Freshmen Advising Spring 2013

1. Computer Science Department
Group Advising Meeting
Spring 2013
Tim Richards (cua@cs.umass.edu)
Lecturer / Chief Undergraduate Advisor

2. Today’s Goals
• Today and Tomorrow
– 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 your questions

3. Courses You Are Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

4. Courses You Are Taking
✓✗
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

5. Courses You Are Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
Offered Summer 2013!
~9 week intensive version
of the same course and
topics.
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

6. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240

7. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming

8. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming Mathematical Foundations
of Computing

9. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓ Require 1 year
of Calculus
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming Mathematical Foundations
of Computing

10. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
BS-CMPSCI: Must take all 4 200-level cores.
BA-CMPSCI: Must take at least 3 200-level cores.

11. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Recommended Sequence:
CMPSCI 220 and CMPSCI 250

12. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Recommended Sequence:
CMPSCI 230 and CMPSCI 240

13. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Bad Idea!

14. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Also, Bad Idea!

15. Courses You Will Be Taking
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPS
300-Level and Above
BS-CMPSCI: Must take 8 to satisfy a track.
BA-CMPSCI: Must take any 5.

16. BS-CMPSCI Tracks
• General CMPSCI • Robotics, Vision, 7
• Artificial Intelligence Graphics
• Computer Architecture • Search & Data Mining
• Networking • Security & Privacy
• Programming • Software Engineering
Languages & • Software Systems
Compilers
• Theory of Computation

17. Advisor & Tips
• Your Advisor
– Will be assigned over the Summer
– Appear in Spire
• Tips for Fall 2013
– Keep tracking form up-to-date!
– Meet with you advisor!
– Be prompt!
– Visit ACE (does not replace advisor)
– Bring your tracking form!

18. What you should be thinking about
• Study Habits?
• Attendance / Participation?
• Office Hours?
• How did my classes go?
• What did I like/dislike?
• Is CS for me?
• Honors College: Departmental Honors?
• Internships?

19. Get Involved!
• ACM (http://umass.acm.org)
• UMass Programming Team
• CS Women
• USpace
• Leadership Committees
– ACE Peer Advising
– ROCKs Recruiting & Outreach
• First Friday Events
• REU Program

20. Hold Release and Questions
For more detailed questions or concerns
please send email to:
cua@cs.umass.edu