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Welcome to Discover UCI 2012

Welcome to Discover UCI 2012. Why UCI?. Diana Tien Undergraduate Counselor. Computers and technology are everywhere. Interdisciplinary Education. Medicine: Imaging. Humanities: Data Mining. Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling. Art, Education, & Social Ecology.

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Welcome to Discover UCI 2012

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  1. Welcome toDiscover UCI 2012 Why UCI? Diana Tien Undergraduate Counselor

  2. Computers and technology are everywhere

  3. Interdisciplinary Education Medicine: Imaging Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling Art, Education, & Social Ecology

  4. Only School of Computing in the UC * UCIRVINE UCIrvine

  5. 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)

  6. 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

  7. Project-BasedLearning

  8. 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)

  9. Corporate Connections

  10. Faculty Excellence &Accessibility

  11. 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)

  12. Building a Diverse Community Women in Computer Sciences (WICS) SAGE Scholars WICS/Girls Inc. EcoRaft Demo

  13. Student Life Bren Brawl: Friendly competition among student gamers Bren:ICS students at UCI Leadership Conference ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night Student Showcase 2011 participants ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing Alumni Night

  14. Get prompt responses and different perspectives: Academic counselors/peer advisors: ucounsel@uci.edu 949-824-5156 (M-F8-5) Faculty: Tony Givargis Associate Dean for Student Affairs adsa@ics.uci.edu Questions?

  15. Follow Us • Facebook.com/UCIBrenICS • Twitter.com/UCIBrenICS

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