Welcome to the Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering
at Arizona State University.
Our college houses the undergraduate and graduate
degree programs for engineering, computer
science, and a majority of the technology
programs that are offered at ASU.
This presentation will explore the computer
science degree program.
ASU has 4 campuses in the Phoenix metro area
and the Fulton Schools of Engineering is located
on two of those, the tempe campus and the
polytechnic campus.
The computer science degree program is located
at the Tempe campus, but all campuses are
open to all students regardless of where their
program is located.
We offer a free inter-campus shuttle for our
students so they can explore courses, student
orgs, activities, and resources at any campus.
At Fulton we offer 25 undergraduate degree
programs which provide a lot of choice and
flexibility in finding a program that fits
for you.
We are called the Ira A. Fulton Schools of
Engineering, because we categorize our degree
programs into 6 schools which are organized
by theme and location.
The first 5 schools from left to right are
housed on the Tempe campus and the Polytechnic
school is housed at the Polytechnic campus.
Our computer science students belong to the
school of computing, informatics, and decision
systems engineering which you will see towards
the middle of the infographic.
Each school has its own director, affiliated
faculty, and advising unit to provide greater
support and specific guidance to the students
in that school.
ASU and Fulton have direct admission, meaning
when students apply they apply directly to
the degree program they want to pursue.
As long as a student meets the admissions
criteria for their program of interest, they
are admitted.
It is important to note that some of our degree
programs, including computer science, have
slightly higher admissions criteria than the
general university requirements.
For a comprehensive list of admissions criteria,
you can visit the Fulton engineering website
at engineering.asu.edu.
Students in the computer science program are
located at the Tempe campus, which is both
their academic and residential home.
First year freshmen are expected to live on
campus their first year and our computer science
students are currently registering for housing
in the Tooker House.
Tooker house is the residential hall for all
of the engineering disciplines and we are
also expanding to University House for the
2020-2021 academic year.
Students that are a part of Barrett, the Honors
College live in Barrett housing, but are given
the opportunity to live on an engineering
specific floor if they choose.
Computer science is about learning how computers
function, from foundational circuitry and
logic gates, to CPUs, assembly language, and
operating systems.
Computer scientists develop systems and software
for a range of applications, such as networking,
gaming, artificial intelligence, and security.
Computer scientists work in a variety of capacities,
ranging from computer and software design
to the development of information technologies.
Their jobs are often distinguished by the
high level of theoretical expertise they apply
to solving complex problems and the creation
and application of new technologies.
There's a strong theoretical foundation built
in this program.
Computer science graduates excel in systems
and software development, as well as in designing
effective computing solutions for emerging
and challenging problems in modern society.
The guiding document for all majors is called
the major map.
This document can be found online on the CIDSE
website.
But, what you see on the slide is a simplified
version that shows you what courses you would
take in the suggested order you would take
them.
Students in compute science begin with calculus
and a course on the principles of programming
Java.
The second year in this program involves further
coursework in programming languages, as well
as data structures and algorithms.
Your junior and senior year is when you dive
deeper into upper division coursework, like
computing ethics, operating systems, theoretical
computer science, all while further developing
advanced mathematics.
Your senior year includes upper division tech
electives and 2 capstone courses.
Providing resources for success is what ASU
does best.
One of our greatest resources is plentiful,
free tutoring, we have our own tutoring center
for CIDSE students.
The center is available every day of the week
and provides tutoring all the way into junior
year classes.
Our tutors are there to help support learning.
These are high performing students that will
help with general subject information, but
also teach from the perspective of a student
that recently experienced learning that topic.
Another unique resource is our Fulton career
center.
This office provides career support for our
students throughout their time at ASU.
For CIDSE students, this starts their first
semester at the career exploration night.
Our first year students have the opportunity
to mix and mingle with industry leaders.
They have the unique chance to tap into the
knowledge of these professionals and get insight
as they explore their majors.
In CIDSE we pride ourselves in our commitment
to students and their success.
To accomplish this we have a team of first
year advisors ready to help students with
their transition to the university.
These advisors not only meet with students
in their offices, but also visit students
in their ASU101 course.
The goal of this team is to provide student
support and advising.
Hi, my name is CJ Sturgess and I am currently
a sophomore on the Tempe campus studying computer
science with a concentration in cybersecurity,
as well as a minor in technological entrepreneurship
and management.
I chose computer science as my major because
ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to
work with computers.
I personally enjoy software development, as
well as the theory behind computing, so computer
science happened to be a natural fit for me.
As for my concentration, I chose cybersecurity
as it is a highly sought after skill set to
have and, in my opinion, it's a lot of fun.
I also recently adding a minor in technological
entrepreneurship and management, because while
I appreciate the science and theory intensive
aspect of my major, I find that it is important
to have some business background and seeing
as this minor is taught in collaboration with
WP Carey, our business school here at ASU,
I thought this was the perfect opportunity
to round myself out as an employee and as
a learner.
As for some of the courses I have enjoyed
the most during my time here, the first year
class FSE100 immediately comes to mind.
It was an incredibly fun and practical class.
That class centered around a semester long
project based on real world applications.
We got to start that project on day 1 of the
class.
