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1. Build Your Career Plan Computing and Mathematics Degrees at the University of Houston – Clear Lake

2. What Is Your Vision? • “Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.” -- Bertrand Russell, A British Philosopher University of Houston - Clear Lake

3. The Division of Computing and Mathematics & Division of Engineering at UHCL • Four undergraduate programs: • Computer Science (CS): http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs • Computer Information Systems (CIS): http://sce.uhcl.edu/cis • Mathematics (Math): http://math.uhcl.edu • Computer System Engineering (CSEN): http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page?_pageid=355,924537,355_924560&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTALP University of Houston - Clear Lake

4. Where is UHCL? 2700 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058 University of Houston - Clear Lake

5. Student-Oriented Faculty and Staff University of Houston - Clear Lake

6. Study at UHCL • Faculty dedicated to teaching. • Each student has a faculty advisor. • Small class size. E.g. an average of 13.6 student in undergraduate CS course. • Practical-oriented curriculum with a right balance between theory and application. • Leading edge technologies incorporated into the curriculum in a timely manner to prepare students for the job market. • Excellent computing resources with four major NSF grants. University of Houston - Clear Lake

7. UNILINK • Experience university life while still enrolled as a freshman or sophomore at a community college, for example, San Jacinto. • UHCL student I.D. card. • Junior membership in student organizations. • Access to UHCL academic advisers in intended field of study. • Much more … University of Houston - Clear Lake

8. Texas Scholars in Computer Science Scholarship Program • Visit http://sce.uhcl.edu/tscs/ • For students pursuing a Computer Science Degree at UHCL and/or a Community College (e.g., San Jacinto) participating in the Unilink or 2+2 program with UHCL. • The scholarship funds up to the total amount of tuition and fees per student per year and can be renewed to cover the entire undergraduate studies. University of Houston - Clear Lake

9. UHCL NSF Scholar Program • http://sce.uhcl.edu/nsfcsems/ • For students pursuing a Computer Science Degree at UHCL and/or a Community College participating in the Unilink or 2+2 program with UHCL. • The scholarship funds up to $10,000 per student per year and can be renewed to cover the entire undergraduate study at the University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL). University of Houston - Clear Lake

10. Teaching Quality • We are the first university in Texas that has been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, and Computer Engineering. University of Houston - Clear Lake

11. Study in Computing Field University of Houston - Clear Lake

12. Computer Laboratories • Windows Lab • Unix/Solaris Lab • System Administration Lab • Computer Security Lab University of Houston - Clear Lake

13. The Computer Science Partners University of Houston - Clear Lake

14. Contact Information • UHCL website, http://www.uhcl.edu • CS program chair, Dr. Bun Yue, yue@uhcl.edu • CIS program chair, Dr. Andrew Yang, yang@uhcl.edu • CSEN program chair, Dr. George C. Collins, collins@uhcl.edu • Texas Scholars, Dr. Alfredo Perez-Davila, perezd@uhcl.edu • NSF Scholars, Dr. Sharon Hall and Dr. Bun Yue, perkins@uhcl.edu & yue@uhcl.edu • Academic Advisors, School of science and Computer Engineering, Barbara Coleman and Dorothy Hogg, sceadvising@uhcl.edu, http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page?_pageid=355,376506&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTALP University of Houston - Clear Lake