TRANSITION PLAN

BY: MATTHEW FARRELL

SCHOOL CHOICE
• The school I chose for this project is UBC. UBC is located in Vancouver, and
I will be taking their Computer Science course. According to their website
UBC is “a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently
ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world and recently
recognized as North America’s most international university.”
WHY I CHOSE UBC

• I chose UBC because its computer science courses seemed very interesting
diving into topics like machine learning, it also seems like it has the most
courses out of all the universities I have researched. Another thing that made
me want to go to UBC was the look of the school. It is a very beautiful
school, with the combination of the mountains, trees, city and ocean makes
the school look even nicer not to mention the school is very modern and
sleek.
PROGRAM CHOICE

• The program that I want to enroll in is the computer science course at UBC.
It is a 4-year course that teaches computer programming, calculus, statistics
as well as things like machine learning
WHY I CHOSE COMPUTER SCIENCE

• I chose to enroll in computer science because I am very interested in coding

and the ways a computer works. I enjoy troubleshooting and problem solving
which is 90% of the work in programming and I like the idea of creating a
thing I can be proud of whether it be a video game or even just a website
REQUIREMENTS
• To get into Computer Science at UBC I need:
English 12 -or- English 12 First Peoples
Pre-calculus 12

One of the following courses: Anatomy and Physiology 12, Biology 12, Chemistry 12
-or- Physics 12

English 11 -or- English 11 First Peoples

Pre-calculus 11 -or- Foundations of Mathematics 12

One approved Language 11

Physics 11

Chemistry 11
 COURSES I WOULD TAKE
UBC HAS A COURSE LAYOUT FOR THIS PROGRAM
WHICH INCLUDES 4 COURSES PER YEAR FOR 4
YEARS.
HERE ARE THE COURSES ILL BE TAKING:
COURSES I WOULD TAKE

• UBC has a course layout for this program which includes 4 courses per year
for 4 years.
• Here are the courses ill be taking:
YEAR 1
CPSC 110 - Computation,
Programs, and Programming: An
intro to programming
MATH 100 - Differential Calculus
with Applications to Physical
Sciences and Engineering: Using
functions and modelling graphs
CPSC 121 - Models of
Computation: Physical and
Mathematical aspects of
computers
MATH 101 - Integral Calculus
with Applications to Physical
Sciences and Engineering: More
calculus using the definite
integral, integration techniques
and more
YEAR 2

CPSC 213 - Introduction to

CPSC 210 - Software
Computer Systems: An intro to
Construction: Learning software
things like operating systems,
design, data structures and
computer hardware, the operation
debugging/testing
of disks and networks, etc.

MATH 200 - Calculus III: STAT 241 - Introductory

Analytic geometry in 2 and 3 Probability and Statistics:
dimensions, partial and directional Probability models, random
derivatives and more. variables and vectors, etc.
YEAR 3

CPSC 313 - Computer

CPSC 310 - Introduction to
Hardware and Operating
Software Engineering: Intro to
Systems: Dealing with code
designing and maintaining
optimization, virtual memory
computer software.
management and more.

CPSC 320 - Intermediate CPSC 340 - Machine Learning

Algorithm Design and Analysis: and Data Mining: Learning
Learning how to design and information retrieval, databases
analyze algorithms. and more from algorithms
YEAR 4

CPSC 406 -
CPSC 402 - Numerical
Computational
Linear Algebra: Learning
Optimization: Analysis
the ways of computational
and design of algorithms
linear algebra
that optimize systems

CPSC 425 - Computer CPSC 426 - Computer

Vision: Learning how to Animation: Motion for
make algorithms that computer designed
sense colours and pictures. characters and models
 • This is the course outline UBC requires for
the Bachelors in Computer Science Degree.
These courses also heavily relate to the job
I am wanting to do for a living, the
WHY THESE knowledge of knowing how to create
COURSES? different algorithms and learning about the
math behind it will be exactly what I'm
looking to get into.
 COSTS AND PAYMENT PLAN
AS EXPECTED, THIS DOESN’T COME FOR FREE, SO I
WILL NEED A PLAN FOR HOW I WILL PAY FOR ALL
OF IT
HERE ARE THE FEES I WILL ACQUIRE AND THE
PLAN I HAVE, TO PAY THEM OFF:
 COSTS

Tuition Gas Insurance Residence(Maybe)

Year 1 $6,330.50 $1,544* ~$1500 $5,100-$7000

Year 2 $12,661 $3,088 $3000 $10,200-$14,000

Year 3 $18,991.50 $4633 $4500 $15,300-$21,000

Year 4 $25,322 $6177 $6000 $20,400-$28,000

Total $37,499-$65,499

*The gas is based on an estimated calculation that I made

using the distance times an estimated gas cost per kilometer
 PAYMENT PLAN

Job: I am currently working at Loan: I am going to need to Scholarship: I will try Savings: My parents
a job, and I am saving up take out a loan because I'm not my best to get a have saved up money in
money going to be able to afford to scholarship by applying a GED account for my
pay for it all up front to the school. education
 CONCLUSION

• After all of my research I have figured out where I want to go, what I want to do
how much it will cost and how I will pay for it. This project overall was probably
one of if not the most important project I have done in school because I have
learned so much about what I want to do and what it will cost as well as how I am
going to pay for all of it.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

• https://www.ubc.ca
• https://you.ubc.ca/ubc_programs/computer-science-vancouver-bsc/
• https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=43056