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CS 150 COMPUTER LITERACY
CS 160 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS 201 PROGRAM DESIGN WITH C
CS 204 MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT METHODS
CS 215CS SOCIAL & ETHICAL ISSUES IN COMPUTING
CS 221 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
CS 222 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
CS 223 DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS
CS 270 INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
CS 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
CS 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
CS 309 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
CS 324 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS
CS 330 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
CS 350 THEORY OF COMPUTATION
CS 351 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING I
CS 355 CONCEPTS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
CS 392 NUMERICAL COMPUTATION FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
CS 400 SEMINAR
CS 418 OPERATING SYSTEMS
CS 422 INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION
CS 425 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
CS 430 IMAGE PROCESSING
CS 432 COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
CS 435 DATABASE SYSTEMS
CS 436 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CS 440 COMPUTER NETWORK
CS 445 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
CS 450 COMPILERS
CS 451 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING II
CS 460R SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT I
CS 461R SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT II
CS 470 INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 474 UNDERGRADUATE CONSULTATION
CS 476 INTERNSHIP
CS 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
CS 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
CS 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
CS 499 COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
CS 500 SEMINAR
CS 510 COMPUTABILITY
CS 513 COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH TOPICS
CS 515 ALGORITHMS
CS 518 ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS & SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING RESEARCH
CS 525 GRAPHICS & SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION
CS 530 DATA MINING
CS 535 ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS
CS 536 ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CS 540 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
CS 545 PARALLEL COMPUTING
CS 550 DESIGN & TRANSLATION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
CS 570 INDEPENDENT STUDY
CS 571 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
CS 575 MASTER'S PROJECT
CS 576 INTERNSHIP
CS 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
CS 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION
CS 590 MASTER'S THESIS
CS 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
CS 150 COMPUTER LITERACY
F,S 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
-- Computer hardware and software concepts as they apply to all computers. Exposure to software packages such as Windows, word processors, spreadsheets, and Internet applications. Laboratory projects reflect practical usage in resolving real world problems/situations.
CS 160 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
F,S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
COREQUISITE: MATH 160.
-- Introduction to programming: program design, analysis, and implementation in Java, including I/O, assignment, decision, iteration, scalar types, arrays, control structures, methods, classes, and common data types; and Linux fundamentals. No previous programming experience required.
CS 201 PROGRAM DESIGN WITH C
S 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: CS 160.
COREQUISITE: MATH 160.
-- C Programming knowledge. Introduces imperative programming and the C standard library. Course covers pointers, memory management and structures.
CS 204 MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT METHODS
S, odd years 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
-- The design and development of multimedia presentations using computerized studio techniques. Methods for combining video, audio, photography, studio techniques, and computer-generated art forms. Computer-assisted studio control and editing. Project-oriented course organization with interdisciplinary project teams.
CS 215CS SOCIAL & ETHICAL ISSUES IN COMPUTING
F 3 cr. LEC 2 RCT 1
PREREQUISITE: W core and US core.
-- Social and ethical issues as they relate to computing, including privacy, risks, computer abuse, commerce, professionalism, free speech, intellectual property, social justice, and current issues. History of computing.
CS 221 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
F,S,Su 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: CS 160.
COREQUISITE: MATH 181.
-- An examination of advanced Java and basic data structures and their application in problem solving. Data structures include stacks, queues and lists. An introduction to
algorithms employing the data structures to solve various problems including searching
and sorting, and recursion. Understanding and using Java class libraries. The laboratory
uses Java. Introduces Big-O Notation.
CS 222 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
F, Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 160.
COREQUISITE: MATH 181.
-- This course covers logic, discrete probability, recurrence relations, Boolean algebra, sets, relations, counting, functions, maps, Big-O notation, proof techniques including induction, and proof by contradiction.
CS 223 DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS
S, Su 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1.
PREREQUISITE: CS 221, CS 222.
COREQUISITE: MATH 181.
-- Advanced data structures and programming techniques and their application. Topics include: trees, balanced trees, graphs, dictionaries, hash tables, heaps. Examines the efficiency and correctness of algorithms. The laboratory uses Java.
CS 270 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor and approval of department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
CS 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: To be determined based on actual topic offered.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
CS 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
F,S 1-3 cr. RCT may be repeated
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
CS 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
F,S 1-6 cr. IND may be repeated
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a written work or other creative project.
