1st Year Adviser (for CS and SE students): Isla Ross
Email: isla.ross@strath.ac.uk
Getting Help
If you have any difficulties, at home or at university, that are affecting your studies there are a variety of people that you can talk to for advice. Please use these resources as soon as you become aware of a problem, it can be quite difficult to catch up with your studies if you fall behind.
If you have a problem with a specific class then the first person you should speak to / contact is the class lecturer. You should find that most respond quickly to an email. Computer & Information Sciences Lecturers
If the problem is not resolved by contacting the class lecturer or it is a more general academic problem, such as a timetabling issue, you should speak to the Year Adviser, Isla Ross. If you would like an appointment for a zoom meeting just send an email with a few times that suit you.
If you are having personal problems that are affecting your academic work then you should speak to your Personal Development Adviser (PDA). If you wish to contact your PDA, just send them an email in the first instance. You can find your PDA Adviser’s name and email address on your Pegasus curriculum record. If you have any problems contacting your PDA please contact Isla Ross.
The University has published its Academic Policies & Procedures. This contains clear guidelines of what information should be lodged where and when if there are circumstances which are having a detrimental impact on your studies and which you wish to be considered by the examination board or appeals committee.
The University provides a wide range of professional support on Health, Counselling, Finance, Disability, Study Skills, Careers etc. Please see this page for links to all these services: Strathclyde Student Support Services
Departmental Disability Contact: Julie Sobocinski.
CS Laboratory / Tutorial Allocation Semester 1
For many 1st year classes you will be allocated to one of several lab/ tutorial slots. The Semester 1 Lab and Tutorial Allocation for CS classes is available from here. When picking a slot for MS108 tutorials, please ensure it does not clash. Requests to change lab/ tutorial times should NOT be made unless there is very strong reason – the slots are all very full. If you have a clash with classes in your CIS lab/ tutorials timetable below please contact isla.ross@strath.ac.uk
Lecturers will inform you when labs/ tutorials start via the class MyPlace page. Hopefully your assigned labs/tutorials will also appear on your MyPlace/App timetable over the first few weeks – it’s a time-consuming task for Admin staff to manually transfer this over and there also appear to be issues with the app at present.
Timetables
An online version of the CIS timetables is available via the University Timetable Page. To see the timetable for each year of the CIS programmes, select Programme Timetables then for “Select Department” select Computer and Information Sciences, then select the course you are currently following (e.g. BSc Honours Computer Science/Year 1). To see the timetable for individual classes, select Class Timetables.
Local copy of CIS timetables:
https://local.cis.strath.ac.uk/wp/teaching/undergraduate/timetable/
Computer Science Handbook
Maps
University Building Codes
University Buildings and Maps
CIS User Accounts and Email
Important Dates
Pegasus and Exams
Pegasus contains a record of your personal and course details as well as the exam timetable and exam results.
Exam Frequently Asked Questions
MyPlace
MyPlace contains all the teaching material for first year computer science classes.
First Year Computer Science Classes
CS101 Topics in Computing 1
CS103 Machines, Languages and Computation
CS104 Information and Information Systems
CS105 Programming Foundations
CS106 Computer Systems and Organisation
All teaching materials accessible through MyPlace.
Also class MS108 – see MS112 on MyPlace for Teaching material. (MS108 is first half of class MS112)
Also an elective class – see MyPlace page of chosen class for Teaching Material
Electives
Guidance on choosing electives and suggestion for CIS students is given in the Guide from the First Year CIS Induction Meeting (page 1 section 3 and pages 7-9):
Guide from First Year CIS Induction Meeting
If you wish to change your elective please enter on Pegasus under Curriculum Amendment or else send the details of the change by email to isla.ross@strath.ac.uk
First Year Reps
TBA
Transfer Rules – Honours to MEng
To be eligible for transfer from the Honours degrees in Computer Science or Software Engineering to the MEng in Computer Science a student must achieve a credit-weighted average of at least 70% over all their first year curriculum and a mark of at least 70% in CS105 Programming Foundations.
Induction Meeting Information
Guide from First Year CIS Induction Meeting of 2pm 16th September 2020
Careers
Video Introducing Careers Service
If you have any queries about the content or use of this material please email: isla.ross@strath.ac.uk