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CSC 100 Orientation to Computer Science
(at UNCW)
Dr. Karl Ricanek ([email protected])
Welcome!
• Why are you here?
– Required for CSC Majors and Minors
– Other courses you should take now (or really,
really soon): CSC 121, CSC 133, MAT 161
• What will we do?
• How will you be graded?
Am I Making the Right
Decision?
• Is Computer Science a good major from
– An economic standpoint?
– A quality of life standpoint?
• Am I going to find anything interesting in
Computer Science?
Computer Science Majors’
Starting Salaries Are Among
the Top 5 of All Majors (2006)
Here are the top starting salaries for June 2006 college graduates by major.
$56,269 Chemical Engineering
$53,096 Computer Engineering
$53,500 Electrical Engineering
$51,808 Mechanical Engineering
$50,744 Computer Science
$47,182 Information Science
$45,391 Management Information Systems
$44,928 Accounting
$41,115 Business Administration
$37,191 Marketing
$32,870 Liberal Arts
$30,369 Psychology
Source: naceweb.org
Computer Science Majors’ Starting
Salaries is Number Two of All Majors
(2008)
Here are the top starting salaries for Summer 2008 college graduates by major.
Major
Chemical Engineering
Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Management of Info. Systems
Civil Engineering
Economics
Finance
Accounting
Business Admin/Mgmt
Marketing
English
Sociology
Psychology
Offer
$63,165
$60,416 13.1% growth
$57,009
$56,910
$52,418
$51,632
$50,507
$48,547
$48,085
$45,915
$42,053
$34,327
$34,796
$33,564
Jobs in a RECESSION
• The 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs Overall
(http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1858773,00.html )
Thursday, Nov. 13 2008
1. Computer Systems Analysts
2. Network Systems and Data Communications
Analysts
3. Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
4. Registered Nurses
5. Teachers, Postsecondary
Money Isn’t Everything -Computer Science Jobs Rated
As Some of the Best Jobs
How did Money magazine rate
jobs?
– Compensation
– Stress levels
– Flexibility in hours and working
environment
– Creativity
– How easy it is to enter and advance
and the field
– Percentage growth in number of jobs
Off-shoring?
Bill Gates Testifies Before
Congress During Spring Break
• Why?
– The U.S. has a cap of 65,000 on the number of work
visas issued for foreign workers with high-tech skills
Bill Gates Testifies Before
Congress During Spring Break
• Some in the tech
industry want the
cap to be raised
to 195,000.
• What does Bill
Gates say?
– “ … I don't think
there should be
any limit."
What is Computer Science?
THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Architecture
Human-Computer
Interaction
Social and Prof. Issues
Graphics
Databases
Scientific Computing
Programming Languages
Compilers
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory/Algorithms
CS Education
Software Engineering
Data
Structures
Discrete Math
Computer Ethics
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented
Design
Logic
Operating Systems
Calculus
Statistics
Programming
Scientific Method
Comp. Organization
Hardware
Computational Biology
Computational Chemistry
Bioinformatics
http://www.uncw.edu/cas/documents/2470_2_000.pdf
Digital Arts
Computer Animation
Computer Graphics
Geographic Information
Systems (GIS)
Mobile Computing
Face Recognition and
Biometrics
• http://faceaginggroup.com/home.php
Robots in Education
• http://www.uncw.edu/www/media/faculty/to
mpkinsj/sumoXwings.html
Ongoing Research Projects
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Virtual Reality
Parallel Algorithms
Biometrics & Photorealistic Aging
Computer-Brain Interfaces
Podcasting, Blogs, and Education
Robotics
Mobile Computing & iPhone Development
Computer Education with ALICE
Natural language processing
The Computer Science Major at
UNCW.
• One track: Option 1 (Systems)
Computer Science Generalist (analogous to a GP in medicine)
• Another track: Option 2 (Applied)
– Study core computer science foundations
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Business Concentration
Biology Concentration
Chemistry Concentration
Digital Art Concentration
Statistics Concentration
• Future options?
– Geographic information systems (GIS)
Why Do We Make You Take 1
Year of the Calculus?
• MAT 161-162: Calculus with Analytical
Geometry
THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Architecture
Human-Computer
Interaction
Social and Prof. Issues
Graphics
Databases
Scientific Computing
Programming Languages
Compilers
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory/Algorithms
CS Education
Software Engineering
Data
Structures
Discrete Math
Computer Ethics
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented
Design
Logic
Operating Systems
Calculus
Statistics
Programming
Scientific Method
Comp. Organization
Hardware
But that’s not the only math
you’ll take ….
