 Welcome to the Computer Science and Engineering Division of EECS. We are so excited you decided to declare with us today. The fast rate of innovation in computer technologies has created many new and exciting opportunities for students with undergraduate degrees in our department. We look forward to working with you for your major declaration. In order to complete the final step of declaration, please be sure to fill out the CSE Declaration Request Form that is linked in the description of this video. And thank you for taking a moment to watch this video in advance. This video will review course planning tools, your curriculum requirements and several campus resources that will support your success in our program. There are also many people in the CSE UAO or undergraduate advising office here to help. This includes both staff and faculty advisors available for scheduled advising appointments as well as virtual drop-in advising. We are located at 2808 Byster Building and you'll be hearing from some of our staff advisors throughout this video today and in your major declaration session. Let's get started with course planning tools. Please take a moment to open and bookmark the links emailed to you which are also provided in the video description below. The LSA Course Guide, Engineering Bulletin, and Course Profile Atlas will all be helpful to reference as you plan your courses each semester. The Degree Audit Report is also an important document which allows students to monitor their individual progress toward graduation. You can access this information through Wolverine Access. Log in and select Student Business to find the Student Center tile. Next, click on My Academics and then View My Advisement Report to generate an updated version of your Degree Audit Report, also called your DAR. This should allow you to track your progress in each requirement section which my colleague will review in more detail now. We will start by reviewing what is referred to as your Common Engineering Requirements. You likely review these requirements with your Engineering Advising Center advisor and will have already made progress in this portion of your degree. Students are required to complete a series of calculus, science, and engineering courses. Students will complete between 36 and 39 credits in total. These courses are required for all College of Engineering students but will have some variations depending on the major you declare. CSNG students are required to receive a C or better in all Common Engineering courses. You are also required to take Math 214, Applied Linear Algebra, or some equivalent course. If you'd like to discuss alternative options, we invite you to talk to an advisor. Intellectual Breath Your Intellectual Breath requirement is made up of at least 16 total credits of Liberal Arts courses, commonly referred to as LACs. To learn more about courses that qualify as LACs, we encourage you to review the definition in the Engineering Bulletin. Within those 16 credits, you are required to complete at least three credits of Humanities and at least three credits of a 300 level or higher LAC course. Some students are able to satisfy these specific requirements with just one class. You are also able to complete up to four credits of Professional or Creative Development courses, also known as PCDC, for this requirement, but PCDC courses are optional. General Requirements There are some general requirements that all College of Engineering students must complete in order to graduate. You must have completed at least 50 credits at the U of M Ann Arbor campus. This includes remote semesters during the COVID semesters. Your cumulative and program GPAs must be a 2.0 or higher. You must complete a minimum of 128 credits. And while completing coursework at U of M, you have the option to take up to 14 credits past fail outside of COVID semesters and use them toward your degree. The only courses that can be taken past fail are your General Elective and Intellectual Breath courses. You are not able to take more than two courses per term past fail. The Computer Science and Engineering major requirements include completing a minimum of 58 credits. This does not include prerequisites. All major required courses must be taken for a letter grade and students must receive a C or better to satisfy the major requirements. In order to declare a major in CSN, you must, one, be a College of Engineering student. Two, have completed at least one full term at U of M and Arbor. Three, have an overall U of M GPA of 2.0 or better in courses taken at U of M. Four, be in good academic standing. And five, completed or earned credit by exam or transfer for at least one course in each of these categories. Category one is Calculus, so Math 115 or 116. Category two is Calculus-based physics lectures like Physics 140 or 160 or Chemistry lectures like Chem 130. And Category three is Required Engineering courses like Engine 100, 101, or 151. The program's major core requirements include X203, X280, X281, X370, X376, and Statistics. There are multiple ways to satisfy the Statistics requirement, which you can find listed under the Program Core section on page two of the CSN program guide and or meet with an advisor if you have additional questions. Students are also required to take an approved major design experience or MDE, which is a capstone design project which is recommended to be taken in one of your final two semesters. In addition to these requirements, CSN's majors need to complete a total of 26 credits of technical electives. At least 16 of these credits must come from an approved upper level CS technical electives courses list and the remaining 10 credits must be from courses designated as flexible technical electives. As a note, any credit you earn in upper level CS or ULCS courses beyond the minimum 16 will count towards your flexible technical electives requirement. The program guide also lists a link on page five under CS flexible technical elective where you can find flex text in other fields that have been approved. We recommend that you consult the approved list of computer science technical electives and major design experience courses on the CSC website prior to registration. Please keep in mind that there are separate lists for the different requirements, so be sure to consult the appropriate elective list. Additionally, on page five of the CS program guide, you will find some major design experience courses listed in bold under upper level CS and CS flexible technical electives. Although under these sections, your MDE requirement is separate from your technical elective requirements and cannot double count or be shared with your 26 required technical elective credits. The computer science engineering major also requires students to take some technical communication and professionalism courses. All students are required to take TECCOM 300, EECS 496 and TECCOM 497. TECCOM 300 is a prerequisite to TECCOM 497. It's important to note that your TECCOM 497 requirement will need to be completed in the same term or after your major design experience course. EECS 496 must be completed in one of your final two semesters and is often taken with TECCOM 497 and your MDE. However, EECS 496 is not required to be taken concurrently with these two courses. General Course Planning Recommendations We'd also like to share some general course planning recommendations with you as newly declared computer science engineering majors. Due to the rigorous nature of computer science courses, we generally recommend taking no more than two for-credit EECS classes per term. It may be possible to take more depending on your individual circumstances, but be sure to consider the workload for each individual course. We suggest using the student time guide and course profile atlas to learn more. It's also important to be aware of add-drop deadlines each term. Remember, you're able to add and drop courses as needed throughout the first three weeks of classes without a W on your transcript. This gives you the opportunity to try out a combination of classes and make any necessary adjustments. A note that if you're interested in studying abroad, you should start thinking about it by the beginning of your schedule accordingly. Once students have declared computer science, the CSE undergraduate advising office, or UAO, will be your home base for advising. We will be the advising staff guiding you through course planning, requirements, and academic assistance as a declared computer science student. Your engineering advising center, or EAC staff, will always be rooting you on and happy to hear your successes. We recommend students connect with advisors in the CSE UAO once a semester to ensure your course sequencing and plans are working towards your academic goals and graduation. And now we will discuss resources to aid your personal and academic success. Michigan's campus offers a variety of resources to support you while pursuing this major. Tutoring is incredibly beneficial in strengthening your understanding of course material and the CSE department offers tutoring options for many EECS classes specifically. There are individual appointments, group sessions, and some free options so you can identify which works best for you. The engineering center for academic success also provides a helpful list of academic resources for engineering students providing support in a variety of subject areas. The Honor Code outlines the standards of ethical conduct for engineering students at the University of Michigan. Students are responsible for reviewing and understanding the policies established in writing for each course at the beginning of this semester. These can vary significantly so it's important to consult your instructor if they are unclear. We take the Honor Code seriously to prevent instances of copied code and plagiarized work. However, we do encourage students to support each other in their education and know that activities such as helping classmates with code debugging are common and near real world industry collaboration. For more information on what constitutes an Honor Code violation, you may consult the Honor Council. Your health and well-being is of the utmost importance and should be your number one priority as a student on campus. The care center is the central hub on campus to assist engineering students by providing genuine and practical support both inside and outside of the classroom. They can help you navigate many of the mental health support resources we have including but not limited to the following. Michigan Engineering CAPS the acronym for Counseling and Psychological Services offers counseling groups for those wishing to explore personal growth and gain awareness to enhance their functioning in personal and academic settings. This is in addition to one-on-one counseling that CAPS offers regularly to help foster emotional well-being. UHS or University Health Services also offers wellness coaching providing a holistic approach that optimizes wellness for student success via a collaborative non-judgmental partnership with a coach. It is important to note that wellness coaching is not therapy and cannot fill in for traditional therapy offered by CAPS or other campus and community resources. Thinking about a holistic approach to wellness and your undergraduate experience we encourage you to explore the student groups and teams offered in CS to get the most of your experience in and outside of the classroom. Research is another great experience to engage in outside of the classroom. We maintain a web page where students can learn more about undergraduate research opportunities in computer science. You can also review the specific CSC research areas page. If you want to learn more for any research area on this page, you'll find a list of faculty doing research in that area with their research website linked. This is a great way to start contacting faculty to express interest in joining their lab or collaborating on independent research. In addition to our support and academic resources, CSC is continually striving to build a more inclusive and supportive environment welcoming people of all identities and backgrounds. These resources to promote inclusion are here to help you find and create a strong sense of community as you navigate your college experience. We appreciate that one of the chief reasons students achieve an undergraduate degree is to prepare them for their future career path. After you declare your major you will likely start more intensive planning for your future after graduation. Students can meet with advisors in Career Resource Center or ECRC for assistance in career development and exploration. You can also attend their career fairs and networking events or access a variety of resources on their website. Thank you for watching CSC's declaration video. Any questions you have can be directed to the CSC Undergraduate Advising Office. We look forward to meeting with you in the future. If you requested to declare your major today we welcome you to the department Go Blue!