Dr. Alan Garvey
Spring 2023
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CS 495: Senior Computer Science Seminar -- Fall 2022

Professor: Dr. Alan Garvey

Section 01: TR 8:00-8:50am VH 1328 (First Block)

Office Hours

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Syllabus

The course syllabus is available online.

Textbook

None

Course Schedule

Tuesday Thursday
Date Topic Date Topic
Aug 23 Intro, Syllabus, Schedule, Policies Aug 25 Introduction to MFAT in CS
Aug 30 MFAT Review Sep 1 More MFAT Review
Sep 6 Sample MFAT in class.
HW 1 graded by performance.
Sep 8 Review sample MFAT
HW 2 out
Sep 13 Capstone Requirement Sep 15 Capstones
HW 2 due
Sep 20 Resume workshop
HW 3 technical resume
Sep 22 Technical interviewing
HW 5 out
Sep 27 Grad School
HW 3 due
HW 4 personal statement
Sep 29 Technical Interview Discusion
Oct 3 Portfolio presentation Oct 5 Critical thinking in CS
Oct 11 Last Day of class
HW 5 due
Oct 13 No more class

Materials

Assignments

  • Homework 1 will be completion of the practice MFT exam to be administered synchronously during classtime on Tuesday, September 6.
  • Homework 2 Capstone Assignment: Assigned: 8 September 2022, Due 16 September 2022
  • Homework 3 Assigned: 20 September 2022, Due 27 September 2022
  • Homework 4 Assigned: 27 September 2022, Due 3 October 2022
  • Homework 5 Assigned: 15 September 2022, Due 11 October 2022