wow,

so many questions at a time !! i will try to answer most of them.

> How do I select the courses which I wanna study? I had contacted Prof. Eckberg,
> but he hasn't replied about that point yet..

it completetly depends upto you ... what field you are interested in ?? actually in SDSU there are
no specialization streams like software engg, AI, networking etc. you just pick some courses from
whatever is offered !! what i would suggest is look at the reviews of the professors and select
the courses. to find the reviews of professors, you can go to this link
http://ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=877&startRow=194&letter=C&orderby=TDept

look for the professors Whitney (my favourite and the best in the dept, if you are completely
object oriented & software development person), Root, Caroll etc. please avoid prof Marovac.

don't expect much from prof eckberg, he won't reply to any of your emails in your expected /
required time. email prof donald (jdonald@cs.sdsu.edu), who is another appointed graduate advisor
and he will reply instataneously, but again both of these profs might be busy helping other
students too, so keep your patience. and most of the information you will get from us who have been
here from one semester to 2 yrs.

> How many units need to be selected.. So totally for M.S in C.S, how many
> courses need to be done?

you have to finish 30 credit units in order to get you MS in CS diploma. most of the courses are
worth 3 credit units, so you will need atleast 10 courses. and the other requirement is you have
to have atleast 15 credit units from 600 level courses. 700 level courses (thesis or project) are
NOT counted in 600 level courses. so you have to have 15 credits from 600 level courses. if you
look at your graduate bulletin (http://coursecat.sdsu.edu/bulletin/CS.pdf), you will find
different catagories for area of study, and you have to have atleast one course from each
category.

> Should I consult with Prof. Eckberg before selecting some courses or should I consult the
> teaching faculty for that course before selecting it? Only after selecting the courses I can
> decide on the books to be bought.. right?

As i mentioned before, consulting prof eckberg might not be a good idea. yah you can consult the
faculty who is teaching particular courses of your interest and try to get along with them. well
for the books it's not necessary to decide courses first. you can always bring some basic books
for algorithms, software engg, operating systems, database, networking, other reference books for
languages like C/C++/Java/Smalltalk etc. visit http://sdsusanskriti.blogspot.com for more details.

> So, u have completed u'r M.S in C.S over there? Did u complete u'r Thesis also? How many of
> u got in campus recruitment this time?

i still have to take one 600 level course and my thesis. when you say in campus recruitment, if u
mean job related to CS then very few of us have our field related jobs. and if u mean any other on
campus job, then most of us have on campus jobs.

i think that's pretty much it !! do let me know if you have further questions.

all the best for everything
sachin

hi,

everything on one certificate.... signed AND stamped by the doctor, will do. You basically need
the proof for MMR shots.. rest is upto you if you want to include.

visit these links
http://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/admissions/immunization.html
http://shs.sdsu.edu/pages/IR/Immunizationreq.html

have a safe trip
> Hi,
>
> i had a quick quest for you.
>
> What should be the format or say the requirements of the medical certificate
> we need to produce at SDSU? how should it look like. is it that I need to
> carry all the certificates or its everything bundled in one certificate
> signed by the doc. and what are the different medical tests that need to be
> done.

hi,

well your search for computer science geek ends here !! fortunately my major is Computer Science and i m a master student. do lemme know what courses you are taking and i will help you to find the books for it.

bring a few basic books like
-> Computer Algorithms/C++ by Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni, Sanguthevar Rajasckaran
-> Design of the Unix Operating System by Maurice Bach
-> Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process (2nd Edition) by Craig Larman

also bring some books which might help you for your reference like Programming with C, C++, Java etc and some reference for Database programming. Rest of the books will depend on what course you are taking. If you are already decided with most of the courses you are going to take here then you can refer to some old class schedules like spring 2003 (http://www2.sdsu.edu/cgi-bin/schedule/browse=dept/command=search/dept=CS/semester=spring03) and you click on a particular course, it will show you the text book and optional books for that course. try the same with other class schedules like fall 2002, spring 2002 if you don't find all the courses you want to take in one class schedule. and search the same book in amazon.com which will give you all the details of authors and latest edition in the market and everything.

hope this will help you much better way to get your books. all the best for everything else.

wishes
sachin

--- Madhusudan Sathyanarayan wrote:
> Dear Sachin,
> Madhusudan here (Bangalore, India).. how r u?? I'm fine and getting all busy with the packing
> and stuff. Hey sachin, could u get hold of some M.S Computer Science guy over there (senior) and
> gimme his mail id? Many of us here want to know what books are available there and what to
> carry.. so it will be helpful if we could speak to him directly over mail.