CSE 390B: Building Academic Success Through Bottom-Up Computing

Welcome to CSE 390B, a course unlike any other in the Allen School! CSE 390B students have the opportunity to learn how computers work and how software runs on them. Additionally, this course empowers students to succeed as a university student by engaging students in new techniques and approaches in studying and learning at the university level. The course is designed to foster academic success at the University of Washington and the Allen School. Registration is for Allen School undergraduates and by add-code only. If interested, please contact an Allen School academic advisor at ugrad-adviser@cs.washington.edu.

Course and Contact Information

• For the first week of the quarter, all CSE 390B meetings will be held online. This includes class sessions, quiz sections, and office hours (see UW annoucement here). The University of Washington is currently planning that we will be returning to in-person instruction from Week 2 onwards. Read more about CSE 390B's COVID safety guidelines here.
• Read the syllabus here and about your course staff here!
• You can reach all the instructors and TAs via cse390b-staff@cs.washington.edu. Please use this mailing list for any urgent matters. For all other questions, please make a post on the Ed discussion board.
• Class email list: cse390b_wi22@uw.edu. Make sure you receive messages sent to this list.
• Instructors:
  • Leslie Ikeda, ikedal@cs.washington.edu, office hours: Wednesdays 4:30-5pm PST at CSE2 174 or via Zoom
  • Eric Fan, ericfan@cs.washington.edu, office hours: Tuesdays 3-4pm PST CSE2 153 or via Zoom and Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm PST via Zoom
• TAs:
  • Audrey Ma, ama50@cs.washington.edu, office hours: Wednesdays 1:30-2:30pm PST at CSE2 152 or via Zoom
  • Sean Le, seanle@cs.washington.edu, office hours: Wednesdays 1:30-2:30pm PST at CSE2 152 or via Zoom
• Time and Location for Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:50pm Pacific Time in CSE2 G04 (via Zoom the first week). Access the course Canvas page or the Zoom app for Zoom meetings and recordings.
• Canvas
• Gradescope
• Discussion board
• Anonymous contact/feedback