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Why Choose CSE?

Why do students choose computer science and computer engineering as their field? What are some of the diverse career paths that they pursue with their CSE degrees? For those who enter the software industry, what's a day in their life like?

Three videos from University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering address these questions. Take a look! Get a taste of what CSE holds in store for you! Learn more about this exciting field!

UW Engineers Making A Difference: Computer Science and Engineering

UW CSE Ph.D. student Yaw Anokwa discusses his work on information technology for the developing world in this terrific UW College of Engineering video.

"Pathways in Computer Science"

Ukrainian Translation

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This video illustrates the diverse pathways that students pursue after receiving Bachelors degrees in computer science or computer engineering. Its goals are:

1. To demonstrate that a computer science or computer engineering degree is terrific preparation for almost any imaginable future!
2. To profile several career options that a student may not connect with this industry.
• Research scientist in computational biology
• Graduate student working on technology to improve forest firefighting techniques
• Neurobotics -- making better prosthetic devices for people with disabilities
• Graduate student working to make textbook graphics readable to blind students
• Undergraduate student working in India to connect rural communities through technology

"Power to Change the World"

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This video presents clips from interviews with roughly a dozen University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, and faculty, explaining why they chose computer science or computer engineering as their field. Its goals are:

"A Day in the Life"

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This video describes the lives of recent bachelors graduates from University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering, in several 2-minute profiles. Find out what it's like to work in highly collaborative, creative, diverse, challenging, well compensated position that provides a flexible, fun lifestyle and appeals to a diverse population.

"A Day in the Life" additional profiles



Erin   (lower bandwidth version)

Siobhan   (lower bandwidth version)

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• Download (rather than stream) these videos
• Request a DVD versions of these videos
• UW CSE undergraduate program brochure

More Reasons to choose CSE

• "Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus"
  (New York Times, 6/10/2011)

• "Red Hot: The Computer Science Job Market"
  (Xconomy article by UW CSE's Ed Lazowska, 5/17/2011)

• "Considering a Career in Biotech? How About Trying Computer Science Instead?"
  (Xconomy interviews UW Dean of Engineering (and turncoat bioengineer) Matt O'Donnell, 5/2/2011)

• KING 5 News on job prospects for UW CSE grads
  ("The job market may be tough for most, but not if you're a University of Washington computer science student.")

• Top 10 Reasons to Major in Computing (ACM)
• Check out what some of our recent alumni are doing now

• CNN Money ranks "Software Engineer" #1 among "Top 10 Best Jobs in America"
  (We're not confident about #2, but #1 is a great pick!)

• "Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold"
  (UW CSE is featured in the New York Times)

• "New Programs Aim to Lure Young Into Digital Jobs"
  (The New York Times profiles UW CSE alum Kira Lehtomaki, an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

• "'Exponentials R Us' -- Seven Computer Science Game-Changers from the 2000's, and Seven More to Come"
  (An end-of-decade Xconomy article by UW CSE's Ed Lazowska)

• "Where the jobs are ..."
  (A report on the 2008-2018 US Bureau of Labor Statistics employment forecast, released in November 2009)

• FOCUS identifies the "Best Jobs in America"
  (March 2010 - we stack up OK!)

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