The following is the current weekly schedule. This schedule is subject to change and will be frequently updated throughout the semester. The latest deadlines may also be found on Canvas.
Week 01
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 08/18: Fall Semester Begins
- Getting Started Guide
- Remote Learning Resources
Fri 08/21 Lecture
Assignments
- 08/27: Piazza Setup
- 08/27: Photo Submission
- 12/04: Share Event
Week 02
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 08/24: Add Deadline
- 08/27: Piazza Setup
- 08/27: Photo Submission
Fri 08/28 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Linkedin Workshop
- Juli-Anne Brockway, Career Counselor, Career Services Center
- (Download Slides)
- Interactive Break
- About Presentations
- LinkedIn Exercise
Assignments
- 09/03: LinkedIn Profile
- 09/03: LinkedIn Network
- 09/03: Panel Questions
- 09/10: Presentation Date
- 09/17: Presentation Topic
Week 03
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 09/03: LinkedIn Profile
- 09/03: LinkedIn Network
- 09/03: Panel Questions
Fri 09/04 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Panel: Student Groups
- Ornelle Fonkoua Mambe, Women in Tech
- Alex Hanson, Hackers Club
- Arturo Galvan-Alarcon, Diversineers
- Interactive Break
- Panel: Remote Experiences
- Jose Corella, USF BSCS 2021 (Expected)
- Isabel Ringo, USF BSCS 2020 (Expected)
- 09/04: Drop Deadline
Week 04
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 09/10: Presentation Date
- 09/10: Panel Reflection (Student Groups)
- 09/10: Panel Reflection (Remote Experiences)
Fri 09/11 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Public Speaking 101
- Miles Williams, Speaking Center Coach, Speaking Center
- Interactive Break
- Google Slides Workshop
Assignments
- 09/17: Presentation Topic
- 09/17: Speaker Questions
Week 05
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 09/17: Presentation Topic
- 09/17: Speaker Questions
Fri 09/18 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Guest Speaker
- Brian Douglas, Developer Advocate, Github
- Interactive Break
- Github Profile Workshop
Assignments
- 09/24: Speaker Reflection
- 09/24: Panel Questions
- 09/24: Github Profile
- 10/01: Presentation Draft
Week 06
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 09/24: Speaker Reflection
- 09/24: Panel Questions
- 09/24: Github Profile
Fri 09/25 Lecture
- Panel: Recent Alumni (Part 1)
- Panel Recording
- Samuel Escapa Otani, Software Engineer @ Zendesk, USF BSCS 2020
- Olivia Kumar, iOS Mobile App Developer @ Bank of America, USF BSCS 2020
- Casey Haber, Visualization Engineer @ Chartio, USF BSCS 2018
- Interactive Break
- Panel: Recent Alumni (Part 2)
- Michelle Dong, Backend Engineer @ Rescale, USF BSCS 2020
- Graham Hendry, Quality Assurance Automation Engineer @ Defense Manpower Data Center, USF BSCS 2020
Assignments
- 10/01: Panel Reflection
- 10/01: Panel Questions
- 10/01: Presentation Draft
Week 07
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 10/01: Panel Reflection
- 10/01: Panel Questions
- 10/01: Presentation Draft
Fri 10/02 Lecture
- CAPS Services and Stress Management
- Workshop Recording
- Dr. Polina Apilado, Assistant Director for Outreach and Staff Psychologist, CAPS
- Interactive Break
- Women in Tech Panel
- Mel Alrajhi, Senior Software Engineer @ DigitalOcean, USF BSCS 2013
- Alyssa Pohahau, Software Engineer @ Google, USF BSCS 2014
Assignments
- 10/08: Panel Reflection
- 10/08: Panel Questions
Week 08
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 10/08: Panel Reflection
- 10/08: Panel Questions
- 10/08: Event Extra Credit
Fri 10/09 Lecture
- Alumni Panel
- Panel 1 Recording
- Helen Chen, Senior Software Engineer @ Okta, USF BSCS 2017
- David Katz, Software Engineer @ Zendesk, USF BSCS Class of 2018
- Gordon Li, Software Engineer @ Yelp, USF BSCS 2019
- Interactive Break
- Alumni Panel
- Panel 2 Recording
- Ganbileg Bor, Senior Software Engineer @ Reddit, USF BSCS 2012, MSWS 2013
- Monica Metzger, Senior Software Engineer @ General Dynamics Mission Systems, USF BSCS 2017, Santa Clara MSCSE 2021
- Kevin Moran, Software Developer Manager @ Amazon, USF BSCS 2010, MSCS 2012
Assignments
- 10/15: Panel Reflection
- 10/15: Speaker Questions
Week 09
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 10/15: Panel Reflection
- 10/15: Speaker Questions
Fri 10/16 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Presentations
- Interactive Break
- Guest Speaker
- Maria Kazandjieva, Engineering Manager (Browser Player Team), Netflix
Assignments
- 10/22: Speaker Reflection
- 10/22: Speaker Questions
Week 10
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 10/22: Speaker Reflection
- 10/22: Speaker Questions
Fri 10/23 Lecture
- Guest Speaker
- Jaren Glover, Infrastructure Engineer, Robinhood
- Interactive Break
- CS Careers
Assignments
- 10/29: Speaker Reflection
Week 11
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 10/29: Speaker Reflection
Fri 10/30 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Presentations
- Interactive Break
- Halloween Social
- 10/30: Withdraw Deadline
Assignments
- 11/05: Advising Group
- 11/05: Mentor Questions
Week 12
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 11/05: Advising Group
- 11/05: Mentor Questions
Fri 11/06 Lecture
- CS Advising
- Interactive Break
- Alumni Mentoring Event
- Ted Bisson, Senior Software Engineer @ Google, USF BS in Math/CS 1998
- Tim Castillo, Software Engineer @ Bicycle Health, USF BSCS 2016
- Fatima Zahra El Filali, Software Engineer @ Yelp, USF MSCS 2015
- Aliaksandr Papko, Lead Software Engineer @ Salesforce, USF BSCS 2012
- Erika Dains, Software Engineer @ Unity, USF BSCS 2015
Assignments
- 11/14: Mentor Activity Reflection
Week 13
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 11/14: Mentor Activity Reflection
- 11/09: Spring Registration Begins
Fri 11/13 Lecture
Assignments
Week 14
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
Fri 11/20 Lecture
- Lecture Recording
- Preparing for Finals
- Workshop by The Learning Center
- What's Next
- Grant Evaluation
- Course Evaluation
Assignments
- Grant Evaluation
- Course Evaluation
- 12/03: CS Night (Required)
- 12/03: University Event
- 12/03: CS Event
- 12/03: SF or Tech Event
- 12/03: Any Event
Week 15
Fri 11/27 Lecture
- No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
Week 16
Pre-Lecture Deadlines
- 12/03: CS Night (Required)
- 12/03: University Event
- 12/03: CS Event
- 12/03: SF or Tech Event
- 12/03: Any Event
Fri 12/04 Lecture
- No Class (End of Semester)
End of Semester Deadlines
- 12/04: Share Event
- Grant Evaluation
- Course Evaluation
Interested in being a guest speaker for this course? Please email Sophie at sjengle@cs.usfca.edu for details!