List of Things For New Undergraduate Computer Science Students To Do

1. Course Scheduling
   Double check with your advisor about the appropriateness of the courses you are scheduled to take. You should take MaSc 370 if possible. Class schedules can be found from our web page on Information of local interest.

2. Degree Audit
   Discuss the correctness of your degree audit with your advisor and notify Dr. Bui of changes that should be made.

3. Student Assistance Center
   Check out the Student Assistance Center for Seminars on Test Anxiety, Stress Reduction, Study Effectiveness, etc. See page 23--25 of the Student Handbook.

4. Library
   Check out the library's orientation sessions.

5. Computation Center
   Check out the Computation Center's orientation sessions. They post announcements outside W-305.

6. Work Study
   Apply for work study if you are eligible. The pay is $5.50/hr. Please let us know if you do receive work study. Typical jobs include helping faculty with grading or preparing course materials, or working in the computer labs.

7. Access account
   As soon as possible, go to the computer lab in W-305, and ask for an Access account. You'll be given an email address as well as an account that allows you to access the Internet from a home PC. Most importantly, your email access ID will be used by the department. So get an Access account even if you already have email and Internet access from another source.

8. Dial-Up Internet Access
   To set up your home computer for dial-up internet access go to the Internet Software - CACPAC webpage. The CD containing CACPAC can also be checked out from the Heindel Library.

9. Local Sun Cluster Account
   After you have gotten your access account, fill out an account request form (available in the department office) and return it to Lisa Hipkins. Be sure to include a temporary password. This password is needed to create an account for you on our local Sun workstation cluster. You should change your password when you login to the system for the first time. A number of your classes will have work done on the Suns. It is to your advantage to familiarize yourself with the Sun workstation and its operating system. The bookstore has a book called ``Unix in a Nutshell'' which would be a good reference for those who are not familiar with Unix.

10. Access Card for the Sun Labs
    The Sun labs are located in W-210 and W-210A Olmsted Building. The labs are open whenever the Olmsted building is open, i.e., 24 hours a day year round, except during certain holidays. To get into the labs you need to use your PSU ID card.

11. Consolidating your email addresses
    If you have more than one email address you should consider routing all of them to one single email address. Check our page on Information of local interest for directions.

12. Web Page
    Web space for your personal web page is provided by the University as well as by the department. See our web page Information of local interest.

13. User Guide to Local Usage
    Read the guide to usage of department computers.

14. Policy on Ethical Use of Computers
    Read the department policy on ethical use of computers.

15. Department Web Page
    Check the undergraduate student listing to make sure that your name and email address are on that list and are correct. Don't do this until after the first two weeks of classes.