As a computer science student, our group was
tasked to build a model, handicap accessible
autonomous vehicle using LEGO, completely
programmed from the ground up.
The best part of this project was our final
for the class was to literally set our car
down in the maze and press go.
We watched as it successfully completed the
maze and captured the LEGO person in the middle
and taking them to the end.
This class was incredibly fun and it also
established transferrable job skills.
During the course of the semester, we were
exposed to different programming languages
and business tools that helped us complete
our project as well as expose us to tools
we would use in the real world.
Two of my other favorite classes were CSE110
and 205.
These are two first year classes that teach
the principles of JAVA and programming.
I came into college with some JAVA background,
but these really helped me polish my understanding
and they both included final projects you
can actually put on your resume.
Outside of the academics of those classes,
I met some of my closest friends through those
courses I just mentioned.
That brings me to some of the programs I have
been involved with.
Aside from Fulton Ambassadors, which allows
to me interact with prospective engineering
students like yourselves, I am also involved
in Sunhacks, a unique student lead hack-a-thon
held here on campus.
I'm an organizer with them, so I help plan
the event throughout the year leading up to
it and help run and manage the event during
the 72 hours that it runs.
It's a super fun, though exhausting, experience
and I highly encourage you to check it out.
I am also in the Barrett Honors College here,
which is a great way of connecting with other
honors students who are dedicated to their
education, as well as getting connected with
internships and opportunities off-campus,
such as my internship with Intel currently.
As for on-campus experiences, I am currently
a student worker for the engineering school
where I'm a teaching aid and grader for multiple
classes, such as CSE110, the class I mentioned
earlier, and ASU101, which is also another
first-year class.
All in all, I'm extremely glad I chose ASU
as my college and computer science as my major.
To wrap up, something I always like to share,
is before choosing ASU, I attended tours at
several other colleges.
And while there are certainly other colleges
with engineering programs as strong as ASU's,
ASU is the first and only college I visited
where I actually felt connected and valued
immediately.
On my tour, just the first tour I ever took
at ASU, I felt like I was already a student
here.
And I can definitely say that that sense of
community and family that was shared with
me so early on is still continued by all the
staff and students here today.
Hi everyone, my name is Henrique.
I am a computer science major here at ASU.
I am also minoring in business.
I am in my second-to-last semester, so I'll
be graduating in the fall of 2020, and I also
have started my master's with ASU's 4+1 program
so I should be graduating with my master's
in the fall of 2021.
And I am here to tell you guys a little bit
about why I chose my major and my experience
throughout my time here.
So, first off, unlike some other majors where
you have to decide what you want to do with
your life when you decide what major you wanna
do, computer science pretty much still allows
you to go into any field.
Technology is such a big thing now-a-days
that one of the big things for me was keeping
all of my doors open and keeping possibilities
open for as long as I possibly could.
So, with my computer science degree, I can
pretty much go into any field I want and find
my useful and be able to apply my skills.
A cool thing about computer science, specifically
at ASU, is that it's still under the engineering
school so I am still getting the engineering
aspect of it and design processes and the
problem solving all of that.
As opposed to some other schools I considered
that had computer science in their sciences
department.
So I think that being with the Fulton Schools
provides us with a whole lot more resources
to take advantage of.
During my time here at ASU, I've been here
for 3, almost 3 years now, I've gotten involved
in a whole bunch of things including, you
can see on the slide, EPICS (engineering projects
in community service), so that was not necessarily
related to computer science which gave me
the change to explore fields outside of CS
and I enjoyed it very much.
I was involved in a study abroad program,
so I went to study counter terrorism in Israel
and I took the approach of seeing how that
applied to cybersecurity, specifically because
that is one of the things I am really interested
in.
I am also involved in Fulton Ambassadors,
I work on campus, and so I am pretty involved
here at ASU and outside of school but also
in school.
I have taken most of the upper division computer
science courses that we're required to, so
now I am in my last year and taking pretty
much all electives.
And that's one really cool thing, during your
last year you get to choose what you want
to study, so I'm focusing a whole lot in cybersecurity,
because that is what I'm into.
I've taken everything from networking classes
to network security to systems security to
all sorts of classes.
I encourage you to go and explore the ASU
course catalog to see what subjects would
be available to you and what interests you,
it really is all encompassing and there are
classes for every interest.
Now that I am almost done with my degree and
looking forward, ASU has opened a bunch of
opportunities for me.
This upcoming summer 2020, I'll be doing an
internship with Amazon, actually, I'll be
doing a software development internship with
them and so that's really cool.
I met with my recruiter through one of ASU's
career fairs and it evolved from there, so
that's a door that wouldn't have necessarily
been opened if I wasn't here and I wasn't
involved and going to all of the career fairs.
That is one of the examples of the many, many
things ASU has to offer.
I really think that I am more than pleased
with my experience here and it's so worth
it and it has been amazing and beyond any
of my expectations.
So, I highly encourage you if you have any
questions to reach out, there are resources
available to answer any of your questions
and we're here for you and good luck!
Thank you for taking this time to explore
the computer science program with the Ira
A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
If you have any questions about applying to
Fulton please contact us at FultonSchools@asu.edu.
If you have any specific questions about the
informatics program please contact us at CIDSE@asu.edu.
