101 (211) Introduction to PC Application Software. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to software applications of the personal computer, including word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and databases. Not open to CompSci students for cr. Prereq: none.
111 Introduction to Unix. 1 cr. U.
Introduction to basic user skills for Unix operating systems. File system structure and access control. Basic user commands. Text editing . Internet utilities. Not open for cr to students with cr in CompSci 140(ER). Prereq: none.
112 Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web. 1 cr. U.
Historical and technical overview of the internet and the web. Internet services including electronic mail, news groups, and file transfer. Searching. Security, privacy, and performance issues. Prereq: none.
113 Introduction to Web Document Production. 1 cr. U.
An introduction to the authoring of World Wide Web documents. HTML principles and concepts. Brief survey of future Web document technologies. Prereq: none.
132 Introduction to Computers and Programming. 3 cr. U.
How computers work; communicating with computers; introductory programming in a high-level language; elementary problem solving. Prereq: Math placement code of 30 or Math 105(C).
140 Introduction to the Computer Science Laboratories. 1 cr. U.
Account procedures, login/logout, text editing, file system structure including access control, internet access and electronic mail, account and window system configuration. Not open for cr. to students with cr. in CompSci 111(ER). Prereq: none.
150 Survey of Computer Science. 3 cr. U.
A survey of computer science. Topics include data storage and manipulation, operating systems and networks, algorithms and data structures, programming languages, artificial intelligence, and computability. Counts as repeat of CompSci 299 with similar topic. Prereq: none.
151 Introduction to Scientific Programming in Fortran. 3 cr. U.
Design and implementation of computer programs in fortran; stress will be placed on applications to different fields of science and engineering. Prereq: Math 231(C) or 226(C).
153 Introduction to Scientific Programming in C++. 3 cr. U.
Design and implementation of computer programs in C++; stress will be placed on applications to different fields of science and engineering. Prereq: Math 231(C) or 226(C).
201 Introductory Computer Programming. 3 cr. U.
Problem solving with structured programming techniques using an object-oriented programming language, including control structures, functions, arrays, vectors, and pre-defined objects. Prereq: Math Placement Code of 30 or Math 105(P).
251 Intermediate Computer Programming. 4 cr. U.
Problem solving with objects. Writing classes. Use of standard data structures. Basic software development skills including text analysis tools, debugging, and configuration management. Prereq: Math Placement Code of 30 or Math 105(P); C or better in CompSci 201(P); CompSci 140(R).
290 Introductory Topics in Computer Science: (Subtitled). 1-3 cr. U.
Lectures on new introductory material in computer science. Variable-content course. May be retaken to max of 6 cr with change in topic. Prereq: specific courses dependent on topic.
299 Introductory Topics in Computer Science: (Subtitled). 1-3 cr. U.
Work on new introductory material in computer science. Section title and credits announced whenever course is offered. May be retaken to max of 6 cr with change in topic. Prereq: specific courses dependent on topic.
315 (215) Introduction to Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to number systems, arithmetic and Boolean operations. Digital computer organization. A specific computer system, assembly and machine language programming. Prereq: CompSci 151(P) or 152(P) or 153(P) or 201(P); Math 211(P) or 226(P) or 231(P).
317 (217) Discrete Information Structures. 3 cr. U.
Introductory discussion of logic, proof techniques, sets, functions, relations, combinatorics, probability, and graphs. Prereq: grade of C or better in Math 221(P), 226(P) or 231(P); CompSci 152(P) or 201(P).
351 (252) Data Structures and Algorithms. 4 cr. U.
Programming in a structured, high-level, object-oriented language. Implementation of data structures and algorithms and their application. Prereq: CompSci 140(R), C or better in CompSci 152(P) or C or better in CompSci 251(P).
395 Social, Professional, and Ethical Issues. 3 cr. U.
The social, professional and ethical issues that arise in the context of professional computing. Prereq: soph st or cons instr.
417 (517) Introduction to the Theory of Computation. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to formal languages, grammars and automata. Finite state automata, pushdown automata, turing machines. Regular, context-free recursive and recursively enumerable languages. Decidability. Prereq: jr st; Math 221(P) or 232(P), grade of C or better in CompSci 317(217)(P).
422 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to core techniques and broad survey of AI. Topics include: Lisp, heuristic search, knowledge representation, planning, vision, learning. Prereq: jr st; C or better in CompSci 317(217)(P) & CompSci351(252)(P).
423 Introduction to Natural Language Processing. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to natural language processing programs and an overview of the field. Topics include syntactic frameworks, parsing, semantics, interpretation, and applications. Prereq: jr st; C or better in CompSci 351(252)(P) & 417(517)(P).
425 Introduction to Data Mining. 3 cr. U/G.
Algorithms for uncovering useful information from data. Topics include data exploration, association rules, clustering, supervised learning, and mining structured data (e.g., sequences or graphs) Counts as repeat of CompSci 657 with same topic. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 251(P), Math 221(P) or Math 232(P)
431 (631) Programming Languages Concepts. 3 cr. U/G.
