List of Things For New Undergraduate Computer Science
Students To Do
Course Scheduling
Double check with your advisor about the appropriateness of the courses you
are scheduled to take. You should take MATH 315 if possible.
Class schedules can be found from our web page on Information of local interest.
Degree Audit
Discuss the correctness of your degree audit with your advisor
and notify Dr. Bui of changes that should be made.
Library
Check out the library's orientation sessions.
ITS
All students who attend Orientation should automatically receive Access Accounts.
ITS offers a clean, clear, step-by-step
Getting Started Guide
for new students. Also visit ITS Help Desks for
usuful information.
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.
Access Account
If you attended Freshman Orientation or Transfer Orientation, you should already
have your Penn State Access Account. If not, take your Penn State photo ID card
to one of the Access
Account Signature Stations as soon as possible.
You will need your Access Account ID to access your email as well as an account
that allows you to access the internet. Most importantly, your Access Account
ID will be used by the department. So get an Access Account even if
you already have email and internet access from another source.
Sun Lab Account
After you have gotten your access account, fill out an account request
form (available in the department office) and
return it to the staff assistant. Be sure to include a temporary password.
This password is needed to create an account for you on our Sun Lab machines.
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 Sun Labs. It is to your advantage to familiarize yourself with the Sun
Lab machines and its operating system (Linux).
Access to 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. Once your Sun Lab account is created upon your
request, you can use your PSU ID card to get into the labs.
Consolidating your email addresses
If you have more than one email address you should consider forwarding all of
them to one single email address. Check our page on Information of local interest for directions.
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.
User Guide to Local Usage
Read the guide to usage of department
computers.
Policy on Ethical Use of Computers
Read the department policy on ethical use of
computers.
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.