CS 309 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 201 and CS 223.
-- The administration and management of Linux computer systems. Includes installation, user/process management, configuration of services and device handling. A thorough knowledge of Linux/Unix command structure is required.
CS 324 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- A rigorous examination of advanced algorithms and data structures. Topics include average case analysis, probalistic algorithms, advanced graph problems and theory, distributed and parallel programming.
CS 330 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
F 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: CS 221.
-- The structure and function of computer systems: CPU, memory, I/O. Includes digital logic, data type, instruction set design, pipelining, RISC, parallel processing, and
assembly language programming.
CS 350 THEORY OF COMPUTATION
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 222.
COREQUISITE: MATH 182.
-- Formal languages, theory, automata, Turing Machines, computability, the Church-Turing thesis, computational complexity, and NP-completeness.
CS 351 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING I
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223 and ENGL 223.
-- Software lifecycles, Unified Modeling Language, design patterns, software engineering standards, requirements analysis, development issues, efficiency tools, verification and validation, configuration management, testing and maintenance.
CS 355 CONCEPTS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- An examination of several programming paradigms, and languages, as well as their application and underlying execution model. Paradigms examined include imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic and string based. Students will gain exposure to a variety of languages such as C, C++, Scheme, Prolog and Perl.
CS 392 NUMERICAL COMPUTATION FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: MATH 182. Basic computer literacy is assumed.
-- Numerical methods to solve problems in science and engineering using MATLAB. Number systems and error analysis, finding roots, solving linear systems, curve fitting, integration and differentiation, solving ordinary differential equations.
CS 400 SEMINAR
On Demand 1 cr SEM 1 Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and as determined by each offering.
-- Topics offered at the upper divisional level that are not covered in regular courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion material.
CS 418 OPERATING SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223 and CS 330 or EE 371.
-- Operating systems design including necessary hardware support. Processes, threads, concurrent programming, and scheduling. Memory, file, and I/O management. Security issues.
CS 422 INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 201 and a probability or statistics course.
-- Discrete and continuous simulation modeling methodology using a computer simulation language; random number generation, output analysis, validation, and verification; application to varied system design and analysis problems. Cross-listed with I&ME 422.
CS 425 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: MATH 221 and CS 223.
--High resolution computer graphics. 3D graphics programming using a high level API. Vector mathematics for graphics. Graphics primitives. Curve and surface representations.
Transformations using matrices and quaternions. Representing natural objects with particle systems and fractals. Shading and lighting models. Global illumination models. Color
representations.
CS 430 IMAGE PROCESSING
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- Image processing techniques are used to quantify and manipulate visual information in diverse applications such as satellite imagery, robotic vision, and animation. Topics include enhancement, representation, restoration, segmentation, and digitization techniques.
CS 432 COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
S odd years 2 cr. LEC 2
PREREQUISITE: CS 222.
-- This course surveys classic and recent problems from computational biology. Topics covered include algorithms for genomic sequencing and searching, protein structure prediction, and regulatory network discovery.
CS 435 DATABASE SYSTEMS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- DBMS architecture; major database models; relational algebra fundamentals; SQL query language; index file structures, data modeling and management, entity relationship diagrams.
CS 436 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- The fundamental bases of artificial intelligence: knowledge representation, search, and learning. Applications include game playing, neural networks, and expert systems. Common Lisp and CLOS are introduced.
CS 440 COMPUTER NETWORKS
F 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: CS 223 and CS 201.
-- How computer systems are organized into networks and how communication over networks is organized. Communication protocols and their design with an emphasis on current technology and implementation of software.
CS 445 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
S even years 3 cr LEC 2 LAB 1.
PREREQUISITE: CS 223 and CS 330 or EE 371.
-- The basic tools and techniques of embedded systems using robotics as a platform. Student teams will build an autonomous mobile robot, and learn to program it to perform increasingly sophisticated behaviors. Besides providing an introduction to autonomous mobile robot technologies, the students also learn key concepts of mechanics, electronics, programming techniques, and systems design and integration.
CS 450 COMPILERS
S 4 cr. LEC 3 LAB 1
COREQUISITE: CS 350 and CS 355.
