I joined Santa Barbara City College in 1979 as a professor in the Computer Science Department. Before City College, I designed and implemented operating systems for Burroughs Corporation in Goleta working on the B1700 line of computers. I was then employed by the Santa Barbara School Districts as a Systems & Programming Manager and Data Processing Director.

I am currently teaching courses titled Computer Concepts, Programming Fundamentals, and Java Programming.

Current Course Content Links

• CS101 Computer Concepts
• CS120 Java Programming
• CS135 Programming Fundamentals

Education

• Master of Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (MSEE & MSCS) - UC Santa Barbara
• Bachelors of Science, Mathematics (B.S.) - University of Oregon, at Eugene, Oregon - U of O - Autzen Football Stadium... GO DUCKS!
• Noteworthy Events: 1995 Rose Bowl - Penn St VS Oregon
  Picture: SBCC President Dr. Peter MacDougall (Penn St. Grad) & Coach (Oregon Grad)
  Picture: At the Rose Bowl After Oregon's 1st Touchdown
  Picture: Celebrating After Oregon's Loss - A Close Game!!!

Check This Out!

• NEW --> Coach ROCKBANDS out during Computer Science Club sponsored Rock Band Event --- Spring 2009 --- See the VIDEO, then read the Santa Barbara Independent's Article
• NEW --> Join the SBCC Computer Science Club --- Fall 2009 Beach BBQ HOT Off The Press Latest Photos
• Join the SBCC Computer Science Club --- Spring 2009 Beach BBQ Photos
• Join the SBCC Computer Science Club --- Spring 2008 Beach BBQ Photos
• Join the SBCC Computer Science Club --- Fall 2007 Beach BBQ Photos
• A MUST see Santa Barbara Newspress Article (Fall 2004) Link as to why you NEED to MAJOR in Computer Science!
• CoachCam Makes The News!!! Link

Current Interests

• Writing - Revising my current textbook titled "Microcomputer Principles and Applications"
• Computers
• Snow Skiing Bear Valley (in the High Sierra Nevada)
• Golfing- Here's a recent Golf Collage of my 1st Drive (335 Yards) with my New Biggest Big Bertha Driver on the Central Oregon Coast
• Fine Wines

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
• Regional representative for the Special Interest Group for Computing in Community Colleges (SIG3C)

SBCC Computer Science Courses Recently Developed

• Information Superhighways,
• Java Programming,
• An Introduction to UNIX, and
• Object Oriented Programming using C++.

Fun & Interesting Links

• Coach receives the 2009-2010 Faculty Excellence Award at SBCC! Here's his Interview and a photo!
• Coach Kayaking an Amsterdam Canal
• Images & Video of 1998 ACM Regional Programming Contest Hosted at SBCC
• Images & Articles of 1999 ACM Regional Programming Contest Hosted at SBCC
• Can you find me in this 1976 PHOTO?
• Pictures of my KSBY-NBC TV Interview on 11/13/98

Job Opportunities Links

• Why you should major in Computer Science (from CNNMoney.com) --> The Most Lucrative College Degrees
• UCSB's List of Computer Science Job Opportunities
• A Link to Central Coast Computer Science Job Opportunities
• Santa Barbara Software Engineering Jobs
• CalPoly's Links to Computer Science Job Opportunities
• USA Computer Science Job Opportunities
• 1001 USA Computer Science Job Opportunities
• Graduating Computing Careers Online
• EngineeringJobs.com
• Bay Area ComputerWork.com
• Seattle Software Development Job Opportunities

Favorite Places

• Live Streaming WebCam Video from Amsterdam
• David Letterman
• StarTrek
• Digtal Camera Review I love Camera's (Canon's are my favorite) - check it out!
• Ziff-Davis Net PC Magazine, Computer Shopper & More
• CNET Looking to buy computer stuff? Excellent reviews and lots of "best price" analysis. I love this site!
• CNN Interactive Interactive News and Media 1
• Fox News Interactive News and Media 2
• MS-NBC Interactive News and Media 3
• Google Search Engine
• San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner I love the printed paper version, but this is FREE!
• LIVE CoachCam Out My Office Window

SBCC View from Coach's Office

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rhd@cs.sbcc.edu

Author: Robert "Coach" Dependahl, Jr.

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