Become an Adaptive Computing Professional

CS Students, connect your Learning with Doing

OUR TWO COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMS

LAUNCH: Become a Self-Directed Learner

For students getting started in computing higher education journey, no computing experience yet.

Launch equips students with the essential learning skills and computing fundamentals in a flexible and supportive learning community of students from across CA. Opportunities to join the program are available three times, beginning of summer, fall and spring semesters.

ACCELERATE: Become a Career-Ready Professional

For students in their second year and beyond in their computing higher education journey, having completed at least one computer science course.

Through problem-solving mastery, open source contributions, portfolio projects, and CS research experiences, students develop the adaptability to thrive in computing’s rapidly changing landscape. Opportunities to start at the beginning of summer and fall semesters.

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Projected # of students to participate in a work based learning experience in 2025

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First generation students

PAST STUDENTS

Pierre Harbin

San Fransico State University  → GitHub

“I got a SWE intern offer from GitHub, thanks to the CTI team for giving me the tools to land this internship. Participating in a CTI micro-internship and internship search sessions helped me a lot.“

Leila Leibert

College of Marin → Princeton

“I truly believe that gaining research experience is a wonderful way to gain exposure to graduate school and gain real life skills, because research is the foundation for most jobs in the 21st century.”

Vanessa Valle

UC Merced → Internship

“I don’t think I could have gotten an internship without the Accelerate program. I went into my first college class and it seemed like everybody else already knew what they were doing. I was still learning the basics. I thought, ‘Those students are going to get all the internships.“

More Students

Guillermo Zendejas

Hartnell → CSUMB → Uber

“CTI’s problem solving curriculum, open source software development experience, resume workshops, application tracking, mentor relationship and the internship search sessions connected me to the computing profession very early on in my college journey.“