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BEng / BSc Software EngineeringBSc Computer ScienceBSc Computer Systems & NetworkingBSc Computer Security & Forensics

You should be in this room if you are a new student enrolled on one of the

following degrees...

If you are a new student on a different degree you are probably in the wrong room

Please seek advice before dashing off to the right roomIf you are not a new student you don’t need to be here

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Welcome to the University of Greenwich

Dr Kevin McManus

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The UniversityThree Campuses in London and Kent

• Greenwich• Avery Hill - Eltham• Medway - Chatham

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Greenwich Campus• Site of a former royal palace• Baroque buildings built under the

direction of Sir Christopher Wren • Naval Hospital then Royal Naval

College• Popular film and TV location

e.g. The Mummy Returns, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Shanghai Knights, Starter for 10, The Four Feathers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sherlock Holmes, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Thor: The Dark World and many more

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• A World Heritage Site• This campus with the

chapel and the Painted Hall• The Royal Observatory

• home of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal

• site of the Prime Meridian• the origin of time

Greenwich

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• The National Maritime Museum tells the story of Britain at Sea • contains the coat Nelson

wore at Trafalgar• with the hole made by

the bullet that killed him

• The Queen’s House contains a selection of the museum’s fine art collection

Greenwich

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• The Cutty Sark• in her time the fastest ship in

the world• now restored in dry dock with

the help of our researchers

• A Royal Park, 183 acres with superb views of London and Docklands

Greenwich

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• Part of the Faculty of Architecture Computing and Humanities – FACH• Department office is 3rd floor Queen Mary

• QM345• student help-desk

• 1,300 students• 39 Academic Staff• 8 Technical Support Staff• 11 Administrative Staff

Department of Computing and Information Systems (CIS)

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Department’s Degrees

• PhD• MPhil• MSc• BEng• BSc

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Programme Leader• Kevin McManus PhD MSc PGCert BSc MBCS

• BSc Computer Science• BEng Software Engineering• BSc Software Engineering• BSc Computer Systems & Networking• BSc Computer Security & Forensics

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Programme Leader• Devise, manage and administer the degree

programme• Advise on programme choices• Direct students to sources of support

• academic, pastoral, financial, etc.• Monitor student progress• Advise on academic progress• Report to Department

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BEng Software EngineeringBSc Software EngineeringBSc Computer ScienceBSc Computer Systems & NetworkingBSc Computer Security & ForensicsBSc ComputingBSc Business Information SystemsBSc Business Information TechnologyBSc Computing with Digital MediaBSc Computing with Games DevelopmentBSc Business ComputingBSc Web TechnologiesBSc Games Design and DevelopmentBSc Creative Digital Media

Undergraduate ProgrammesThese programmes have a common first year... permits easy transfer between programmes}

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First Year Course Timetable

Term I Communication Systems

Logical Foundations

ComputerProgramming

Systems Building

Term 2 Computer Systems

Architectures

Analytical Methods for Computing

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Course Leader• Organises delivery of a course

• usually delivers the lectures• not always

• coordinates rooming, resources and tutors• Creates and coordinates the assessments• Monitors student progress• Reports back to the department

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Personal Tutors• Peter Smith• Simon Scola• Andy Wicks• Alex Fedorec

• Kevin McManus• Markus Wolf• Diane Gan• Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis

• First year students are assigned a personal tutor• you get to meet them this week

• lab class Wednesday afternoon• tutorials Thursday morning

• regular structured tutorials through the coming year• First port of call for questions or problems

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Lead Personal TutorsLead Personal (Year) Tutors

Year 1 Markus Wolf

Year 2 Richard Anthony

Final Year Kevin McManus

• Organise Stage Committee Meetings• listen to feedback from student representatives• minutes fed into the Annual Monitoring Report

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Computing Facilities• Over 1000 computers for general student use• Approximately 300 high spec PC and Mac

machines exclusively for CIS students• Virtual desktop allows you to work anywhere

• as long as you have internet access• Two Wi-Fi networks

• GreenNET and Eduroam• Laptop lending facility

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• Student intranet systems require a login using your Greenwich user ID • xy123 or xy1234z

• not 000654321

• University portal provides facilities required by all Greenwich students• email, Moodle, library, timetables ...

• The CIS intranet provides facilities that are specific to CIS students• coursework, feedback, register, CIS specific help ...

Intranets

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Intranets

There is an essential lab session on Wednesday afternoon to help

you to get to grips with these facilities

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Communication• Intranets deliver lots of information to you

• the answer to your question is probably online• CIS pages http://www.cms.gre.ac.uk

• University Home Page http://www.gre.ac.uk • email - Check your email regularly• Contact Staff by email, telephone, in person

• contact details online• Staff publish open office hours when they are free• Messages for staff can be left with the Dept. Office

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Timetables• Timetables are available

from the student portal• individual• programme• course

• Check daily for first few weeks as they are likely to change at short notice

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Week 1(this week)

1. Register• parts 1 and 2• get a Resource Card

2. Week 1 presentations, exercises and tutorials

3. Students Union Fresher’s Fair

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Part 1 Registration• Most of you have already completed this

• passed the fees payment section and reached the optional photograph upload

• if no photo uploaded one can be taken at part 2 registration• agreed that your details are correct

• This must be completed as soon as possible• QM269 has PCs you can use• advice can be obtained from the student help-desk

• 3rd floor Queen Mary

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Part 2 Registration• Some of you have

already completed this• you have a resource card

OTHERWISE• complete part 2

tomorrow• starting at 10:00pm• at the time printed on the

registration slip you have been given this morning

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Week 1 Timetable9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00

Mon This session – new studentsKW315

Treasure huntGrand Square

Tue Part 2 registration Second year orientationQA180

Final year orientationQA180

Wed Picnic in the park Lab discoveryKW labs

Thu Personal tutorial FacilitiesS11 003

Personal tutorial

SU Freshers’ Fair

Fri

Also Film screening SL101 6:00 Tues and boat trip FridayA more complete TT is available online from

http://stu-nginx.cms.gre.ac.uk/~mk05/Week_1_CIS_Rota.pdf

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Orientation

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Orientation• Room Numbers represent

building, floor and room

• QM345 indicates that the room is on the third floor of the Queen Mary Building

• e.g. QA080, KW103, M413, W116

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Mentors

• You have already seen student mentors highlighted in green

• They will be around through the week (and the year) • to help you with pretty much anything• they were new students last year so they have a good idea

of what it is like• Stay connected with

https://www.facebook.com/CISmentorsGre https://twitter.com/CISmentorsGre

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Student Services• Financial planning• Medical issues• Study difficulties• Child care• Religious needs• Careers guidance• Welfare advice• Accommodation• Advice and support on any equal opportunities issues e.g.

issues of disability, gender and ethnicity.

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Students' Union• Each site has Students' Union facilities• Main Students' Union is at Avery Hill• Check their website for details of events

http://www.suug.co.uk/whatson/

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Treasure Hunt• New first year students

only• Begins after this session

• in the Grand Square• without Mr Depp

• Return completed paperwork to the student helpdesk (QM345) before 5:00 today

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Questions

This PowerPoint is available fromhttp://stu-nginx.cms.gre.ac.uk/~mk05/Week1Monday-201415.ppt

Is my programme right for me?Am I on the most suitable programme?