Welcome toDiscover UCI 2012

Why UCI?

Diana TienUndergraduate Counselor

Computers and technology are everywhere

Interdisciplinary Education

Medicine: Imaging Humanities: Data Mining

Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling

Art, Education, & Social Ecology

Only School of Computing in the UC

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Curricular Diversity (Majors)

• Computer Science

• Informatics

• Information & Computer Science

• Biomedical Computing

• Computer Game Science

• Business Information Management (with The Paul Merage School of Business)

• Computer Science & Engineering (with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering)

• Software Engineering (New – was not on UC application)

Curricular Diversity (cont’d)• Bren ICS Minors*

– BioInformatics– Digital Information Systems– Health Informatics– Informatics– Information and Computer

Science– Statistics*Some major/minor combinations are restricted.

• Concentration (available by

application to continuing students only)

– Engineering/ICS in the Global Context (study/internship outside of the U.S.)

• UCI offers choices galore!– 80+ majors and 60+ minors

• Freshmen/Transfer 1-unit seminars (limited to 15 students), such as:– Hobby Electronics – Reading Harry Potter– Global Leadership

• Education Abroad Program

Project-Based Learning

Research Opportunities

• Student-initiated research

• Bren:ICS Honors Program

• UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) — Provides guidance, funding and faculty mentor

• Campus programs that provide a stipend and summer housing Examples: — Summer Undergraduate Research Program — Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT)

Corporate Connections

Faculty Excellence & Accessibility

Committed to Student Success• Engaged and accessible faculty

— Weekly office hours by faculty and course TAs— Associate Dean hosts weekly drop-in hours

• Academic counseling staff— Help students find most efficient way to meet all

their academic goals— Inform students about programs/opportunities that

enhance learning and build their resume— Guide students to appropriate campus resources

• Learning & Academic Resource Center (LARC)— FREE workshops/tutoring & fee-based tutoring

• Math, Physics, and Chemistry Departments— FREE drop-in tutoring

• ICS Tutoring— Peer to peer (fee based)

Building a Diverse Community

Women in Computer Sciences (WICS) SAGE Scholars

WICS/Girls Inc. EcoRaft Demo

Student Life

ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing Alumni Night

Bren Brawl: Friendly competition among student gamers

ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night

Student Showcase 2011 participants

Bren:ICS students at UCILeadership Conference

Get prompt responses and different perspectives:

Academic counselors/peer advisors:ucounsel@uci.edu

949-824-5156 (M-F 8-5)

Faculty:Tony Givargis

Associate Dean for Student Affairs

adsa@ics.uci.edu

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