the Summer: CS121, CS187, CS305 JrYr Writing (CS majors

• nly + junior or senior standing), check CS

website/SPIRE for more…

• Also:

Math courses: Calc I, II, III, Linear algebra. Science courses: Chem, Physics, etc. Gen Eds…

Gen Eds?

• See SPIRE for ARR report- what you need to satisfy.

Registrar’s website:

http://www.umass.edu/registrar/students/general-educationacademic- requirements

BS-CMPSCI Tracks

• General CMPSCI
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Architecture
• Networking
• Programming

Languages & Compilers

• Theory of Computation
• Robotics, Vision, &

Graphics

• Search & Data Mining
• Security & Privacy
• Software Engineering
• Software Systems

Adviser & Tips

• Your Adviser

– 1st and 2nd year: group advising.

• 1st year: Gordon Anderson
• 2nd year: Tim Richards

– Individual adviser for 3rd year students

Adviser & Tips

Visit ACE: (Check CS website for details)

What you should be thinking about

• Study Habits?
• Attendance / Participation?
• Office Hours? Talk to Instructors?
• Library tutoring center?
• What did I like/dislike?
• Honors College: Departmental Honors?
• Coops/Internships?

Get enough sleep.

Get Involved!

• ACM (http://umass.acm.org)
• Leadership Committees

(Junior and Seniors)

– ACE Peer Advising – ROCKs Recruiting & Outreach

• REU Program

Get Involved!

https://www.cs.umass.edu/

• CS Women

http://umasscswomen.weebly.com/

• Uspace (144 CS Bldg)

undergraduate study space

• Undergrad Events

(See CS Calendar)

Upcoming Events

Hold Release and Questions

We will be happy to meet with you for more detailed questions or concerns right after this presentation. You will be cleared to have your registration code (RAC) released before registration period begins: