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: system@cs.umass.edu Hardware Enquiries: tech@cs.umass.edu

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!