Computer Science at City College of San Francisco

07/26/2021

New for Fall! Foundations of Data Science, Math 108, is a new CCSF course modeled after UC Berkeley's popular Data 8 course. It is an introductory Statistics class, also covering data science and some Python programming. CS Instructor Craig Persiko will be teaching CRN 72117 on Mon/Wed/Fri in person at the Ocean Campus from 3:10-4:40pm, and Math Instructor Shawn Wiggins is also teaching two hybrid sections on Tue/Thur. Email [email protected] or [email protected] for more info.

04/23/2021

We just added videos made by four awesome CCSF CS alumni to our homepage! Take a look! (Scroll to "Computer Science Stories" near the bottom of the page.)

https://ccsf.edu/cs

In the videos, our former students discuss things like:
* their current work related to computer science
* how school prepared them for this work
* what they wish they had known as a student

Learn the skills that will help you shape the digital world! Whether you are just starting out in college, returning to school to start a new career, or are a seasoned tech professional looking to update your skills, we can help you position yourself to apply your knowledge of computing to whichever...

09/05/2020

Here's a bunch of info on employment opportunities:
Hello CS and CNIT Students,

My name is Steven Nelson, and I am the Employment Specialist for the CCSF CS and CNIT departments. It is my job to support you to find jobs, internships, and other work-based learnig opprtunities. To request an individual career services meeting with me, just go to the link below and fill out the career services interest form at: https://tinyurl.com/Career-Services-Interest-Form. I will get back to you within a few days to schedule an appointment.

Please take a look at the following opportunities and events that may be relevant to finding an internship, job, or apprenticeship:

CCSF Information Security Analyst Apprenticeship Info Session.
If you would like to learn more about City College's Information Security Analyst Apprenticeship, check out the Info Session on Wednesday evening, September 9th, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Sign Up at:http://bit.ly/ISAApprenticeship

The zoom link is:

Topic: ISA Info Session
Time: Sep 9, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/92395844576

HCL is offering Software Engineering Training for HCL jobs and paid internships
HCL, which is a large, global IT staffing company is starting a program to train students, even those students without Bachelors Degrees, but they must have completed a first series of programming courses through Data Structure and Algorithms. The preferred programming languages are Java and/or Python. HCL will hosting an online info session on September 11th, from 12-1 pm . Please see the attached flyer for the link to sign up for the event. If, for some reason, you cannot sign up for the event with the link on the pdf, go to this backup sign-up sheet at:

http://bit.ly/HCL-Training-Soft-Eng

Fill | CCSF Info Session - HCL Free/Paid Software Engineering Training for HCL Jobs/Internships
Sign up for the Info Session on HCL's free/paid training for their Software Engineering Jobs and Internships on 9/11/20, 12-1 pm. When you sign up on this form, a zoom meeting link will be sent to you before the meeting.
bit.ly

StartSmall Web Development Projects
This organization offers free assistance to companies and other organizations that need help upgrading their websites; however, the current project is offering a small bonus payment for a student to help with a SquareSpace site. Contact Nate Schlein at [email protected] for details. Do this sooner rather than later. They are deciding who will do the project on Tuesday of next week.

Contact Information for Employers from the 8/27/20 CCSF CNIT and CS Job & Internship Fair
Several of you have contacted me asking for the contact info for the five employers at the last job fair on 8/27.
Here are either their emails or the company websites with career pages for you to follow up. Be sure and mention in your cover email or the message box that goes with your resume submission that you were at the recent City College Job Fair and that you were told to apply or reach out for more information:

Intivix, Rob Schenk, https://www.intivix.com/careers/

IT Careers In San Francisco Bay Area: Join The Intivix Team
Are you searching for a great information technology career in the San Francisco Bay Area? Intivix wants to hear from you. We are searching for the Bay Area top information technology professionals to join our Bay Area IT Services company.
www.intivix.com

HCL, James Shanab, [email protected], register for infosession at http://bit.ly/HCL-Training-Soft-Eng

Mann Consulting, Howard Mann, https://www.mann.com/careers

CAREERS | mann
We're telling you this up front. This isn't a "sit back in the cubicle and chill while waiting for the occasional ticket" IT job. This is hands-on, very busy - high volume.
www.mann.com

Salesforce, Casey Robertson-Howe, Pathfinder Program Coordinator, [email protected]
Apply Video Solutions, Dmitri Shimolin, https://www.avsnext.com/join-us
Join Us — AVS NEXT
AVS IS HIRING. Applied Video Solutions is looking for talented, high-energy people to join our company in a variety of positions. If you’re passionate about high technology, have a strong work ethic and want to join a company doing high profile, innovative work in the video surveillance, access control and enterprise safety industry…then this is it.
www.avsnext.com
And if you find a job or internship, or get an informational interview, please let me know.

Thank you, and I hope to see you at the events!

Steven Nelson

Employment & Training Specialist III

Career Services

Cluster: Information Technology and Computer Science

City College of San Francisco

50 Frida Kahlo Way

San Francisco, CA 94112

Creative Arts Bldg., Room 210
(415) 452-7104

[email protected]

04/22/2019

Come join the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society for a workshop led by guest speaker Jimmy Ly on how to create an eye-catching LinkedIn profile. The event is tomorrow, April 23, from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in Batmale Hall, Room 301 on the Ocean Campus. Learn more below:

11/28/2018

Registration for Spring classes has begun, and there are lots of changes to how students access the schedule, as well as curriculum changes in the Computer Science department! ( http://www.ccsf.edu/cs ) You can see the class schedule at: http://ccsf.edu/schedule or by logging into Web4 and searching from there.

