Transcript Eng. freshmen talk - Ohio State Computer Science and Engineering

Welcome to Computer
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Your Hosts
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Neelam Soundarajan, faculty member
Matt Nedrich, PhD student
Kevin Streib, PhD student
Why Computer Science?
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Intellectually stimulating, challenging
Innovative
Changing society
A Society-Changing Field
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Computing impacts everything we do
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How we do our work
How we spend our leisure time
How we access information and what
information we can access
How we communicate and with whom
How healthcare is delivered and to whom
A wide range of future careers
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IT, medicine, finance, art, security, energy
Some of the OSU Computer
Science Research Areas
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Speech recognition
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Parallel computing
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Data mining
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Scientific visualization
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Graphics & animation
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Distributed computing
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Networking
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Computational geometry
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Software engineering
Computer Science Core
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Software development
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Computer architecture
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Database systems
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Numerical methods
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Operating systems
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Programming languages
Computer Science Options
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Software systems
Information systems
Information & Computation Assurance
Hardware/software systems
Individualized
To Be a CSE Major You Must
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complete CSE 221 and 222 with C- or better
complete Math 151.xx and 152.xx
complete Physics 131
complete Chemistry 121 or Physics 132
complete English 110.xx
GPA of 2.0 or better with 25 or more credits
at OSU
complete admissions conditions
How About a Minor in
Computer Science?
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Two tracks to choose from:
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Programming & algorithms track
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Information Systems Track
Only 7 classes required
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Courses taken depend on track chosen
Who Hires OSU CIS and
CSE Graduates?
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Lockheed Martin
Facebook
Electronic Arts
US Army
Marathon Ashland
Petroleum
Citrix
Eaton
Grange
Pixar
Wright Patterson AFB
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Harris
Apple
Intel
Microsoft
Dell
Nationwide
OSU
Dreamworks
Northrop Grumman
JPMorgan Chase
Sample Job Titles
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System
Administrator
Software Engineer
Visual Designer
Quality Data Analyst
Applications
Software Developer
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Consultant
Healthcare Systems
Consultant
Programmer Analyst
Networking Scientist
System Analyst
Video Game
Programmer
Show Me the Money
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$56,382 – average starting salary for OSU
CSE graduates this year
$18.21 – average hourly wage for OSU coops and interns this year
Computing jobs
Best Job in America (job growth & pay)
CNN Money Magazine 2006
Career Outlook for
Engineering Fields
Why CS @ OSU?
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Small CS class sizes
Flexible course offerings
Research
Quality faculty & advising
Affordability
High demand for graduates
Accredited Programs
SEMESTER CONVERSION
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Summer 2012
CSE is in the first wave
University committed to a seamless
transition
Pledge to students
Much More Info at:
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CSE Department Homepage
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CSE Undergraduate Programs
Questions?
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Please feel free to contact:
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[email protected]
(Peg Steele is our Academic Advisor;
unfortunately, she couldn't attend today.)
[email protected]