-- Compiler design and construction. Scanning, parsing, symbol tables, semantic analysis, intermediate reoresentatins, run-time memory management, target code generation, and optimization. Implementation of a small compiler.
CS 451 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING II
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 351.
-- Functional specification, formal methods, cost models, project management, software management, risk analysis, fault tolerance, metrics, reverse engineering, safety critical software engineering, real-time systems.
CS 460R SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT I
F,S,Su 3 cr. IND 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 351.
-- A significant group-based project to solicit requirements, specify, design, build, document and test a software artifact. Can be used for multidisciplinary project work. (First semester of a two semester sequence).
CS 461R SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT II
F,S,Su 3 cr. IND 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 460.
-- Continuation of CS 460.
CS 470 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor, and approval of department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
CS 474 UNDERGRADUATE CONSULTATION
F,S 1 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and CS 223.
-- Directed assistance to, and involvement in labs, with lower division CS students. Can only complete once.
CS 476 INTERNSHIP
On Demand 2 - 6 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor, and approval of department head.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
CS 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
CS 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
On Demand 1 - 2 cr. RCT May be repeated. Max 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Senior standing. Consent of instructor.
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
CS 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
On Demand 1-6 cr. IND May be repeated. Max 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor.
COREQUISITE: CS 489.
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a research paper, journal article, or undergraduate thesis.
CS 499 COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
F,S 0 cr. IND 0
PREREQUISITE: Graduating Senior.
-- Student participation in Computer Science program assessment. Must take the Computer Science Major Field Test.
CS 500 SEMINAR
On Demand 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Topics offered at the graduate level which are not covered in regular courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion material.
CS 510 COMPUTABILITY
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 350.
-- Turing machine computability and decidability; abstract time and space complexity; intractability.
CS 513 COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH TOPICS
S odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 510.
-- NP-completeness and NP-hardness. Abstract complexity classes. Intractability. Interactive and zero-knowledge proof systems. Approximability. Polynomial and non-polynomial time hierarchies.
CS 515 ALGORITHMS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 223.
-- Concrete time and space complexity; combinatorial algorithms; greedy algorithms; dynamic programming; probabilistic and randomized algorithms; branch-and-bound algorithms.
CS 518 ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS & SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING RESEARCH
F even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 418.
-- Contemporary topics in systems programming and operating system design and research.
CS 525 GRAPHICS & SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION
S odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 425.
-- Realistic visualization of complex structures. Current research in high resolution computer graphics. Advanced graphics computational models. Animation techniques. Architectures for high resolution graphics.
CS 530 DATA MINING
F even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: A probability or statistics course.
-- Clustering, classification and pattern recognition; performing automated discovery of knowledge from a data set.
CS 535 ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS
F odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 435.
-- Advanced database models including active, distributed, deductive, temporal, object-oriented, and web-based; normalization theory and query optimization.
CS 536 ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
S even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 436.
-- An exposure to advanced topics from the field of artificial intelligence. Topics include machine learning, artificial life, natural language processing, and cognitive science.
CS 540 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
S even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 324 and CS 440.
-- The design and implementation of software systems that utilize multiple host computer networks as a foundation. Concurrency control, homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, inter process communication, protocols and application design.
CS 545 PARALLEL COMPUTING
F odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 330 and CS 324.
-- Principles of parallel computing. Architectures and languages for parallel computing. Design and analysis of parallel algorithms.
CS 550 DESIGN & TRANSLATION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
F to be odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: CS 450.
-- Contemporary topics in programming language design, advanced compiler design and research.
CS 570 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of department head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
CS 571 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
F,S,Su 1-4 cr. IND Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- Research experience normally obtained through participation in a supervised research project acceptable to the department graduate committee.
CS 575 MASTER'S PROJECT
F,S,Su 1 - 4 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- A research or professional paper or project dealing with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee.
CS 576 INTERNSHIP
F,S,Su 1 - 3 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor and approval of graduate program coordinator.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
CS 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
CS 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION
On Demand 1-3 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing and approval of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- This course may be used only by students who have completed all of their course work, and thesis, if on a thesis plan but who need additional faculty or staff time or help.
CS 590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND Maximum credits unlimited.
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
CS 690 DOCTORAL THESIS
F,S,Su 1 - 10 cr. IND Maximum credits unlimited.
PREREQUISITE: Doctoral standing.
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