20042005 Second Year Induction Ulrich Berger Second Year

2004/2005 Second Year Induction Ulrich Berger Second Year Head * *Thanks to Professor Chen (2 nd year head 2003/4) for giving permission to use material from his slides

What is this new building?

Digital Technium IT Network Wales Computer Science Research Laboratories

Outline l Academic l Second Year Study l Lectures l Cases Structure and Coursework Studies l Student Representatives

Academic Structure (A) Dean Head of Department Director of Teaching Year Head Tutors

Academic Structure (B) Head of PG Studies Director of Research Assessment Examinations Student-Staff Committee

Academic Structure (C) l Mrs Jill Edwards (Main Secretary) l Mrs Sarah Fenn (Secr, Stud enqu) l Mrs Sue Phillips (Finances) l Mrs Julie Pellard (Technician) l Mr Geraint Howell (T) l Mr Andrew Richards (T) l Mr Paul Roberts-Davies (T) l Mrs Beti Williams (IT Wales)

Second Year Study (A) l Study is HARDER l Life is MORE EXCITING

Second Year Study (B) Computer Graphics I System Specification Database Systems Functional Programming I Data Comm. & Comp. Net. Operating Systems Software Laboratory practice Compilers Object Technology Theory of Prog. Languages Algorithms & Complexity Computability Theory theory

Second Year Study (C) l Lectures l Coursework (incl Group Project) l Tutorials l Books and Notes l Revision and Past Papers l Examinations l Think of 3 rd Year Project now!

Lectures & Coursework (D) l Reasons n for NOT attending lectures …… l Reasons for attending lectures Understanding as well as Awareness n Collecting and Correcting Notes n Reflecting one’s Effort in Study n

Lectures & Coursework (E) l Reasons n for NOT doing coursework …… l Reasons for doing coursework It counts towards examinations n It assists in one’s learning process and helps examinations n It reflects one’s effort in study n

Second Year Study (F) l (1/3) Level 2 + (2/3) Level 3 l minimum l no 80 credits (out of 120) marks are less than 20% l For a complete set of rules, see 2004/2005 Course Handbook

Case Studies (A) l Student A Year One: 40. 50% Average n Year Two: 65. 25% Average n Year Three: 69. 52% Average n 2(I) Honours Degree n A key software personnel in a medium-sized software company n

Case Studies (B) l Student B Year One: 60. 00% Average n Year Two: 66. 42% Average n Year Three: 73. 28% Average n First Class Honours Degree n WDA Prize Winner / UK Award Runner-up n Set up Own Software Company n

Case Studies (C) l Student C Year One: 68% Average n Year Two: 62. 5% Average n Year Three: 74% Average n First Class Honours Degree n WDA overall Prize Winner n Ph. D n

Welcome Again l Welcome to your second year l Wish you all progressing into your third year in June 2005 l Please elect your representatives