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CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH A CAREER IN COMPUTING Switching Fields • Changing jobs is not unusual in 2016 • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found the median number of years most employees stay with the same employer is 4.2 years. • This may take the individual to a new employer in the same industry or they may enter an entirely new industry • Change often may be for greater job satisfaction (a recent Gallup report suggests less than a third of employees are engaged at work) or higher pay Why Computing? • Leads to well-paying jobs • Glassdoor ranked Computer Science as the top paying college major with a median starting salary of $70K • Payscale rated Computer Science as the 7th best paying Masters’ degree with a median starting salary of $95.9K • Can provide great job satisfaction • Computing has high levels of autonomy, manageable complexity, immediate feedback and allows you to use your professional skills • Encourages creativity and has an ubiquitous influence on society Options 1. Second Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science 2. Master’s degree in Computer Science a) Pathway #1: Traditional Grad Prep Track Post-bac part-time starts any quarter- could take up to 12 quarters (at one course per term) take selected set of undergraduate courses open admission with GPA requirements Pathway #2: Accelerated New Beginnings program b) Post-bac full-time one entry point per year – 3 quarters take specially designed set of courses with a cohort of peers competitive admission New Option: Biomedical Informatics Pathway • In collaboration with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) • Prepares students for admission to the OHSU MS or MBI in Biomedical Informatics, which has two tracks • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology • Clinical Informatics • 2 + 1 format – 2 quarters of New Beginnings then transfer to OHSU for an additional quarter Program Timeline New Beginnings starts Fall term and ends Spring term. • Students take 12 undergraduate credits each quarter of New Beginnings • PSU’s CS students will begin their MS coursework Summer quarter • OHSU’s Clinical Informatics track will begin MS coursework the Summer quarter • OHSU’s Bioinformatics & Computational Biology track will begin MS coursework Fall quarter New Beginnings Topics – First Quarter • • • • • • • • • • • • • Algorithm and Program Design Data Types and Data Representation Conditionals and Loops Functions and Subprograms I/O Dynamic Memory and Pointers Linear linked lists and Tree Structures Multi-dimensional arrays Data abstraction and implementations Classes and Inheritance Sorting and Searching Data management Correctness, Verification and Testing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Integers Sets Relations Functions Counting Discrete Probability Vectors and Matrices Induction Propositional Logic Predicate Logic Graphs & Trees Boolean Algebra Languages as strings Finite Automata New Beginnings Topics – Second Quarter • • • • • • • • • • • Computer Organization Compiling, linking, binaries Debugging, Make C, C library Number systems, arithmetic Data types/representation Code representation (assembly) Programs to machine code Exceptions Hardware performance Identifying bottlenecks • • • • • • • • • Basic Analysis Brute Force Algorithms Decrease and Conquer Transform and Conquer Divide and Conquer Greedy Algorithms Dynamic Programming Other algorithms Complexity New Beginnings Topics – Third Quarter (Computer Science) • • • • • • • Operating system services File systems Resource management Synchronization Processes, process cooperation and interference Introduction to networks Protection and security • • • • • • Foundations of computing Regular languages and finite automata. Context-free languages and pushdown automata Turing machines and equivalent models of computation Computability Introduction to complexity New Beginnings Topics – Third Quarter (Biomedical Informatics – to be finalized) • Bioinformatics & Computational Biology prerequisites • Genetics • Statistics • (more to be added) • Clinical Informatics prerequisites • Anatomy and Physiology • Statistics • (more to be added) Enrichment Days • Every Friday • Presentations by faculty on their research and interests • Field trips to local software companies • Hackathons and programming contests Admissions • Applications are now open - priority deadline is March 1st • Required Qualifications: • • • GRE Quantitative score in the 70th percentile or higher and a Verbal score in the 50th percentile or higher Test date must be no older than 3 years Preferred Qualifications: • • At least a year of math beyond pre-calculus linear algebra, calculus, etc. Undergraduate GPA of 3.5 • Interviews begin in March – priority decisions in April • Students accepted to New Beginnings will be asked to complete a Post-bac Application for the University Ready to apply? • Contact the CS Graduate Advisor at [email protected] to request an application • Applications must be complete to be considered. Complete applications include GRE scores (no older than 3 years) and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial OK)