1. Seminar CSCE 481
Dr. Scott Schaefer

2. Staff Instructor Dr. Scott Schaefer HRBB 527B
Office Hours: 3:45pm-4:45pm T/R
(or by appointment)
TAs
Raniero Lara-garduno
Aqib Bhat
Vijaya Singh
Karl Ott

3. Websites
Course Page

4. Unlike most classes… no theory
Goals
Unlike most classes… no theory
Attempt to prepare you for life after TAMU
Very applied, practical
Introduce you to CS/CE outside classroom
Satisfy W requirement

5. Assignments
Resume Assignment – 1/23
Long Writing Assignment 1 – 2/6
Culture Assignment 1 – 2/13
Long Writing Assignment 2 – 3/1
Culture Assignment 2 – 3/10
Long Writing Assignment 3 – 4/3
Culture Assignment 3 – 4/17

6. Grading
If ( All Short Writing Assignments Submitted && AVG(Short Writing Scores) >= 7 && All Long Writing Assignments Submitted && AVG(Long Writing Scores) >= 70% && Attended Classes (excluding this class) >=13 && Submitted 1+ revisions of a long assignment) then GRADE=‘A’ else GRADE=‘F’

7. Company Talks Several companies spanning wide variety of fields
Be respectful. Pay attention. No electronics.
me questions 1+ week prior to company visit with any questions you want company to answer while here. (I will moderate the list… no company secrets, etc…)

8. Company Talks
2/7 – Pariveda – Consulting
2/9 – National Instruments – CE/EE/Software
2/16 – Capital One – Financial Services
2/21 – Phillips 66 – Oil & Gas
2/28 – Two Sigma – Hedge Fund/Data Analytics