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Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. Academic Information Session Neha Rawal Associate Director, ICS Student Affairs. Computers and technology are everywhere. Interdisciplinary Education. Medicine: Imaging. Humanities: Data Mining.

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Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

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  1. Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Academic Information Session NehaRawal Associate Director, ICS Student Affairs

  2. Computers and technology are everywhere

  3. Interdisciplinary Education Medicine: Imaging Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling Art, Education, & Social Ecology

  4. Only School of Computing in the UC * UCIRVINE UCIrvine

  5. Quick Facts about ICS • Founded in 1968 as Department of Information and Computer Science • Established in 2002 as an independent school • Only computing-focused school in UC system • Three departments: • Computer Science • Informatics • Statistics

  6. Corporate Connections

  7. Curricular Diversity • 6 Majors • Business Information Management (with The Paul Merage School of Business) • Computer Game Science • Computer Science • Computer Science and Engineering (with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering) • Informatics • Software Engineering • 6 Minors (some major and minor combinations are restricted) • Bioinformatics • Digital Information Systems • Health Informatics • Informatics • Information and Computer Science • Statistics

  8. Curricular Diversity UCI offers choices galore! • 80 majors and 66 minors to date • Freshmen 1-unit seminars (limited to 15 students), such as: • Sports & Statistics (ICS Dean Hal Stern, instructor), • DIY Electonics(Prof. Ian Harris, instructor), • Games for Learning, (Prof. Mark Warschauer, instructor) • Big Bang Theory • UTeachProgram seminars: Where Students Become the Teacher, topics include: • How 2 Solve Puzzlers (ICS Peer Advisor IgiiEnverga, student instructor, and Bren Professor Mike Goodrich, faculty advisor), • Science & Craft of Coffee, • Harry Potter Muggle Culture • Education Abroad Program

  9. Project-Based Learning • Bachelors of Science degrees • Some majors have two quarter to one-year long senior-design project courses • CGS, CSE, INF, SE • Other majors allow students to select their project courses from an extensive list of options • CS

  10. Research Opportunities • Student-initiated research • Bren:ICS Honors Program • UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) • Provides guidance, funding and faculty mentor • Campus programs that provide a stipend and summer housing, such as: • Summer Undergraduate Research Program • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT)

  11. Faculty Excellence & Accessibility

  12. Committed to Student Success • Engaged and accessible faculty • Weekly office hours by faculty and course TAs • Associate Dean hosts weekly drop-in hours • Academic counseling staff • Help students find most efficient way to meet all their academic goals • Inform students about programs/opportunities that enhance learning and build their resume • Guide students to appropriate campus resources • Learning & Academic Resource Center (LARC) • FREE workshops/tutoring & fee-based tutoring • Math, Physics, and Chemistry Departments • FREE drop-in tutoring • ICS Tutoring • Peer to peer (fee based)

  13. Building a Diverse Community Women in Information and Computer Sciences (WICS) SAGE Scholars WICS/Girls Inc. EcoRaft Demo

  14. Student Life Bren Brawl: Friendly competition among student gamers Bren:ICS students at UCI Leadership Conference ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night Student Showcase participants ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing Alumni Night

  15. Get prompt responses and • different perspectives: • Academic counselors/peer advisors: • ucounsel@uci.edu • 949-824-5156 (M-F 8-5) • Faculty: • Tony Givargis • Associate Dean for Student Affairs • adsa@ics.uci.edu Questions?

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