College & Early Career

Power undergraduate courses, bridge programs, and capstone studios with research-grade workflows, containerized labs, and residency playbooks.

Curriculum at a Glance

Residency-style sequences with containerized labs, reproducibility grading, and partner-ready agreements.

3
Course Pathways
36
Contact Hours
HPC Ready
Containers + CI
MOUs
Partner Templates

Pick Your Course Pathway

Select the track that matches your campus goals—each includes syllabi, infrastructure notes, and assessment kits.

Research Foundations Studio

Seminar + lab blend introducing HPC, ethics, and open science tooling.

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Reproducible Research Sprint

Teams refactor real codebases, add CI, and publish artifacts for review.

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Civic Digital Twin Residency

Capstone partnership with municipal labs tackling infrastructure problems.

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Research Foundations Studio

Six-week seminar + lab hybrid that can anchor bridge programs or honors seminars.

Course Overview

Introduce HPC workflows, data governance, and collaboration etiquette with ready-to-teach seminars.

  • Essential questions: What makes research reproducible? How do we prep code for HPC?
  • Core routines: mini-lectures, case study debates, lab practicums
  • Artifacts: Reproducible HPC 101 kit, ethical data stewardship lab

Resources & Differentiation

  • Slides, speaker notes, and demo scripts
  • Hands-on labs with container templates
  • Optional asynchronous modules for flipped delivery
  • Email contact@cscs.org for the starter bundle

Reproducible Research Sprint

Four-week intensive aligned with undergraduate research, REUs, or co-curricular cohorts.

Course Overview

Teams modernize an existing codebase using containers, CI, and documentation sprints.

  • Guiding themes: automation, verification, publishing
  • Capstone: containerized repo + technical brief + lightning talk
  • Featured lesson: Reproducible Research Sprint

Resources & Differentiation

  • CI templates for GitHub Actions + GitLab
  • Reviewer checklists and acceptance criteria
  • Progress trackers for cross-institution teams
  • Request the sprint kit via contact@cscs.org

Civic Digital Twin Residency

Eight-week capstone pairing students with municipal or research lab partners.

Course Overview

Interdisciplinary teams design, simulate, and communicate digital twin prototypes addressing civic challenges.

  • Guiding themes: stakeholder engagement, simulation fidelity, responsible deployment
  • Capstone: advisory board pitch + published repo
  • Lesson highlight: Civic Digital Twin Residency

Resources & Differentiation

  • Template MOUs, NDAs, and safety checklists
  • GPU access planning guide + cloud credits intake
  • Community engagement scripts + reflection journals
  • Email contact@cscs.org for residency onboarding

Teaching Resources

Everything faculty leads, graduate mentors, or community college instructors need.

Syllabi & Slides

  • Editable syllabi with credit-hour breakdowns
  • Slide decks + speaking notes for each session
  • Quick-start guides for visiting speakers

Lab Infrastructure

  • Container registries + base images
  • Slurm and Kubernetes starter scripts
  • Monitoring + logging templates

Assessment & Quality

  • Reproducibility scorecards + rubrics
  • Peer review workflows and checklist automation
  • Publication-ready poster + talk templates

Professional Learning

  • Faculty onboarding cohorts and office hours
  • Co-teaching playbook for lab managers and mentors
  • Grant + budget boilerplates to scale pilots

Flexible Delivery Modes

On-Campus

Lab Residency Kit

Pre-configured containers, assessment plans, and facilitator notes for in-person cohorts.

Includes infrastructure checklist

Remote

Hybrid/Async Track

Video primers, auto-graded labs, and weekly office hour scripts for distributed teams.

Pairs with GitHub Classroom

Partner

Municipal Residency Pack

MOUs, intake surveys, and facilitation scripts for community-partnered residencies.

Requires partner approval

Assessment & Evidence Collection

Suggested Flow

  1. Baseline audit + infrastructure readiness check
  2. Weekly technical stand-ups + log capture
  3. Peer review cycles with automated CI gates
  4. Final symposium with external reviewers
  5. Publication + archival ingest

Tools Provided

  • Rubrics, comment banks, and scoring spreadsheets
  • Zenodo/OSF submission templates
  • Letter-of-support templates for grant reporting
  • Slack + GitHub boards for distributed tracking

Partnership & Career Extensions

Faculty

Co-Teaching Network

Pair your course with CS² mentors, alumni, or industry fellows.

Rolling placement windows

Showcase

Symposium Toolkit

Agenda, judging criteria, and marketing assets for end-of-term showcases.

Supports hybrid + virtual formats

Careers

Fellowship Bridge

Recommendation templates, partner briefs, and stipend guidance for externships.

Best for residency graduates

Launch a CS² Residency

Share your campus goals and we’ll deliver syllabi, infrastructure guidance, and mentor matches tailored to your cohort.