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CMST 430 Communication Theories (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CMST 101 or CMST 110 . Taught: Fall and spring Theories of interpersonal, group, public, and mass communication; historical developments, paradigms, and research that shape communication theory construction. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CMST 440 Communication Training and Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CMST 101 or CMST 110 and junior standing. Taught: Variable, check with department Instruction in design and delivery of communication training programs for specific business contexts; adult learning principles, proposal development, needs assessments, presentation skills, audio/visual aids, and evaluation procedures. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CMST 495 Study Abroad (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic. Taught: Variable, check with department Varies by topic. Course includes a classroom portion and a trip abroad. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12
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CMST 499 Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 4 -12 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior majoring or minoring in Communication Studies; a GPA of at least 2.50 or consent of instructor; approved independent study proposal. Taught: Variable, check with department Individually supervised work involving reading, research. Topic is selected before registration in conference with instructor. Junior standing and consent of instructor; approved independent study proposal. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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Computer Information Technology |
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CIT 130 Information Technology Fundamentals (3 credits) Hours: 2 classroom + 2 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 099 or placement. Taught: Fall and spring Introduction to the organization of computers, operating systems, and networks; comparison of common operating systems; hands-on experience in PC construction and configuration; command-line usage of Windows and Unix/Linux systems; data representation; overview of the information technology industry and its societal context. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 199 Introductory Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of department. Taught: Variable, check with department Introductory independent study in some computer information technology topic. Topic will vary by offering. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CIT 247 Networking Fundamentals (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 130 . Taught: Fall and spring Data link control, communications network techniques, network protocols (IP, TCP, UDP); planning and deploying a LAN; wireless networking; routing; security; introduction to Cisco IOS. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 271 Windows Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 247 and INF 120 . Taught: Fall and spring Organization of the Windows operating system; installation, configuration and recovery; scripting using batch files; user management; basic server administration and directory services. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 285 Cybersecurity Fundamentals (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Taught: Fall and spring An introduction to fundamental concepts and technologies in cyber-security, with lab exercises that focus on practical aspects of securing computers. Topics include risk analysis, common attacks and defenses, authentication, access control, network security, application and data security, and cryptography. Not open to students who have completed or are taking CIT 480 . Repeatable: No
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CIT 292 Research Experience in CIT (0 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies. Taught: Variable, check with department Introduction to research in computer information technology by participation in a special project or research directed by an appropriate faculty member. Course intended for computer information technology majors interested in CIT research but not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses. Pass/fail grade only. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5
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CIT 299 Independent Study (3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Directed study. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CIT 371 Unix Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 120 and C- or better in either CIT 247 or INF 284 . Taught: Fall and spring Advanced usage and basic administration of Unix/Linux systems, including management of files, users and processes, tools for editing and pattern matching, shell scripting, and software installation. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 383 Scripting I (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 120 , and either CIT 271 or CIT 371 . Taught: Fall and spring Programming in a dynamically typed scripting language, including interfacing to operating system and network services and automation of common system administration tasks. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 394 Intermediate Topics: Computer Information Technology (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes). Taught: Variable, check with department Various topics in Computer Information Technology. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
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CIT 396 Computer Information Technology Practicum (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT major, junior standing and approval of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Students work on information technology projects and make use of project management techniques that allow them to apply academic knowledge to real world situations. Up to 3 hours can count toward the computer information technology major. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 399 Independent Study (3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Directed study. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CIT 430 Computer Forensics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): (C- or better in CIT 480 only) OR (C- or better in CIT 371 and either CIT 285 or BIS 382 ). Taught: Fall and spring Computer and network forensics principles; incident response process; forensic duplication and analysis; reconstruction of computer activities; network-based evidence for intrusions; forensics tools. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 436 Web Server Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 286 and CIT 371 . Taught: Fall and spring Web server administration concepts; installing and configuring a web server; proxy server; name resolution; web server security and maintenance; server-side technologies and tools; monitoring and analyzing the web environment. