Hosted Field Trips

Overview

The UAB CIS Department offers outreach opportunities to local high schools through hosted field trips. The 3-hour field trip provides students with a broad range of exposure to computer science concepts, such as:

• Career Opportunities in Computer Science

• Computer Chess

• Introduction to Game Programming with Alice

• Applications of Computer Graphics to Digital Photography

• Tour of UAB CIS (including "Fastest Computer in Alabama" and visualization wall)

• Pizza lunch featuring demonstrations of Lego NXT Robots

For more information about scheduling a field trip for your school, please contact Dr. Jeff Gray at gray@cis.uab.edu

List of CIS Sponsored Field Trips

Fultondale High School
(September 15, 2006)

Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham
(October 14, 2006)

Vestavia Hills High School and the Altamont School
(November 3, 2006)

West End High School
(March 30, 2007)