Spring 2006

COMP001/COMP002/COMP003
Academic and Professional Development

Coordinator: Prof. Helen Shen
Email:
Tel: 2358 6987
Office: Rm 3557

Course Objectives

  • To improve the communication skills of the students via small group interaction among a faculty advisor and students from across three years;
  • To allow students to get to know at least one faculty member in the department sufficiently well so that academic, and career advice can be sought readily;
  • To prepare students to take up internship, and placement positions;
  • To help students to understand the working environment via seminars given by industrialists, and experience sharing from alumni.

Course Requirements

In order to "pass" the course, you are required to

  • meet with your respective advisor at least twice during the semester, according to the following schedule (faculty advisors may modify the schedule and the meeting format for their sections as they see fit).

    Date and Time Topic Target Participant
    22 Feb, 22 Mar 2006,
    Wed, (17:00-18:00)
    Meeting with Advisor T01-T11
    01 Mar, 29 Mar 2006,
    Wed, (17:00-18:00)
    Meeting with Advisor T12-T22

    *Note for T14: Dr. Qiong Luo will substitute Prof. Derick Wood for his sick leave.

    Spring 2006
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    T       Advisor                 Venue
    *       *******                 *****
    01      Sunil Arya              5506
    02      Qiang Yang              5507
    03      Shing-Chi Cheung        5508
    04      Vincent Shen            5509
    05      Helen Shen              5501
    06      Brian Mak               5559
    07      Fangzhen Lin            5560
    08      James Kwok              5561
    09      Wilfred Ng              5562
    10      Bo Li                   5563
    11      Long Quan               5564
    12      Albert Chung            5506
    13      Mordecai Golin          5507
    14      Qiong Luo               5508*
    15      Cunsheng Ding           5509
    16      Chiew Lan Tai           5501
    17      Fred Lochovsky          5559
    18      Dimitris Papadias       5560
    19      Yunhao Liu              5561
    20      Nevin Zhang             5562
    21      Lionel Ni               5563
    22      Dit-Yan Yeung           5564
    

Seminar/Recruitment Talks

  • Optional but highly recommended.
  • These talks are organized by the Student Affairs and the Dean of Engineering Offices.
  • Visit the SENG Career Corner and the SAO Career Center.
 
Date and Time Venue Topic Target Participant
26 Apr 2006, Wed, (18:00-19:00) LTC Morgan Stanley: Sharing Session All CS/CPEG Students
03 Mar 2006, Fri, (16:00-17:30) LTD Morgan Stanley: Recruitment Talk Year 2 Students
03 Mar 2006, Fri, (17:00-18:00) LTH Cell Technology: Recruitment Talk Final Year Students
28 Feb 2006, Tue, (17:00-18:30) LTE Credit Suisse Group: Recruitment Talk Year 2 & Final Year Students

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