CSE Undergrad News

Teaching Schedule for 17-18

For those who are interested, the tentative teaching schedule is up for next year, 2017-2018 courses.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/time-sched

This is always subject to change, but it’s our current best guess at what will be offered next year.

CSE 446 news

*Please note that Math 308 is now a required prerequisite course for CSE 446.  While the system will still allow you to register for the course this fall without math 308, you will be expected to have that knowledge going into the course. If you have questions or concerns about this, please contact us at ugrad-advisor@cs.uw.edu

CSE Advising

Hello CSE undergrads!

We are excited to announce our first-ever Paul G. Allen School Spring Poster Session! All students who have participated in any capstone or project courses this year are encouraged to apply to present their posters.

The Event

The 2017 Allen School undergraduate poster session will be held on Thursday, June 8th, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Atrium. The poster session is open to all BS and BS/MS students who participated in a capstone course (such as 475 and 481) or project course (such as 440 and 446) during the 2016-17 academic year.

This will be a more formal event, with high profile CSE alumni and friends coming to view your work. Attendance will be by invitation only. Presenting students are welcome to bring family members, as it will be the day before our CSE commencement ceremony.

Because space is limited, there is a short application process. Student posters will be selected based on various factors including the quality of the abstract in the application, the likely interests of the Allen School alumni/friends visiting, and our goal to present a wide range of ‘cool’ projects from multiple courses.

Why participate?

1. There will be a prize! A panel of judges in attendance will vote on the 2017 Project of the Year. Presenters of the winning poster, in addition to all the kudos associated with being the first-ever awardees, will receive $1,000 to split among the group.

2. You can have another chance to show off that project you have worked so hard on. Presenters will get to meet and talk about their projects to smart, talented friends of CSE.

The Details

• At least one member of the team must be at the poster session to represent the poster.
• At least one member of the team who will be present at the event must be enrolled as a CS, CE, or CSEM student.
• Fall 2016, Winter 2017, and Spring 2017 capstone and poster project courses are all eligible to participate.

Application Process

Fill out this short form: https://goo.gl/forms/9aMhTLGdqPQp5HYB2

Applications are due by end of day on May 7^th

Presenters will be notified by May 12^th.

Questions? email jenifer@cs.uw.edu

Dear CSE students,

We hope your spring quarter is going well.  The Allen School is committed to ensuring that our students have the best possible experience here at the UW — both within and outside the classroom.  You can help us help you by completing the Student Experience at the Research University (SERU) survey.  You should have received an invitation to participate, but we are making this special request on behalf of CSE

The SERU is your chance to tell UW how things are going so that we might improve the UW experience for you and future students.  As a thank you, all students who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing for one of twenty $50 UW Book Store gift cards, one of twenty $50 Amazon gift cards, or one of six $250 prepaid Visa cards.

If you have already completed the SERU, thank you!  Otherwise, you can access the survey here.

Additionally, if you are a graduating senior, please make sure you have filled out the CSE student survey that directly relates to what the Allen School can do to improve in the future. You can access that link through your MyCSE portal.  Once you apply to graduate the link will be on the main page in Red at the top right when you enter the MyCSE portal.

Thank you!

CSE Advising

Hello, CSE majors! If you’re interested in helping students and working with the CSE Advising team, consider applying to be a 2017-18 Peer Adviser: Full position description here.

In brief: The CSE Peer Advisers work 5-10 hours per week during the quarter. They counsel individual students, present information, and help with occasional events; meet with high school students (and families), current UW pre-major students, and CSE majors; and discuss academic planning, what computer science/engineering is, CSE admissions, how to prep for industry, and how to connect with opportunities.  Our Peer Advisers bring the incredibly valuable expertise of actually studying computer science or engineering — something none of our professional advisers has done. 🙂

Hiring details:

Application open now, closing Monday May 1

Start date: Autumn quarter 2017, preferably for the full year but dates are negotiable
Training should take place in Spring and Summer 2017; exact dates are flexible  

To apply: Complete the online application here and send a resume to jenifer@cs.uw.edu

Questions: Contact Jenifer about hiring logistics or advising in general, or contact current Peer Advisers Riley and Mari about their experience in this position.

A few spring quarter notes for everyone:

1. Welcome back! We hope you had a nice, restful (perhaps too quick) spring break and are ready for one last run through the quarter.
2. If you are still trying to get into a full CSE course, please attend the first day, put your name on the overload request form, and then wait with patience. Unless your situation is highly unusual, showing up to dropins this week won’t be helpful. You just need to wait.  We will try to have all decisions made by Friday.
3. If you don’t have ANY CSE courses yet, please put that note on the overload request form.
4. If you are planning to graduate this spring and have NOT applied yet, you have until the 3rd Friday of this quarter to submit your final paperwork.
5. If you plan to graduate in fall or winter, you should apply to graduate by May 4th, 2017 if you want graduating senior priority status for fall and winter next year.
6. If you have to email the advisors about a section switch or anything course registration related: please include your student number, full name and the sln’s of the lecture and section in question

Thank you!

CSE Advising: Crystal, Raven, Jenifer, Maggie and Chloe

There are a bunch of new CSE admits who are starting the major next week and who could really use your wisdom. If you have been in the major for more than a quarter and have a few hours next Wednesday afternoon to help out, or if you don’t but would still like to be a resource for new students, we could really use your help!

CSE Advising

5. Any additional capstone space will open up on 2/21.

Important announcements about registration:

First, ALL CE students and any CS wanting to take hardware courses, please note that CSE 369 will not be offered this *fall* quarter, so you should plan to take it by spring if you need EE 371 or other hardware courses before next spring.

Second, here is the proposed lineup for summer quarter:

142
143
373
331
332
333
344

And finally, we’re going to hope to have the fall proposed ugrad course schedule out by the time spring quarter starts, but for now, you can just look at past years and make your best guess as to what will be offered since we try to keep things similar year to year.