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 438 Cloud Computing (3 Credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 371 . Taught: Variable-chck w/dept An introduction to the concepts and technologies of cloud computing, including designing, operating, upgrading, and securing cloud systems. Concepts and technologies covered include server and network virtual- ization, load balancers, caches, service delivery, con guration manage- ment, monitoring, and capacity planning. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 447 Network Design/Troubleshooting (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 247 . Taught: Fall and spring Network and transport protocols; switch and router configuration; network topologies, network design, and routing; VLANs; capacity planning and redundancy; routing protocols; wide-area networks; layer 2 and layer 3 troubleshooting; IPv4 and IPv6; network management and security. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 451 Advanced Windows System Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 271 . Taught: Variable, check with department Active directory configuration, network infrastructure configuration, application infrastructure configuration; specific topics include Active Directory and its security, Domain Name System, DHCP infrastructure, routing, remote access, advanced firewall and network access protection, IIS security, FTP, SMTP, Media Server. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 465 Storage Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 371 . Taught: Variable, check with department This course covers information storage and management, storage system environment, disks, RAID, logical volume management, storage networking fundamentals, direct attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage, content addressed storage, storage virtualization, data backup and recovery. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 470 Advanced Network and System Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 271 , CIT 371 and CIT 383 . Taught: Fall and spring Administering networks of computer systems as a team; user account management and LDAP; network file systems; e-mail servers; automated installs; help desk software and management; and data centers. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 472 Database Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 282 , CIT 271 and either CSC 260 or CIT 383 . Taught: Fall and spring Database administration concepts; procedural extensions to SQL; installing and configuring a database server; creating and configuring database instances; user management and security; backup and monitoring activities. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 480 Securing Computer Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 371 . Taught: Fall and spring An introduction to the concepts and technologies of computer security, with a focus on the practical aspects of securing computers, including common security threats and computer crime, authentication, cryptography, malware, operating systems security, and network security. Not open to students who have completed or are taking CIT 285 . Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 481 Cybersecurity Capstone (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 282 and CIT 480 , and one of STA 205 or STA 250 . Taught: Variable, check with department Advanced security topics including system hardening; cloud security; information assurance architectures; secure network design; and penetration testing. Students will research an advanced topic of their choice in information security and write a research paper on that topic. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 483 Scripting II (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 371 and CIT 383 . Taught: Fall only Advanced programming in a dynamically typed language, including techniques such as passing blocks, dynamic dispatch, and domain specific languages. The class will apply these techniques to IT applications, including interfacing to network services and parsing complex data formats like HTML and XML. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 484 Network Security (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or better in CIT 247 and CIT 285 or CIT 480 . Taught: Fall and spring In-depth study of firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems; incident response; security protocols and VPNs; network server security; viruses and worms; wireless security; network security architecture and policy development. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 485 Advanced Cybersecurity (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in either CIT 285 or CIT 480 , and CIT 371 . Taught: Fall and spring Advanced cybersecurity topics, including incident response, network security monitoring, and penetration testing. This class also covers ethical, policy, and legal issues related to cybersecurity. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 494 Advanced Topics: Computer Information Technology (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes). Taught: Variable, check with department Various advanced topics in Computer Information Technology. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
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CIT 499 Advanced Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CIT 500 Information Technology Fundamentals (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Fundamentals of UNIX system administration, including use of the shell, users and groups, cron. Computer networking basics, including networking fundamentals, LAN switching, and IP routing. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 501 Scripting (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Permission of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Introduction to programming in a scripting language, including applications to both system administration and web development. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 530 Computer Forensics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Fall and spring Computer and network forensics principles; incident response process; forensic duplication and analysis; reconstruction of computer activities; network-based evidence for intrusions; forensics tools. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 536 Web Server Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 . Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: CIT 501 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Web server administration concepts; installing and configuring a web server; proxy server; name resolution; web server security and maintenance; server-side technologies and tools; monitoring and analyzing the web environment. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 538 Cloud Computing (3 Credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 and CIT 501 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable-chck w/dept An introduction to the concepts and technologies of cloud computing, including designing, operating, upgrading, and securing cloud systems. Concepts and technologies covered include server and network virtual- ization, load balancers, caches, service delivery, con guration manage- ment, monitoring, and capacity planning. