| CS Department Guide For Freshmen | March 15, 2005 |
We have talked about producing an unofficial guide for freshman computer science students produced by the ACM. Hopefully, this guide would contain information about the department and major that, until now, has only been available through word-of-mouth and personal experience. The goal of the guide would be to welcome freshman to the department, encourage involvement, and make their introduction to computer science as painless as possible.
Some ideas for what to include for the guide include
- descriptions of classes and professors written by students containing information that may not be available through course evaluations
- description of the different labs and research opportunities available for students
- an introduction to the world of computer science TAing
- descriptions of resources available to CS students, like the ACM, WUGS, and how to find Ms. PacMan
- an introduction ot basic computing skills that CS majors will need, like using unix, SSH, Pine and HTML
However, we're looking for input from as many students and professors as possible. The more people involved the better. If you have an idea for something that should be included or would like to contribute to the booklet in any way, please leave a comment to this post.
Our goal is to make this available for freshman next Fall.