Essential CS Skills
Learn the tools and skills that will be required throughout your computer science courses at CMU.
Save time, and focus on what is important: the content of the course. Brush up your skills by checking these resources:
- CMU Course on Practical Ideas in CS: terminal usage, vim, bash, git, LaTeX
- Python Programming
- C/Data Structures
Networking
Are you on your internship search and would like to start a connection with people working at a certain company?
There are amazing networking opportunities available to you at CMU. This is a compilation of our favorite ones:
- CMU Student Leadership, Involvement, and Civic Engagement (SLICE): provides and promotes opportunities that facilitate students’ development of self and community
- The Bridge: explore organizations, learn about events, track your member’s involvement and more
- CMU SCS Alumni Network: schedule a call to get career and professional advice from CMU alumni (and skip those cold LinkedIn requests!)
- CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship (CMU T&E): community that empowers CMU entrepreneurs, industry experts, technologists, and startups through our resources, opportunities, and events. CMU alums and students are welcome.
Professional Development
Schedule career counseling appointments, and get help with everything from developing a job search strategy and editing your resume, to preparing for networking conversations and interviews and negotiating offers!
Mental Health
You are brilliant, otherwise you would not have made it to CMU! However, if you find yourself struggling with mental health problems, you simply will not be able to perform your best.
Take advantage of CMU resources to get yourself back to performing your best, and making your CMU experience memorable:
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS): safe, confidential environment for students to talk about personal and academic concerns
- Lean On Me: need to talk with someone right now? This peer-to-peer support hotline is ready for you; get support in just a few minutes
Others
Other resources you might find useful.
- CMU COVID-19 Updates: latest information and resources related to COVID-19 for CMU community
- SCS Dean's Office Resources: collection of resources for working remotely, course delivery, support services and more from the SCS Dean's office
- SCS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): resources from SCS DEI promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within SCS
- SCS Master's Programs List: list of professional and academic master's programs across seven departments of SCS
- CMU Open Learning Initiative (OLI): provides textbook-replacement courseware that can be used in face-to-face, online, or hybrid classes
- Dining Locations & Hours: Check out all CMU dining locations and operating hours.