• CSC 133: Discrete Math
– Logic
– Proofs
– Set theory
– Trees
– Combinatorics
THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Architecture
Human-Computer
Interaction
Social and Prof. Issues
Graphics
Databases
Scientific Computing
Programming Languages
Compilers
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory/Algorithms
CS Education
Software Engineering
Data
Structures
Discrete Math
Computer Ethics
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented
Design
Logic
Operating Systems
Calculus
Statistics
Programming
Scientific Method
Comp. Organization
Hardware
THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Architecture
Human-Computer
Interaction
Social and Prof. Issues
Graphics
Databases
Scientific Computing
Programming Languages
Compilers
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory/Algorithms
CS Education
Software Engineering
Data
Structures
Discrete Math
Computer Ethics
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented
Design
Logic
Operating Systems
Calculus
Statistics
Programming
Scientific Method
Comp. Organization
Hardware
… and Statistics
• STT 215 (or QMM 280)
– You can’t read about science without statistics
– You can’t do science without statistics
The Programming Sequence
• CSC 121 – CSC 221 – CSC 332
– Why Java?
– Why Object-Oriented?
– What about other languages?
CSC 242: Digital Logic,
Computer Organization and
Assembly Language
• What is the computer doing when you give
it a command?
• Why is this important to know?
The Previous Courses Are All
Shared by Option 1 and Option 2
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CSC 100
CSC 121
CSC 133
CSC 221
CSC 242
CSC 332
THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Architecture
Human-Computer
Interaction
Social and Prof. Issues
Graphics
Databases
Scientific Computing
Data Structures
Programming Languages
Compilers
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory/Algorithms
CS Education
Software Engineering
• CSC 332
• This is a gateway course into
(almost) all 300 and 400-level
courses
• Why?
• What are data structures?
Data
Structures
Discrete Math
Computer Ethics
Problem Solving
Object-Oriented
Design
Logic
Operating Systems
Calculus
Statistics
Programming
Scientific Method
Comp. Organization
Hardware
Other Common Required
Courses Shared by Option 1
and Option 2
• CSC 360: Formal Languages and
Computability
• CSC 434: Programming Languages
• CSC 450: Software Engineering
• CSC 455: Database Management
The Divergence
• What does Option 1 prepare you for?
• What does Option 2 prepare you for?
Option 1 Required
• CSC 340: Scientific Computing
• CSC 342: Operating Systems
• CSC 385: Professional and Ethical Issues in
Computer Science
• 9 additional CSC hours at 300, 400 level
• Plus 1 Year of Laboratory Science (Physics,
Biology, or Chemistry)
• Plus an additional course in another science
Option 2
• CSC 344: Computer Networks
• 6 additional hours of CSC at 300, 400
level
– Business: ACG 201, ACG 203, ECN 221, ECN 222,
FIN 335, MGT 350, MKT 340
– Biology: Complete minor requirements
– Chemistry: Complete minor requirements
– Digital Arts: Complete minor requirements
– Statistics: Complete minor requirements
The Minors
• IT Minor
• Digital Arts Minor
• Computer Science Minor
Information Technology Minor
• Core (12 hours)
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CSC 110
One of 112, 121, MIS 216
LIB 103
Any 3 credit 200+ level course in CSC or MIS
• Electives (6 hours, at least 3 hours at 300+
level)
– Any 200+ level course in CSC or MIS
– ART/FST 220; ART/FST 320; CHM 425; COM 260;
CRW 319; EDN 303, 416; ENG 204, 314, 319; FST
201, 395, 497; GGY 224, 422, 424; MUS 110; PAR
110, 218; SOC 303
Digital Arts Minor
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Art 101
Art 260
One of CSC 112 or 121;
CSC 204
CSC/ART/FST 220
COM 280
• Electives (6 hours, 3 of which at 300+)
– CSC 255, 320, 370, 421, 475, 491; ART 280, 311, 312, 320,
339, 341, 343, 360, 411, 412, 475, 491, 495; COM 160, 211,
260, 365, 380, 385, 460, 480, 489, 491; CRW 210; MUS 110,
210, 310, 491; THR 211, 305, 411
CSC Minor
• Core:
– CSC 100
– CSC 121
– CSC 133
– CSC 221
– CSC 332
• Electives
– 3 hours at 200+ level in CSC
– 3 hours at 300+ level in CSC
For Next Week
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Dr. Ron Vetter will discuss mobile
computing and entrepreneurship
You should
– Read the 2008-2009 Undergraduate
Catalog entry pertaining to Computer
Science (including course descriptions)
– Visit the ACM website. In particular the
Computing Careers portion of their
website.
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Then
– Read up on Dr. Vetter’s work with mobile
computing
– Homework will be given via Blackboard
Your turn
• Ask me questions
– Graduate School
– Jobs
– Majors, minors
– Difference between MIS and CSC
My name is Dr. Karl Ricanek
• Feel free to contact me if you ever have any
questions.
– CIS 2042
– [email protected]The best way to way
– 962-4261
• Our web page:
http://people.uncw.edu/ricanekk/teaching/spring09/csc100.htm
• Thank you!