Welcome to the Bren School of ICS

Diana TienUndergraduate Counselor

ICS Student Affairs

One: The Flagship School!

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Two: Interdisciplinary EducationExploring the intersection of computing and IT withother disciplines leads to:• Courses at the cutting edge of inquiry and research

• Technological advances that improve quality of life

• Global market competitivenessMedicine: Imaging

Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling

Art, Education, & Social Ecology

Three: Curricular Diversity Business Information Management (jointly, with The Paul Merage School of Business)

Computer Science- Biomedical Computing was merged here Students may choose to complete 1 or more of 8 specializations: Algorithms,

Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Information, Intelligent Systems, Networked Systems, Systems and Software, Visual Computing

Computer Science & Engineering (jointly, with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering) Students complete one of 4 tracks: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence,

Graphics/Vision, Parallel and Distributed Computing

Informatics Students complete 1 of 2 specializations: Human-Computer Interaction or

Organizations and Information Technology

ICS Undeclared (Pre-Major for freshmen only)

Software Engineering

Three: Curricular Diversity• Concentrations (available by application to continuing students only)

– Engineering/ICS in the Global Context (study/internship outside of the U.S.)

• Bren ICS Minors*– Bioinformatics: contributes to students' competence in computing applied to biomedical

problems and data, as well as exposing them to the fundamentals of the life sciences from a computer science perspective.

– Digital Information Systems– Health Informatics: prepares students to understand the expanding role of information

technology (IT) in health care and to participate in creating IT solutions to health care issues.

– Informatics– Information and Computer Science– Statistics

* Some minor requirements may be fulfilled by the Bren ICS student’s major requirements. Some major/minor combinations are restricted .

Three: Curricular Diversity

Informatics

Computer Science

Computer Scienceand Engineering

People,Organizations

Circuits,Devices

Information and Computer Science

Software Engineering

EntertainmentArts Commerce

Computer Game Science Business InformationManagement

• Introductory programming courses assume no prior knowledge or experience Paired programming Lab tutors (FREE) and small group tutoring at LARC (Fee)

• First Year Seminar for New Students

• Academic counselors and peer advisors Continuous, from summer orientation to graduation Inform students about programs/opportunities that enhance

learning and build their resumé Guide students to appropriate campus resources

• Associate Dean for Student Affairs Weekly drop-in hours Hosts faculty/student mixers

Five: Committed to Student Success

Six: Project-Based Learning

Seven: Industry Contacts

Eight: Employment Prospects• Job opportunities1 in:

• Network systems and data communications analysts• Computer software engineers, applications• Computer systems analysts• Database administrators• Computer software engineers/systems software

• $trong knowledge and $kill $et:• $61,000 median starting salary for Bren School grads

(vs. $42,900 for UCI grads as a whole)2

1Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The 30 fastest-growing occupations, 2006-2016”2 UCI Career Center Graduating Senior Survey, 2007-08

Nine: Faculty Excellence & Accessibility

Ten: Student Community & Diversity

ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing Alumni Night

Bren Brawl: Friendly competition among student gamers

ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night

Student Showcase 2011 participants

Bren:ICS students at UCILeadership Conference

• Applicants can get 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

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