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CSB ‘28 - The Everything Guide
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Welcome CSB ‘28!!

Congratulations on your acceptance!

This doc has a bunch of resources for you :)

Resource list

(These were made last year)

25+ points to consider when deciding to join our CSB Family

  1. We are UT’s first official dual honors degree program!
  2. Small class size
  3. Our community!
  1. From Jeopardy to Scavenger Hunts, to Paintball
  1. You’ll automatically be part of the Computer Science and Business Association (CSBA)
  2. Resources from two departments
  1. both Mccombs & UTCS
  1. Our unique program prepares you for a wide range of things
  1. From software engineering (SWE) to product management (PM) to Investment Banking (IB) to consulting, to Quantitative Trading

If you’re also considering our sister CS honors program Turing…

We’re actually the same in many ways…

  1. We are both extremely selective UT CS Honors programs (We both have single digit acceptance rates!)
  2. We both have many valedictorians, and super duper smart people :)
  3. We both provide you with the same UT CS Honors degree
  4. We take the same core CS courses
  1. Honors Discrete Math (CS311H)
  2. Honors Data Structures (CS314H)
  3. Honors Computer Architecture (CS429H)
  4. Honors Operating Systems (CS439H)
  5. Honors Algorithms (CS331H)
  6. The main difference is that, in Turing, you’re also required to take more CS electives and write an honors thesis to graduate
  1. Many of our students are heavily involved in CS research
  1. We are involved in CS research
  1. Research courses
  2. The Directed Reading Program (DiRP)
  3. The Freshman Research Initiative (FRI)
  4. The Machine Learning Laboratory (MLL)
  5. The Operating Systems Lab(OSU)
  6. And more!
  1. Many CSB and Turing students have graduated in 3.5 or even 3 years
  2. You can write a CS Honors Thesis in both programs
  3. Most of our students in both programs pursue software engineering
  1. In CSB, this is roughly 60-70%
  1. We both have students interning/working at very selective companies.
  1. This past year, CSB has had students at Citadel, Optiver, Google, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Goldman Sachs
  1. You can triple major in both programs
  1. In Turing, it is quite common for students to also major in mathematics.
  2. In CSB, we’ve also had students also major in Finance, Mathematics, and more!
  1. We each have our own student association
  1. In Turing, this is TSSA
  2. In CSB, this is CSBA

So how are we different?

  1. In addition to a CS Honors Degree from UT, we also provide you with different things.
  1. In Turing, you receive a Turing Scholars distinction.
  2. In CSB, you receive an additional Canfield Business Honors Degree.
  1. In CSB, the thesis isn’t a graduation requirement to receive a CS Honors degree.
  1. Historically, up to 50% of Turing students have decided not to complete the thesis, and so they graduate with a regular CS degree
  2. However, you have the option of writing the same CS honors thesis in both programs.
  1. Turing has a foreign language requirement, but it is not required in CSB
  1. This, of course, does not stop you from taking foreign language courses if you’d like to :)
  1. Historically, CSB has had between 20 - 40 people per class, and Turing typically has between 60 - 70.
  2. Even though we take the same core CS classes, for the most part, Turing and CSB are in separate sections
  1. For Turing, some courses there are multiple sections (Such as the CS331H Honors Algorithms course, or the CS pod course)
  2. For CSB, we’ve essentially had most of our CS classes together, especially during the first 4 semesters :)
  3. CSB has a different professor for Data Structures(CS314H), but the content and projects are the same, and the tests are similar.
  4. CSB also has a different professor for Computer Architecture(CS429H)
  1. The Turing class is a very software heavy version of Computer Architecture, where you will build compilers, simulators etc.
  2. The CSB section is much more hardware focused with classes often focusing on building circuits such as adders, and flip flops, with large software projects spanning multiple weeks(Turing projects are every week).
  1. Although both give you access to UTCS recruiting/career events…
  1. In Turing, you get access to exclusive Turing events
  2. In CSB, you get access to exclusive business events, CBHP events, and CSB events
  1. CSB has students involved in research with professors at Mccombs
  2. In CSB, you can transfer to Turing
  1. This is always a relatively hassle-free option that some students have taken, no questions asked.
  2. In Turing, you can transfer to regular computer science later on
  3. However, in the past two years, no one has switched :))
  4. If you think you want to transfer from CSB to Turing once you start school come talk to Ani
  1. Although you can transfer to regular computer science in both programs, you can also transfer to regular business in CSB.
  2. Unfortunately, as of this year, it is not possible to transfer from Turing to CSB

There is no “better” program - it just depends on your interests!

Both communities are amazing, challenging and rewarding! It’s more about “fit” than which program is “better”