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1 Welcome to the Bren School of ICS Diana Tien Undergraduate Counselor ICS Student Affairs

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3 One: The Flagship School! * UCI RVINE UCIrvine

4 Two: Interdisciplinary Education Exploring the intersection of computing and IT with other disciplines leads to: Courses at the cutting edge of inquiry and research Technological advances that improve quality of life Global market competitiveness Medicine: Imaging Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling Art, Education, & Social Ecology

5 Three: Curricular Diversity Informatics Computer Science Computer Science and Engineering People, Organizations Circuits, Devices Information and Computer Science Software Engineering Entertainment Arts Commerce Computer Game Science Business Information Management

6 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 Four: Committed to Student Success

7 Five: Project-Based Learning

8 Six: Industry Contacts

9 Seven: Employment Prospects Job opportunities 1 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 1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The 30 fastest-growing occupations, 2006-2016” 2 UCI Career Center Graduating Senior Survey, 2007-08

10 Eight: Faculty Excellence & Accessibility

11 Nine: 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 UCI Leadership Conference

12 Applicants can get 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 Questions?

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