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Feedback Next Year

• Applied Computing 2003

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Outline

• Progression Next Year
• Feedback
• Top tips

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Next Year

• Faculty Applied Computing rules
• Courses available
• Preparation for next year
• Terminology AC1A PG/AS/IWR/IM, AC1B
  AW/RPIT1A Fraser Smith, IT1B NA/DOM
• A Module, eg. AC1A is worth 20 SCOTCAT points

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Faculty rules

• To enter 2nd year you must gain
• 120 SCOTCATs at Level 1 (e.g. AC1A, AC1B, IT1A,
  IT1B, Psychology 1 AB)
• To enter 3rd year you must pass
• 240 SCOTCATs including at least 80 at level 2
• i.e. your 1st year passes, plus 120 more

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Applied Computing rules (NOT IMD)

• To enter BSc (Hons) Applied Computing 3rd year
• you must also pass AC1A, AC1B, AC2A, AC2B, IT2A,
  IT2B
• Joint degrees - IT2 IT1 recommended but not
  mandatory

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Faculty Applied Computing rulesSituation 1
1st year
2nd year
AC1A
AC1B
AC2A
AC2B
AppliedComputingHonoursYears3rd / 4th
IT2A
IT2B
IT1A
IT1B
A.N.OTHER 1AB
A.N.OTHER 2AB
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Faculty Applied Computing rulesSituation 2
1st year
2nd year
AppliedComputingHonoursYears3rd / 4th
AC1A
AC1B
AC2A
AC2B
IT2A
IT2B
IT1A
IT1B
SOMETHING ELSE 1AB
A.N.OTHER 1AB
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Faculty Applied Computing rulesSituation 3
1st year
2nd year
AC2A
AC2B
AppliedComputingHonoursYears3rd / 4th
AC1A
AC1B
A.N.OTHER 2AB
A.N.OTHER 1AB
IT2A
IT2B
SOMETHING ELSE 1AB
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Faculty Applied Computing rulesSituation 4
1st year
2nd year
AC1A
AC1B
AC2A
AC2B
AppliedComputingHonoursYears3rd / 4th
IT2A
IT2B
IT1A
IT1B
A.N.OTHER 1AB
A.N.OTHER 1AB
X X
SOMETHING 1AB
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Faculty Applied Computing rules

• You are allowed to spend up to 3 years completing
  modules at levels 1 2 (subject to your funding)
• So, if you fail several modules in 1st year, you
  can restart at level 1, or combine level 1 2
  modules
• Instead of trying to take 2 extra modules
• NOTE AC1 next year JAVA

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After 2 (or 3) years, summary

• You need to gain 240 SCOTCATs, including at
  least 80 at second year level (these are usually
  AC2AB, IT2AB)

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Courses available

• Check University web site for details of
  something else and a.n.other
• http//www.dundee.ac.uk/main/depts.htm
• Provides links to Faculties of Engineering
  Physical Sciences, Arts Social Sciences and
  Life Sciences
• See Faculty pages for choice, then
  departments/divisions for course guides
• www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/rpeiris/faculty/o
  thermodules.asp
• Has details of level 1 modules

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AC students onlyAC2AB (staff might change)

• AC2A Glenn Rowe
• C programming under Windows
• GUI programming
• AC2B Chris Reed
• Computer Architectures UNIX, computer
  components how they interact
• Data Structures Algorithms as AC1B using C
  under Unix, plus comparing how different
  algorithms perform
• Advanced UNIX signals etc
• All include project work exams

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AC IMD studentsIT2A B (staff might change)

• Janet Hughes, RP, IM, Nick Hine
• IT2A B
• Project Management, Databases, VB, HCI, HTML,
  ASP, Graphics, Multimedia, AI
• All include project work exams

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Preparation for next year

• Think carefully about which courses you want to
  study
• Possibly talk to your advisor BEFORE you leave
  for the summer
• Background reading / work - find out whats
  suggested

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Preparation for next year

• University will mail matriculation details -
  READ, KEEP DO IT
• Matriculation / Fresher's week begins Mon 15th
  Sept 2003, THIS MEANS YOU!
• Lectures start the following week
• Exams for semester 1 modules will be early
  December

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Semesters (see newsletter,too)

• Semester 1
• 15th Sept Freshers week
• 22nd Sept 5th Dec 11 weeks of classes
• 8th Dec 19th Dec degree exams
• 20th Dec 18th Jan vacation (4 weeks)

• Semester 2
• 19th Jan 2nd Apr 11 weeks of classes
• 3rd Apr 25th Apr vacation
• 26th Apr 28th May exams
• 29th May 12th Sept vacation (15 weeks)
• (9th Aug 20th Aug resits for all exams)

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1st year feedback

• Spoken comments in today's meeting
• Online anonymously
• At any time to any of us, face to face, in
  writing, by email,

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Advice for next years 1st year class

• Things I wish Id known at the start of the year
• Things Id have done differently if I was
  starting first year again
• Top tips for incoming 1st years
• Write down on paper leave behind