Graduate Orientation: Fall 2010
Wednesday Sept 8th 8.30am to 12.30pm - Faculty of Graduate Studeis
Orientation
- Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) University wide orientation event
- Kenneth Rowe Management Building -- Potter Auditorium
Wednesday Sept 8th 12.30 to 1.30 - Back of Computer Science
Building
Barbecue and grad courses poster presentation:
- All faculty with graduate courses are encouraged to attend
- Poster dimension (appropriate for GIS plotter) are 4 ft by 3 ft
- Open to all CS undergraduate and graduate programs
Wednesday Sept 8th 1.30pm to 3.30pm - Computer Science
Orientation
(CS building Auditorium)
Welcoming comments:
- CS dean -- Prof Mike Shepherd
- Graduate society and WITS -- Ozge Yeloglu
- CS Society News letter -- Tim Mankowski
Orientation:
- Graduate Program overview -- Prof Malcolm Heywood
- Masters Program
- PhD Program
- Program administration overview -- Menen Teferra (Graduate Administrative Coordinator)
- TA assignment overview -- Prof Malcolm Heywood
- Three stage process: TAs per course; scholarship PhD assignment; free-for-all
- TA agreement form
- Types of TA: 45/ 65/ 90/ 110/ 130hr (per term)
- Summer term exceptions
Additional contacts: