Transcript 8-29-HS group - Donald Bren School of Information and

Welcome to the
Bren School of ICS
Diana Tien
Undergraduate Counselor
ICS Student Affairs
One: The Flagship School!
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UCIRVINE
UCIrvine
Two: Interdisciplinary Education
Exploring the intersection of computing and IT with
other disciplines leads to:
Medicine: Imaging
Humanities: Data Mining
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Courses at the cutting edge of inquiry and research
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Technological advances that improve quality of life
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Global market competitiveness
Biological & Physical
Sciences: Modeling
Art, Education, &
Social Ecology
Three: Curricular Diversity
Information and Computer Science
People,
Organizations
Circuits,
Devices
Informatics
Computer Science
Computer Science
and Engineering
Software Engineering
Computer Game Science
Arts
Entertainment
Business Information
Management
Commerce
Four: Committed to Student Success
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Introductory programming courses assume no
prior knowledge or experience
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Paired programming
Lab tutors (FREE) and small group tutoring at LARC (Fee)
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First Year Seminar for New Students
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Academic counselors and peer advisors
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Continuous, from summer orientation to graduation
Inform students about programs/opportunities that enhance
learning and build their resumé
Guide students to appropriate campus resources
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
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Weekly drop-in hours
Hosts faculty/student mixers
Five: Project-Based Learning
Six: Industry Contacts
Seven: Employment Prospects
• Job opportunities1 in:
• Network systems and data communications analysts
• Computer software engineers, applications
• Computer systems analysts
• Database administrators
• Computer software engineers/systems software
• $trong knowledge and $kill $et:
• $61,000 median starting salary for Bren School grads
(vs. $42,900 for UCI grads as a whole)2
1Bureau
2 UCI
of Labor Statistics, “The 30 fastest-growing occupations, 2006-2016”
Career Center Graduating Senior Survey, 2007-08
Eight: Faculty Excellence
& Accessibility
Nine: Student Community & Diversity
Bren:ICS students at UCI
Leadership Conference
Bren Brawl: Friendly
competition among student
gamers
ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing
Alumni Night
ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night
Student Showcase 2011 participants
Questions?
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Applicants can get responses and different
perspectives:
– Academic counselors/peer advisors:
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[email protected]
949-824-5156 (M-F 8-5)
– Faculty:
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Tony Givargis, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
[email protected]
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