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On-Campus Recruitment

On-Campus Recruitment. Dr. Daisy Sang Graduate Coordinator, MSCS May 21, 2007. Outline. MSCS Graduate Program Admission Requirements Application Procedures Experience Sharing Individual Admission Advising. Program Status. Total 47 Graduate Students Unconditional: 43, Conditional: 4

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On-Campus Recruitment

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  1. On-Campus Recruitment Dr. Daisy Sang Graduate Coordinator, MSCS May 21, 2007

  2. Outline • MSCS Graduate Program • Admission Requirements • Application Procedures • Experience Sharing • Individual Admission Advising

  3. Program Status • Total 47 Graduate Students • Unconditional: 43, Conditional: 4 • 8-Year Data Accepted Entered Graduated 1999-00 33 22 6 2000-01 24 14 5 2001-02 42 28 4 2002-03 57 35 12 2003-04 44 34 8 2004-05 41 22 17 2005-06 24 12 14 2006-07 32 19 9+

  4. Data on Graduate Programs – CPP • F05 • 6.3% of students are graduate students (gs=1221, ugs=18010) • 30% of graduate students are full time (ftgs=366, gs=1221) • Sources of graduate students, 2004-06 • CPP: 39.2% • Other Cal State Campuses: 17.2% • UC Campuses: 15%

  5. Data on Graduate Programs – CS • In Computer Science, 2004-06 • 36.4% of students from CPP (architecture 4.8%, electrical engineering 71.6%) • Undergraduate GPA 3.16 (psychology 3.34, chemistry 2.75) • 2.7 years to degree (psychology 1.73 years, architecture 3.52 years)

  6. Graduate Curriculum • Required (21 units) – advanced computer architecture, algorithms, software engineering, graduate seminar, and thesis • Electives (24 units) – artificial intelligence, robotics, networking and distributed computing, database, software testing, bioinformatics, secure communication, computer graphics, game programming, and others • Total Units: 45

  7. Two Stages of Graduate Studies • Courses • Purpose: learn core knowledge and the latest CS research • Nine 4-unit courses (3 required, 6 electives) • One 2-unit graduate seminar • Thesis • Purpose: learn and demonstrate ability to identify, formulate, and solve problems within discipline • 3-unit directed study • 4-unit master’s thesis

  8. CS Faculty • 14 tenured and tenure-track faculty members • Majority faculty members are looking forward to working with graduate students and supervise independent studies and theses • A good number of publications are joint work of graduate students and faculty

  9. Facility • Instructional labs • PC lab and software engineering lab • Research areas • Intelligent Robotics lab • Network lab • Limited space for graduate research • Building 3 new labs • Graduate research lab • Another instructional lab

  10. Admission Requirements • Unconditional admission • BS in CS or closely related field • Major GPA 3.0 or better • 3.0 GPA on 15 prerequisites • Conditional admission • BS degree with GPA 2.8 or better • 3.0 GPA on 5 CS/Math Courses • CS 130, 210, 241, 264, and Math 214. • Need to take a list of CS/Math upper-division courses • Details:see program web site at http://www.csupomona.edu/~cs/ms/admission_07.shtml

  11. Application Procedures • Apply online through CSU Mentor • $55 application fee • Mail two sets of official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended • Have your TOEFL (if relevant) score sent directly from ETS to Cal Poly • Letters of recommendation are optional

  12. Other Useful Information • Available at MSCS web page http://www.csupomona.edu/~cs/ms • Planned Course offerings • Faculty Research Interests • Graduate Student Accomplishments • A list of Past Thesis Titles • Handbook (rules and policies) • Online Forms and Instructions • News & Announcements (scholarships, job opportunities, thesis defenses schedule)

  13. MSCS Web Site • Message from Dean Straney (1/8/07): “Don Hoyt recently surveyed the various departmental web sites to evaluate how well they present information on graduate programs. Of yours, he wrote me that “this website has exceptional information.” Congratulations!!”

  14. What’s New … • Graduate Differential Fees • For recruitment, retention, and program quality improvements • Based on the number of students enrolled • Activities: • scholarships, research awards, mini-grant • support development of online or hybrid online courses • establish a graduate student club • On Campus Job Opportunities • Lecturers, graduate assistant, lab tutors, graders

  15. Experience Sharing Alumnus: Paul Kudrle Graduate Students: Daijing Chen Mangesh Jolly Nishant Limbachiya Navyatha Mungamuru Bao Ngo Zack Ramjan

  16. Background and FAQ • Your name? • How long have you been here? • Your undergraduate degree? Where from? • Why graduate program? • advanced knowledge, pay increase, promotion, new job or profession, others • Why Cal Poly? • location, reputation, curriculum, cost, others • Difficulties encountered? How you solved them? • Advice to undergraduate students? • Strengths and weaknesses of our program?

  17. Questions

  18. Open Discussion Talk to professors, alumni, and other graduate students in groups

  19. Thank you! • Please visit MSCS web page at http://www.csupomona.edu/~cs/ms • Any comments and suggestions, please feel free to contact me at fcsang@csupomona.edu

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