Donald Bren School of Information
and Computer Sciences
Academic
Information Session
Neha Rawal
Associate Director, ICS Student Affairs
Computers and technology are
everywhere
Interdisciplinary Education
Medicine: Imaging
Humanities: Data Mining
Biological & Physical
Sciences: Modeling
Art, Education, &
Social Ecology
Only School of Computing in the UC
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Quick Facts about ICS
• Founded in 1968 as Department of
Information and Computer Science
• Established in 2002 as an independent
school
• Only computing-focused school in UC
system
• Three departments:
– Computer Science
– Informatics
– Statistics
Corporate Connections
Curricular Diversity
• 6 Majors
– Business Information Management
(with The Paul Merage School of Business)
– Computer Game Science
– Computer Science
– Computer Science and Engineering
(with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering)
– Informatics
– Software Engineering
• 6 Minors (some major and minor combinations are restricted)
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Bioinformatics
Digital Information Systems
Health Informatics
Informatics
Information and Computer Science
Statistics
Curricular Diversity
UCI offers choices galore!
• 80 majors and 66 minors to date
• Freshmen 1-unit seminars (limited to 15 students), such as:
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Sports & Statistics (ICS Dean Hal Stern, instructor),
DIY Electonics (Prof. Ian Harris, instructor),
Games for Learning, (Prof. Mark Warschauer, instructor)
Big Bang Theory
• UTeach Program seminars: Where Students Become the
Teacher, topics include:
– How 2 Solve Puzzlers (ICS Peer Advisor Igii Enverga, student instructor,
and Bren Professor Mike Goodrich, faculty advisor),
– Science & Craft of Coffee,
– Harry Potter Muggle Culture
• Education Abroad Program
Project-Based Learning
• Bachelors of Science
degrees
• Some majors have two
quarter to one-year
long senior-design
project courses
• CGS, CSE, INF, SE
• Other majors allow
students to select their
project courses from
an extensive list of
options
• CS
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,
such as:
– Summer Undergraduate Research
Program
– Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship in Information
Technology (SURF-IT)
Faculty Excellence & Accessibility
Committed to Student Success
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Engaged and accessible faculty
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Academic counseling staff
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FREE workshops/tutoring & fee-based tutoring
Math, Physics, and Chemistry Departments
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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)
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Weekly office hours by faculty and course TAs
Associate Dean hosts weekly drop-in hours
FREE drop-in tutoring
ICS Tutoring
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Peer to peer (fee based)
Building a Diverse Community
Women in Information and Computer Sciences
(WICS)
WICS/Girls Inc.
SAGE Scholars
EcoRaft Demo
Student Life
Bren:ICS students at UCI
Leadership Conference
Bren Brawl: Friendly
competition among student
gamers
ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing
Alumni Night
ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night
Student Showcase participants
QUESTIONS?
Get prompt 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