CSC 100 Orientation to Computer Science (at UNCW) Dr. Karl Ricanek

Click to edit Master title styleWelcome! Why are you here? –Required for CSC Majors and Minors –Other courses you should take now (or really, really soon): CSC 121, CSC 133, MAT 161 What will we do? How will you be graded?

Click to edit Master title style Am I Making the Right Decision? Is Computer Science a good major from –An economic standpoint? –A quality of life standpoint? Am I going to find anything interesting in Computer Science?

Click to edit Master title style Here are the top starting salaries for June 2006 college graduates by major. $56,269 Chemical Engineering $53,096 Computer Engineering $53,500 Electrical Engineering $51,808 Mechanical Engineering $50,744 Computer Science $47,182 Information Science $45,391 Management Information Systems $44,928 Accounting $41,115 Business Administration $37,191 Marketing $32,870 Liberal Arts $30,369 Psychology Source: naceweb.org Computer Science Majors’ Starting Salaries Are Among the Top 5 of All Majors (2006)

Click to edit Master title style Computer Science Majors’ Starting Salaries Are Among the Top 5 of All Majors (2007) Here are the top starting salaries for Summer 2007 college graduates by major. MajorOffer Chemical Engineering$59,361 Computer Engineering$56,201 Electrical Engineering$55,292 Mechanical Engineering$54,128 Computer Science$53,396 Civil Engineering$48,509 Economics$48,483 Management of Info. Systems$47,648 Finance$47,239 Accounting$46,718 Business Admin/Mgmt$43,701 Marketing$40,161 Political Science/Government$34,590 History$33,768 English$32,553 Sociology$32,033 Psychology$31,631

Click to edit Master title style Computer Science Majors’ Starting Salaries is Number Two of All Majors (2008) Here are the top starting salaries for Summer 2008 college graduates by major. MajorOffer Chemical Engineering$63,165 Computer Science$60, % growth Mechanical Engineering$57,009 Electrical Engineering$56,910 Management of Info. Systems$52,418 Civil Engineering$51,632 Economics$50,507 Finance$48,547 Accounting$48,085 Business Admin/Mgmt$45,915 Marketing$42,053 English$34,327 Sociology$34,796 Psychology$33,564

Click to edit Master title styleJobs in a RECESSION The 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs Overall ( ) Thursday, Nov http:// 1. Computer Systems Analysts 2. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts 3. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 4. Registered Nurses 5. Teachers, Postsecondary

Click to edit Master title style Money Isn’t Everything -- Computer Science Jobs Rated As Some of the Best Jobs How did Money magazine rate jobs? –Compensation –Stress levels –Flexibility in hours and working environment –Creativity –How easy it is to enter and advance and the field –Percentage growth in number of jobs

Click to edit Master title styleOff-shoring?

Click to edit Master title style Bill Gates Testifies Before Congress During Spring Break Why? –The U.S. has a cap of 65,000 on the number of work visas issued for foreign workers with high-tech skills

Click to edit Master title style Bill Gates Testifies Before Congress During Spring Break Some in the tech industry want the cap to be raised to 195,000. What does Bill Gates say? –“ … I don't think there should be any limit."

Click to edit Master title style What is Computer Science?

Click to edit Master title style Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Graphics Human-Computer Interaction Scientific Computing Programming Languages Compilers Operating Systems Networks Software Engineering Theory/Algorithms CS Education Databases Discrete Math Logic Calculus Computer Ethics Problem Solving Operating Systems Scientific Method Statistics Comp. Organization Hardware Object-Oriented Design Programming Data Structures THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Social and Prof. Issues

Click to edit Master title style Computational Biology Computational Chemistry Bioinformatics

Click to edit Master title style Digital Arts Computer Animation Computer Graphics

Click to edit Master title style Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mobile Computing

Click to edit Master title style Face Recognition and Biometrics

Click to edit Master title styleRobots in Education mpkinsj/sumoXwings.htmlhttp:// mpkinsj/sumoXwings.html

Click to edit Master title style Ongoing Research Projects Virtual Reality Parallel Algorithms Biometrics & Photorealistic Aging Computer-Brain Interfaces Podcasting, Blogs, and Education Robotics Mobile Computing & iPhone Development Computer Education with ALICE Natural language processing

Click to edit Master title style The Computer Science Major at UNCW. One track: Option 1 (Systems) Computer Science Generalist (analogous to a GP in medicine) Another track: Option 2 (Applied) –Study core computer science foundations Business Concentration Biology Concentration Chemistry Concentration Digital Art Concentration Statistics Concentration Future options? –Geographic information systems (GIS)

Click to edit Master title style Why Do We Make You Take 1 Year of the Calculus? MAT : Calculus with Analytical Geometry

Click to edit Master title style Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Graphics Human-Computer Interaction Scientific Computing Programming Languages Compilers Operating Systems Networks Software Engineering Theory/Algorithms CS Education Databases Discrete Math Logic Calculus Computer Ethics Problem Solving Operating Systems Scientific Method Statistics Comp. Organization Hardware Object-Oriented Design Programming Data Structures THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Social and Prof. Issues

