HONORS PROGRAM INFO SESSION Vice Chair for Undergraduate Matters Professor David Wagner

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HONORS PROGRAM INFO SESSIONVice Chair for
Undergraduate MattersProfessor David Wagner

• ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

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HONORS PROGRAM

• Initiated by Eugene Wong, a former chair of the
  department 20 years ago
• To provide students with a broader education

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Why work even harder?

• Engineering field is very broad
• Applications depend on synergism between
  sub-disciplines, e.g. comm theory, circuits,
  computing
• Opportunities increasingly in applications
• Expertise beyond engineering field

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Career Benefits

• Competitive edge
• Grad school
• Internships
• Employment opportunities

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Benefits of the Program

• Official notation of honors degree on Berkeley
  transcript
• Many honors students do very well and receive
  departmental awards
• Bi-annual dinner with faculty

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SuccessfulHonors Application

• Typically in junior or sophomore year
• A clear idea of what you want to do that goes
  beyond the normal degree
• Expertise in non-EECS field (e.g. minor in
  physics, MCB, music, cognitive science, )
• Research experience (not required at application
  time)

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Eligibility Requirements

• At least 45 units completed at Berkeley.  (This
  may also include up to ten AP units.) 
• Junior Transfers applicants must have completed
  at least 12 units at UCB and typically apply at
  the end of their second semester.
• Completion of lower-division requirements for the
  degree.
• Minimum overall GPA of 3.7.
• Applicants with only one semester remaining are
  not typically admitted.

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Program Requirements

• Fulfill all degree requirements in EECS or LS
  CS.
• At least four units of supervised 199 Independent
  Study, EECS 199, H196, or other approved
  research, taken on a P/NP graded basis.
• A breadth requirement, consisting of at least 3
  upper division courses (totaling at least 10
  units) taken for a letter grade, outside the
  College of Engineering. 
• The breadth requirement courses may be taken in a
  single department, or in related departments if
  they address a unifying theme. 

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HONORS ACHIEVEMENTS

• National Awards
• National Science Foundation Fellowships
• Katherine Yiu, Allen Tsou
• Honorable Mention
• Allen Gu, Kun Gao, Daniel Hsu
• Computing Research Association Outstanding
  Undergraduates Award
• Finalists
• Margaret Yau, Meng Yu
• Honorable Mention
• Kun Gao
• Michael Yu

• EECS Departmental Awards    
•  Departmental Citation 2008
• Matthew Johnson
• Warren Dere Chua Award 2008
• Wai Son (Wilson) Ko
• Arthur M. Hopkin Award 2008
• Pamela Lee
• Liang Jie Wong

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• EECS Departmental Scholarships
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• Boeing Scholarship
•  Hideaki Oshima, Ellen Zeng, Amy Wu
• Chevron-Texaco Scholarship
• Amy Wu
• Ford Motor Company Scholarship
• Michelle Xue, Robert Hennessy
• Information Technology Scholarship
• Kun Gao, Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang, Meng Yu, Margaret
  Yau, Sam Mardanbeig, Chung Ming Wu
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
• Chung Ming Wu
• Vodafone-US Foundation Scholarship
• Hansen Bow, Tanya Gordeeva, Sahand N. Negahban,
  Philip Godoy
• Mark D. Weiser Excellence in Computing
  Scholarship
• Chung Ming Wu

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SELECTION

• The committee evaluates applications  for various
  signs of aptitude including a well-written
  essay, above-average course loads, sincere
  commitment to a breadth area outside EECS, and
  grades.
• Other factors that may strengthen an application
  include departmental or campus service,
  undergraduate research experience, and interest
  in attending graduate school.

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TO APPLY

• Download an application from the website, or from
  the Center for Student Affairs in 205 Cory
  Hall.  
• http//www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/honors.html
• Applications accepted twice yearly the deadline
  is typically the last day of classes each
  semester.
• Deadline Friday, December 4, 2009