welcome to the bren school of ics diana tien undergraduate counselor ics student affairs
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Welcome to the Bren School of ICS
Diana TienUndergraduate Counselor
ICS Student Affairs
One: The Flagship School!
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Two: Interdisciplinary EducationExploring the intersection of computing and IT withother disciplines leads to:• Courses at the cutting edge of inquiry and research
• Technological advances that improve quality of life
• Global market competitivenessMedicine: Imaging
Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling
Art, Education, & Social Ecology
Three: Curricular Diversity Business Information Management (jointly, with The Paul Merage School of Business)
Computer Science- Biomedical Computing was merged here Students may choose to complete 1 or more of 8 specializations: Algorithms,
Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Information, Intelligent Systems, Networked Systems, Systems and Software, Visual Computing
Computer Science & Engineering (jointly, with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering) Students complete one of 4 tracks: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence,
Graphics/Vision, Parallel and Distributed Computing
Informatics Students complete 1 of 2 specializations: Human-Computer Interaction or
Organizations and Information Technology
ICS Undeclared (Pre-Major for freshmen only)
Software Engineering
Three: Curricular Diversity• Concentrations (available by application to continuing students only)
– Engineering/ICS in the Global Context (study/internship outside of the U.S.)
• Bren ICS Minors*– Bioinformatics: contributes to students' competence in computing applied to biomedical
problems and data, as well as exposing them to the fundamentals of the life sciences from a computer science perspective.
– Digital Information Systems– Health Informatics: prepares students to understand the expanding role of information
technology (IT) in health care and to participate in creating IT solutions to health care issues.
– Informatics– Information and Computer Science– Statistics
* Some minor requirements may be fulfilled by the Bren ICS student’s major requirements. Some major/minor combinations are restricted .
Three: Curricular Diversity
Informatics
Computer Science
Computer Scienceand Engineering
People,Organizations
Circuits,Devices
Information and Computer Science
Software Engineering
EntertainmentArts Commerce
Computer Game Science Business InformationManagement
• Introductory programming courses assume no prior knowledge or experience Paired programming Lab tutors (FREE) and small group tutoring at LARC (Fee)
• First Year Seminar for New Students
• Academic counselors and peer advisors 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 Weekly drop-in hours Hosts faculty/student mixers
Five: Committed to Student Success
Six: Project-Based Learning
Seven: Industry Contacts
Eight: 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 of Labor Statistics, “The 30 fastest-growing occupations, 2006-2016”2 UCI Career Center Graduating Senior Survey, 2007-08
Nine: Faculty Excellence & Accessibility
Ten: Student Community & Diversity
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
• Applicants can get responses and different perspectives:– Academic counselors/peer advisors:
• [email protected]• 949-824-5156 (M-F 8-5)
– Faculty:• Tony Givargis, Associate Dean for Student Affairs• [email protected]
Questions?
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