Click to edit Master title style But that’s not the only math you’ll take …. CSC 133: Discrete Math –Logic –Proofs –Set theory –Trees –Combinatorics

Click to edit Master title style Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Graphics Human-Computer Interaction Scientific Computing Programming Languages Compilers Operating Systems Networks Software Engineering Theory/Algorithms CS Education Databases Discrete Math Logic Calculus Computer Ethics Problem Solving Operating Systems Scientific Method Statistics Comp. Organization Hardware Object-Oriented Design Programming Data Structures THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Social and Prof. Issues

Click to edit Master title style Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Graphics Human-Computer Interaction Scientific Computing Programming Languages Compilers Operating Systems Networks Software Engineering Theory/Algorithms CS Education Databases Discrete Math Logic Calculus Computer Ethics Problem Solving Operating Systems Scientific Method Statistics Comp. Organization Hardware Object-Oriented Design Programming Data Structures THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Social and Prof. Issues

Click to edit Master title style… and Statistics STT 215 (or QMM 280) –You can’t read about science without statistics –You can’t do science without statistics

Click to edit Master title styleThe Programming Sequence CSC 121 – CSC 221 – CSC 332 –Why Java? –Why Object-Oriented? –What about other languages?

Click to edit Master title style CSC 242: Digital Logic, Computer Organization and Assembly Language What is the computer doing when you give it a command? Why is this important to know?

Click to edit Master title style The Previous Courses Are All Shared by Option 1 and Option 2 CSC 100 CSC 121 CSC 133 CSC 221 CSC 242 CSC 332

Click to edit Master title style Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Graphics Human-Computer Interaction Scientific Computing Programming Languages Compilers Operating Systems Networks Software Engineering Theory/Algorithms CS Education Databases Discrete Math Logic Calculus Computer Ethics Problem Solving Operating Systems Scientific Method Statistics Comp. Organization Hardware Object-Oriented Design Programming Data Structures THE TREE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Social and Prof. Issues Data Structures CSC 332 This is a gateway course into (almost) all 300 and 400-level courses Why? What are data structures?

Click to edit Master title style Other Common Required Courses Shared by Option 1 and Option 2 CSC 360: Formal Languages and Computability CSC 434: Programming Languages CSC 450: Software Engineering CSC 455: Database Management

Click to edit Master title styleThe Divergence What does Option 1 prepare you for? What does Option 2 prepare you for?

Click to edit Master title styleOption 1 Required CSC 340: Scientific Computing CSC 342: Operating Systems CSC 385: Professional and Ethical Issues in Computer Science 9 additional CSC hours at 300, 400 level Plus 1 Year of Laboratory Science (Physics, Biology, or Chemistry) Plus an additional course in another science

Click to edit Master title styleOption 2 CSC 344: Computer Networks 6 additional hours of CSC at 300, 400 level –Business: ACG 201, ACG 203, ECN 221, ECN 222, FIN 335, MGT 350, MKT 340 –Biology: Complete minor requirements –Chemistry: Complete minor requirements –Digital Arts: Complete minor requirements –Statistics: Complete minor requirements

Click to edit Master title styleThe Minors IT Minor Digital Arts Minor Computer Science Minor

Click to edit Master title style Information Technology Minor Core (12 hours) –CSC 110 –One of 112, 121, MIS 216 –LIB 103 –Any 3 credit 200+ level course in CSC or MIS Electives (6 hours, at least 3 hours at 300+ level) –Any 200+ level course in CSC or MIS –ART/FST 220; ART/FST 320; CHM 425; COM 260; CRW 319; EDN 303, 416; ENG 204, 314, 319; FST 201, 395, 497; GGY 224, 422, 424; MUS 110; PAR 110, 218; SOC 303

Click to edit Master title styleDigital Arts Minor Core (18 hours): –Art 101 –Art 260 –One of CSC 112 or 121; –CSC 204 –CSC/ART/FST 220 –COM 280 Electives (6 hours, 3 of which at 300+) –CSC 255, 320, 370, 421, 475, 491; ART 280, 311, 312, 320, 339, 341, 343, 360, 411, 412, 475, 491, 495; COM 160, 211, 260, 365, 380, 385, 460, 480, 489, 491; CRW 210; MUS 110, 210, 310, 491; THR 211, 305, 411

Click to edit Master title styleCSC Minor Core: –CSC 100 –CSC 121 –CSC 133 –CSC 221 –CSC 332 Electives –3 hours at 200+ level in CSC –3 hours at 300+ level in CSC

Click to edit Master title styleFor Next Week Dr. Ron Vetter will discuss mobile computing and entrepreneurship You should –Read the Undergraduate Catalog entry pertaining to Computer Science (including course descriptions) –Visit the ACM website. In particular the Computing Careers portion of their website. Then –Read up on Dr. Vetter’s work with mobile computing –Homework will be given via Blackboard

Click to edit Master title styleYour turn Ask me questions –Graduate School –Jobs –Majors, minors –Difference between MIS and CSC

Click to edit Master title style My name is Dr. Karl Ricanek Feel free to contact me if you ever have any questions. –CIS 2042  The best way to way – Our web page: Thank you!