Three PINC students (Kimmie Richardson-Kubitsky-Tsui, Darleen Franklin and Olivia Pham) and Kadie Williams from the CoDE Lab taught a coding workshop for middle school girls as part of the Expanding Your Horizons day at SFSU.
The girls learned to make an app for an Android phone.
PINC is designed as a program for biology majors, and consists of 15 units of computer science coursework (5 courses spread over 4 semesters) that will allow the students to earn an “Emphasis in Computer Science.”
We are looking for students who want to start the PINC program in the spring of 2017. The first class will be taught Tue/ Thu 12:35 – 1:50.
Apply here: 2017 PINC Application.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Prof. Ilmi Yoon (ilmi@sfsu.edu), Prof. Pleuni Pennings (pennings@sfsu.edu, office hours after Thanksgiving: Tue and Fri 3-4 PM HH 673) or Prof. Carmen Domingo (cdomingo@sfsu.edu).
For more information, download the flyer here: pincflyerversiondec2016.
5 courses, 15 units total, taken during 4 semesters:
Add an emphasis in computer science to your CV!
Mentoring by CS grad students and Bio Professors!
Apply your new CS skills to biology topics & improve your job prospects!
No prior CS knowledge needed!
Want to talk to PINC student? Please join us at PINC BBQ on 12/3. Details will follow on this website.
We recently held two meetings for the new PINC students. In total 23 students came to our meetings to meet some of the professors involved, to enjoy some food, and – of course – to learn more about the class that starts in the fall. Happy to share the powerpoint slides here (made by professor Ilmi Yoon).
PINC2016_powerpoint.2ndMeeting
These are exciting times for those of us involved in the PINC program!
First of all, we got many applications from very motivated students and we have accepted a great group of students into the program! We will meet most of these students this week at the meetings we set up to meet with them.
Second, we are happy that the first PINC class will start in the fall. In this class, students will work on building an app for an Android phone to record and retrieve information about tick observations in the Bay Area. The class will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:35PM-1:50PM in Hensil Hall 245.
Note that this time and location is a change from earlier announcements, but a big improvement because we have a better room now, the class will be 2x 1.5 hrs instead of one long class late in the day and Dr Pleuni Pennings will be able to join the class.
