What type of some basic course the softwear engineering student should do as extra-circular?

i am first year softwear engineering student.& i know Little about computer.please tell me the name of some basic extra-circular coerces related to softwear engineering that are commonly required for the softwear engineer for full filling the requirement of getting the job in famous multinational company.and the right time of doing them during the eight semesters.also tell me the good forum for softwear engineer

Try learning about computer hardware + a little Networking.

Their are different forums for different programming languages but generally try this one.http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/Software-Engineer.html