Requirements & Tips for New Graduate Students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Congratulations and Welcome to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University! We look forward to meeting you! We would like to share some important information about the Department and the University in general to hopefully help you in this new transition.

• You should first check-in with the department. Every new student should meet with the graduate advisor to discuss classes, etc. Appointments can be scheduled by emailing grad-advisor@cse.tamu.edu, calling 979-845-8981, or by dropping by the advising office in 916 Richardson.
  
  
• If you are an international student, then you must also check in with International Student Services (ISS) (tel 979-845-1824). ISS has a very good page of useful links for incoming international students.

• After checking in with the department and/or ISS you should then be able to register. You can register and view courses at http://courses.tamu.edu

Listed below are some important events, some of them mandatory, for new graduate students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. See the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) Academic Calendar for other important dates and events.

• What: Orientation & Check-In Registration
  Who: International Students
  International Student Check In is the only opportunity for students to remove several registration blocks at one location. Students arriving after International Student Check-In, will have to go to the various offices across the Texas A&M campus to remove registration blocks.
  
  
• What: English Proficiency Exam
  Who: Some International Students (MANDATORY for TAs and some other International Students)
  All international students who want to be eligible to be graduate teaching assistants (GATs) whose native language is not English or who did not receive their baccalaureate degree in the U.S. MUST take the ELPE. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering encourages all international students, whether or not they are GATs, to take the ELPE.
  
  
• What: Mandatory ISS Orientation
  Who: MANDATORY for all NEW International Students
  
  
• What: Teaching Assistant Training
  Who: MANDATORY for all NEW Teaching Assistants (GATs)
  
  
• What: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Orientation
  Who: MANDATORY for ALL NEW graduate students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CSE New Graduate Student Orientation - Department of Computer Science and Engineering

• Graduate Orientation I: Overview of Department Resources & Contacts, Honor Code, and Student Organizations
  MANDATORY FOR NEW GRAD STUDENTS
  
  
• Graduate Orientation II: Current Grad & Faculty Panels, Poster Session, & PIZZA!
  MANDATORY FOR NEW GRAD STUDENTS and CPSC 681 STUDENTS

Graduate Teaching Assistant Training (MANDATORY FOR NEW GATS)

The Center for Teaching Excellence conducts the Teaching Assistant Training and Evaluation Program (TATEP).

TATEP is a Texas A&M mandated orientation/training session for all first-time graduate teaching assistants. It is designed for all graduate students who will have classroom teaching responsibilities in the coming year, as well as for graduate students who anticipate careers in higher education. The TATEP workshops are intended to: provide some orientation to the Texas A&M campus environment, reduce anxiety, stimulate motivation, create awareness of current thinking on college teaching, and suggest sources for further information. TATEP should complement teaching orientation and development activities that take place at the departmental level. The graduate advising office will register new TAs for this training.

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