The document summarizes a group advising meeting for computer science students at UMass. It discusses courses students are currently taking and will take in the future, including the 200-level core courses. It provides tips on meeting with advisors, maintaining tracking forms, considering study habits and involvement opportunities. It concludes by providing contact information for students to ask additional questions or have holds released on their accounts.

1. Computer Science Department
Group Advising Meeting
Spring 2013
Tim Richards (cua@cs.umass.edu)
Lecturer / Chief Undergraduate Advisor

2. Today’s Goals
• Today and Tomorrow
– Courses you are taking
– Courses you will be taking
• Planning
– Advisor & Tips
– What you should be thinking about
• Remove the hold on your account
– Ask your questions

3. Courses You Are Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

4. Courses You Are Taking
✓✗
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

5. Courses You Are Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
Offered Summer 2013!
~9 week intensive version
of the same course and
topics.
Introductory sequence
in Java programming

6. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240

7. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming

8. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming Mathematical Foundations
of Computing

9. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓ Require 1 year
of Calculus
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Intensive Programming Mathematical Foundations
of Computing

10. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
BS-CMPSCI: Must take all 4 200-level cores.
BA-CMPSCI: Must take at least 3 200-level cores.

11. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Recommended Sequence:
CMPSCI 220 and CMPSCI 250

12. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Recommended Sequence:
CMPSCI 230 and CMPSCI 240

13. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Bad Idea!

14. Courses You Will Be Taking
✓
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
✓
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
Also, Bad Idea!

15. Courses You Will Be Taking
CMPSCI 121 CMPSCI 187
200-Level Cores
CMPSCI 220 CMPSCI 250 CMPSCI 230 CMPSCI 240
CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPSCI >=300 CMPS
300-Level and Above
BS-CMPSCI: Must take 8 to satisfy a track.
BA-CMPSCI: Must take any 5.

16. BS-CMPSCI Tracks
• General CMPSCI • Robotics, Vision, 7
• Artificial Intelligence Graphics
• Computer Architecture • Search & Data Mining
• Networking • Security & Privacy
• Programming • Software Engineering
Languages & • Software Systems
Compilers
• Theory of Computation

17. Advisor & Tips
• Your Advisor
– Will be assigned over the Summer
– Appear in Spire
• Tips for Fall 2013
– Keep tracking form up-to-date!
– Meet with you advisor!
– Be prompt!
– Visit ACE (does not replace advisor)
– Bring your tracking form!

18. What you should be thinking about
• Study Habits?
• Attendance / Participation?
• Office Hours?
• How did my classes go?
• What did I like/dislike?
• Is CS for me?
• Honors College: Departmental Honors?
• Internships?

19. Get Involved!
• ACM (http://umass.acm.org)
• UMass Programming Team
• CS Women
• USpace
• Leadership Committees
– ACE Peer Advising
– ROCKs Recruiting & Outreach
• First Friday Events
• REU Program

20. Hold Release and Questions
For more detailed questions or concerns
please send email to:
cua@cs.umass.edu