Examination of abstract features of languages. Study of syntactic and semantic models; design and programming in procedural, object-oriented, functional and logical languages. Implementation methods. Prereq: jr st; grade of C or better in CompSci 351(252)(P).
438 Software Engineering Laboratory. 1-6 cr. U/G.
Software projects involving definition, design, development, documentation and implementation of software systems. May be retaken with change of topic to 6 cr max. Prereq: jr st; C or better in CompSci 251(P).
444 Introduction to Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; topics include: indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of HCA 444, CompSci 744, & HCA 744. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 351(P) or HCA 442(P).
458 Computer Architecture. 3 cr. U/G.
Processor organization and design; memory organization; microprogramming and control unit design; I-O organization; case studies of selected machine architectures. Jointly offered with & counts as repeat of ElecEng 458. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 315(215)(P) or ElecEng 354(P).
459 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. 3 cr. U/G.
Scan-line algorithms, object representation, homogeneous coordinates, geometric transformations, viewing curves, illumination models, interactive input methods, texture mapping. Prereq: jr st; Math 232(P); CompSci 251(P).
469 Introduction to Computer Security. 3 cr. U/G.
Privacy and authenticity of data and programs, communication, operating systems, network and database security, computer viruses, cryptography, private and public key cryptosystems, protocols. Prereq: jr st; C or better in both CompSci 317(217)(P) & 201(P).
511 Symbolic Logic. 3 cr. U/G.
First-order predicate calculus; formal properties of theoretical systems; chief results of modern mathematical logic; advanced topics such as completeness and computability. CompSci 511, Math 511, & Philos 511 are jointly offered & count as repeat of each other. Prereq: jr st & either Philos 212(P) or 6 cr Math at the 300-level or above; or grad st.
520 (620) Computer Networks. 3 cr. U/G.
Layered network architecture, protocols, data transmission, local area networks, multiplexing and switching, routing flow and congestion control, internetworking, wireless networking, network reliability and security. Prereq: jr. st; CompSci 315(215)(P) or CompSci 458(P) or ElecEng 367(P).
530 Computer Networks Laboratory. 3 cr. U/G.
Experimentation with Wired and Wireless Computer Networks Design. Data Link and MAC Protocols, LANs, WANs, Routing, Transport Layer Protocols, Congestion Control, Network Security, Network Management. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 520(P).
535 Algorithm Desgn and Analysis. 3 cr. U/G.
Introduction to abstract data structures, analysis of time and space requirements of numerical and non-numerical algorithms methods for data manipulation. Prereq: jr st; C or better in both CompSci 317(217)(P) & 351(252)(P).
536 Software Engineering. 3 cr. U/G.
Software engineering, the software life cycle, qualities of software; design, specification and verification of software, programming environments and tools, object oriented programming. Prereq: jr st; grade of C or better in CompSci 251(P).
537 Introduction to Operating Systems. 4 cr. U/G.
Process management including scheduling, concurrency, synchronization, and deadlock; memory management, I/O management and disk scheduling, file systems, distributed operating systems. Systems programming. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 431(631)(P) or 535(P); grades of C or better in CompSci 315(215)(P) & 317(217)(P).
552 Object-Oriented Programming. 3 cr. U/G.
An advanced course in object-oriented programming. Abstraction; single and multiple inheritance; dynamic binding of functions; polymorphic types and operators; survey of object-oriented techniques. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 431(631)(P).
557 Introduction to Database Systems. 3 cr. U/G.
General database system concepts. Physical data organization. Data models and database systems. Database design theory. Query optimization. Transaction management. Logic and database. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 315(215)(P) & 251(P) or equiv.
581 Web Languages and Standards. 3 cr. U.
Introduction to languages and standards for Web applications, including markup, schema, style, transformation, and metadata languages. Document programming interfaces. Emphasis on programming language principles. Prereq: jr st; CompSci 431(P)& 417(R).
595 Capstone Project. 4 cr. U.
Students will integrate their knowledge of the undergraduate computer science curriculum by implementing a significant computer science team project. Prereq: sr st, CompSci 536(C) or 654(C) or cons instr.
599 Senior Thesis. 3 cr. U.
Independent scholarly research in Computer Science supervised by a faculty member. Prereq: sr st & cons instr.
654 Introduction to Compilers. 4 cr. U/G.
Fundamentals of compiler construction for modern programming languages. Syntax analysis, table organization, storage administration, semantic routines and code generation Prereq: jr st; CompSci 417(P) & 431(631)(P).
657 Topics in Computer Science: (Subtitled). 1-4 cr. U/G.
Lectures on recent advances in computer science. Specific credits and any additional prerequisites will be announced in Schedule of Classes whenever course is offered. Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. Prereq: jr st.
699 Independent Study. 1-3 cr. U/G.
- May be repeated to max of 6 cr by undergraduates. Prereq: jr st; cons instr.
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