Passing the IC

The IC is a 1 unit pass/fail course. Passing it is a graduation requirement for all SCS students.

The Rules:

• You must earn a minimum of 30 points to pass the IC.

• You must earn 12 attendance points (1 per IC meeting; there are 15 total of 15 meetings)
  Attendance points beyond 12 counts toward the general requirement of 30 points.

• You must earn 3 points by completing the final survey on time.

• Whoever earns the most points gets a special award.

The following activities are each worth one point. You can participate in an activity just once (to get its point), unless it explicitly states the number of times that you can repeat it. So check with your advisor before believing that you have satisfied all your points. It is a good idea to print this list, scan it and mark down about 35 points worth of activiites that you will do (counting the mandated points listed above in your total). Periodically examine your progress towards your final goal. More details will be forthcoming

Use Holly Hippensteel as a contact point for free/cheap tickets to many events listed below.

I will finalize this list of activities by the end of the second week of school.

Meeting Community Members (in their offices, not just in front of the elevator)
• Meet with Randy Bryant
• Meet with Jeannette Wing
• Meet with Klaus Sutner
• Meet with a faculty member, with whom you are taking a course
• Meet with any faculty member, with whom you are NOT taking a course
  (you can do this up to 3 times, for a maximum of 3 points)
• Meet with Holly Hippensteel
• Meet with Kevin Collins (you can get a second point for having an approved resume on file with him)
• Meet with Tina Carr
• Meet with Catherine Copetas (good luck even getting into her office)

  CMU: on campus/off campus

• Attend a SCS Colloquium/Lecture (you can get a second point if you are called on to ask a question): you can do this up to three times.
• Attend any other colloquium/lecture given by an academic unit on campus (MCS, CIT, CFA, etc.): you can do this twice.
• Send me a short writeup (3/4 page) of of any colloquium/lecture that you attend (see above; I'll post them off a link on the 15-128 page): you can do this up to three times.
• Attend a class that you are not registered for, just to see what it is about (not on a day that they give a test); you can do this twice.
• Eat for the cycle 1: have a meal with a freshman from CIT, MCS, CFA, HSS, and the Tepper school (it doesn't have to be one big meal, one with each is fine)
• Eat for the cycle 2: have a meal with a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior from SCS (it doesn't have to be one big meal, one with each is fine)
• Workout in any gym at CMU for > 1/2 hour (you gotta break a sweat)
• Visit and tour the Software Engineering Institute (SEI: Oakland, call ahead to (412) 269-????)
• Visit and tour the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC: South Side)
• Attend the TOC (Technical Opportunities Conference) a job fair for technical students
• Attend the Unix Clue session (time in October to be announced)
• Put up a website: web hosting available through andrew. You can examine the list of sites. Use the following page to learn how to publish your site.

  On Campus Groups

• Participate on a varsity, club, or IM sports team
• Become a writer/photographer/whatever for the Tartan
• Become an officer in a CMU approved organization
• Join a CMU performance group
• Get your "Letter to the Editor" published: Tartan (1 pt), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2 points) New York Times (5 points)
• Get your name mentioned in the Tartan (or any other newspaper; clip the article for me)

  Attending an Event

• Attend a movie at CMU.
• Attend a CMU Fine Arts performance: a play, a concert, etc.
• Attend a Fine Arts performance outside CMU (professional or another school): a play, concert, ballet, opera, etc.
• Attend a CMU varsity sporting event (men playing)
• Attend a CMU varsity sporting event (women playing)
• Attend a sporting event outside CMU (professional or another school): baseball, football, hockey, etc.
• Take a walk through the Strip District (early morning Saturday is best)
• Attend a political rally or protest (no point if you get maced or arrested)
• Attend a religious service, on campus or off
• Visit Friday Nite Improvs (you can get a second point for actually performing).

  Visit a Cultural Icon

• Visit the Carnegie Museum (Oakland).
• Check out a book from the Carnegie Library (Oakland).
• Visit the Warhol Museum (Downtown)
• Visit the Heinz Regional History Museum (Strip District)
• Visit the Carnegie Science Center (North Side)
• Visit the Phipps Conservatory (across Flagstaff hill)
• Visit The Frick Fine Arts Museum (Point Breeze)
• Visit the Pittsburgh Zoo (Highland Park)
• Visit the Pittsburgh Aviary (North Side)
• Attend a Lecture at the Drue Heinz Lecture Series (Oakland)
• Visit one of the Nationality rooms at Pitt (in the Tower of Learning)
• Ride the Duquesne (Mt. Washington <-> Station Square) or Monongahela (by the Smithfield Bridge) Incline.

  Help On Campus and Off

• Give blood during a CMU blood drive (there are a few each semester; I'm the SCS coordinator) - this is important to me personally, for a variety of reasons, so it is worth two points
• Voluteer to help with an alumni event (homecomming is in the fall)
• Host a prospective student during a sleeping bag weekend.
• Invite an international student to your home for Thanksgiving (3 points for you; 2 points for the international student who comes).
• Volunteer for a non-profit/community service organization

  Eating Out (no chains)

• Eat breakfast/lunch/breakfast/lunch/dinner in Oakland
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner in Squirrel Hill
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner Downtown
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner in Shadyside
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner on the South Side
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner at the Waterfront

  Do a Job for Rich

• Write a time log for week 4
• Write a time log for week 5
• Complete a mid-term course evaluation for your courses
• Help run the Freshman Photo Web-Page
• Contribute at least 5 photos to the Freshman Photo Web-Page
• Compete in the Freshman T-Shirt Contest by submitting a design (worth two points; I'll give a third point to the winner)
• Find a quote that I think is good enough to include with my quotes
• Bring in an article from the popular press on computing (I'll put them on the bboard outside my office, so students waiting to see me will have something to read).
• Do a short (few paragraphs + a picture - .jpg) biography of a computer scientist
• Play a trick on me (-1 point if I don't think it is funny)
• Come up with a new activity that is good enough to include here