Please be aware:
- The major problem that still remains is that ADVISORIES ARE NOT SHOWN ANYWHERE in the schedule (except in the Course Outline of Record, which is linked from the course's Learning Outcomes). The Office of Instruction is working on a solution to this problem. But in the meantime, please make sure you have taken the Advisory and Prerequisite courses before taking a more advanced course - we want you to be prepared to succeed in your courses! For more info on this, see:http://fog.ccsf.edu/~cpersiko/csDept/CS_Advising.pdf
- Also not clearly highlighted in the schedule are short-term classes - we have a lot of short-term online classes in Spring! So please look closely at start and end dates, by holding your mouse over the Meeting Times for the course. Particularly of note are the following, designed to allow students to finish faster - you can take two semesters worth of Python or Java in just one semester!
- CS 110A Intro Programming Section 961 is just in the first half of the semester
- CS 111B Java Fundamentals Section 934 is just in the second half of the semester.
- CS 131B Python Fundamentals Section 931 is just in the second half of the semester.
- CS 280 Parallel & Cloud Programming is offered for the first time in years, and the first time online! This course has a string advisory of CS 110B (or 111B)
- Finally, here's some info on curriculum changes, copied from our department web site: http://www.ccsf.edu/cs

We have made some big changes recently:

- For details on introductory classes, see:http://fog.ccsf.edu/~cpersiko/csDept/CS_Advising.pdf
- New classes!
- CS 131B Programming Fundamentals: Python - this is just a new name for the former CS 131A Python Programming. It is equivalent to CS 131A for all certificates, prerequisites, etc.
- CS 185 Exploring Game Worlds (formerly VMD 180)
- CS 256 Data Visualization
- CS 197P Technical Interview Preparation
- CS 197V Version Control & Online Code Repositories (GitHub)
- All introductory programming students should take CS 110A, which will be taught in Python. (We will no longer offer CS 111A; Java and C++ students should take CS 111B and/or 110B after 110A.)
- For introductory SQL databases, we will only offer CS 150A, which will be a general intro course. (We will no longer offer CS 151A or 155A, but we will still offer CS 151B & P and 155B & P.)

If you have questions that aren't answered above, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
-Craig Persiko, CS Department Chair

Whether you are just starting out in college or you are a seasoned tech professional looking to update your skills, the Computer Science Department at City College of San Francisco has the right program for you! We offer courses in:

09/13/2018

Students Invited! Career Development & Professional Workshop with Weber Shandwick in San Francisco. If you have any questions, please feel free to message or email [email protected]

07/11/2018

New classes, and some that are rarely offered, plus new faculty in Computer Science!

Please consider taking some of the following classes which are not offered so often, or are new, or have lower enrollment so far. Our new classes are listed at the VERY END of the schedule under "Electronic Music" - sorry, the scheduling office has some challenges these days.
- New! CS 197P Technical Interview Prep - Can be taken concurrently with (or after) CS 111C/110C
- New! CS 197V Version Control & Code Repositories - This class teaches how to use GitHub and Git.
- CS 114B C # Programming
- CS 132A Ruby Programming - Two sections this Fall, so we're hoping more students sign up!
- CS 214U Unity Game Programming in C #
- CS 230W WordPress & Drupal CMS Development
- CS 311D Advanced Android Programming
- CS 151P Oracle PL/SQL Programming - Offered only once every 3 semesters!
- CS 159A Database Design and Modeling - Offered only once every 3-4 semesters!

The Fall schedule is completely accurate, at last! Our new faculty have all been hired, and some instructor and time changes that we needed to make have all been made. So please sign up for your classes before they fill!

We are excited to have Dan O'Leary teaching full-time, tenure-track now! We are also pleased to have three new part-time instructors: Deepa Mahalingam, Henry Rabinowitz, and Ajay Mittal. Each of them has years of experience teaching and/or working in industry.

05/18/2018

Help improve CS curriculum at CCSF!
You're invited to the City College of San Francisco Computer Science Industry Advisory meeting this Tuesday, May 22nd from 6:30-8:30pm at the CCSF Ocean Campus, Batmale 451. Pizza, snacks, and soft drinks will be served.

We're hoping you'll be able to come and help us to update our curriculum, and to build stronger connections with employers, to better meet your needs.

Even if you can't make it for the meeting, you can read the documents and send me your feedback on our existing and proposed certificate curriculum.

Feel free to invite others who you think would bring valuable perspective, particularly on the topics of Mobile App Programming, Data Science, and Game/Simulation Programming.

Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] . For directions, it's best to use Google Maps directions to Havelock St & W Rd, San Francisco, CA 94112. Parking is $3 at a self-service machine in the lot, or we can hand you a parking permit when you arrive (sorry, can't be emailed).

04/19/2018

Exciting changes in Computer Science!
- New classes in Fall!
CS 256 Data Visualization
CS 197P Technical Interview Preparation
CS 197V Version Control & Online Code Repositories (GitHub)
- All introductory programming students should take CS 110A, which will be taught in Python. (We will no longer offer CS 111A; Java and C++ students should take CS 111B and/or 110B after 110A.)
- For introductory SQL databases, we will only offer CS 150A, which will be a general intro course. (We will no longer offer CS 151A or 155A, but we will still offer CS 151B & P and 155B & P.)