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 547 Network Design/Troubleshooting (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Network and transport protocols; switch and router configuration; network topologies, network design, and routing; VLANs; capacity planning and redundancy; routing protocols; wide-area networks; layer 2 and layer 3 troubleshooting; IPv4 and IPv6; network management and security. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 551 Advanced Windows System Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CIT 500 . Taught: Variable, check with department Active directory configuration, network infrastructure configuration, application infrastructure configuration; specific topics include Active Directory and its security, Domain Name System, DHCP infrastructure, routing, remote access, advanced firewall and network access protection, IIS security, FTP, SMTP, Media Server. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 565 Storage Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 547 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department This course covers information storage and management, storage system environment, disks, RAID, logical volume management, storage networking fundamentals, direct attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage, content addressed storage, storage virtualization, data backup and recovery. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 570 Advanced Network and System Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 501 and CIT 547 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Administering networks of computer systems as a team; user account management and LDAP; network file systems; e-mail servers; automated installs; help desk software and management; and data centers. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 572 Database Administration (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 . Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: CIT 501 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Database administration concepts; procedural extensions to SQL; installing and configuring a database server; creating and configuring database instances; user management and security; backup and monitoring activities. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 580 Securing Computer Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Fall and spring An introduction to the concepts and technologies of computer security, with a focus on the practical aspects of securing computers, including common security threats and computer crime, authentication, cryptography, malware, operating systems security, and network security. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 583 Scripting II (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 and CIT 501 or consent of the MSCIT director. Taught: Fall only Advanced programming in a dynamically typed language, including techniques such as passing blocks, dynamic dispatch, and domain specific languages. The class will apply these techniques to IT applications, including interfacing to network services and parsing complex data formats like HTML and XML. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 584 Network Security (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CIT 500 or consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department In-depth study of firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems; incident response; security protocols and VPNs; network server security; viruses and worms; wireless security; network security architecture and policy development. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CIT 594 Intermediate Graduate Topics: CIT (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes). Taught: Variable, check with department Various intermediate graduate topics in Computer Information Technology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
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CIT 596 CIT Practicum (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of MSCIT director. Taught: Variable, check with department Students will work on information technology projects and make use of project management techniques that allow them to apply academic knowledge to real world situations. Course does not count as a regular elective in the MSCIT program. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CIT 599 Intermediate Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Regular admission to MSCIT program and consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Intermediate Independent Study. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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Computer Science |
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CSC 199 Introductory Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of department. Taught: Variable, check with department Introductory independent study in some computer science topic. Topic will vary by offering. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CSC 260 Object-Oriented Programming I (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 109 (or higher) and INF 110 or INF 120 or placement. Taught: Fall and spring Elementary object-oriented programming concepts and practice: types, decisions, loops, methods, arrays, classes; design and problem-solving. An intensive introduction intended for students with programming experience. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 260L Object-Oriented Programming Laboratory (1 credit) Hours: 0 classroom + 2 lab/studio Co-requisite(s): CSC 260 . Taught: Fall and spring Laboratory to accompany CSC 260 in which students gain hands-on experience in programming and using programming tools such as debuggers. Repeatable: No
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CSC 270 Mathematics Software Programming (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 128 or MAT 129 . Taught: Fall and spring Programming and problem solving with a high-level mathematical software package; variables, control, modularity, processing of lists and vectors; recursion; visualization of functions; basic numerical and symbolic computation; simulation. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 292 Research Experience in CSC (0 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies. Taught: Variable, check with department Introduction to research in computer science by participation in a special project or research directed by an appropriate faculty member. Course intended for computer science majors interested in CS research but not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses. Pass/fail grade only. Course may be repeated twice. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5
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CSC 299 Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CSC 301 Web Programming (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in INF 282 and INF 286 and either CSC 260 or CIT 383 . Taught: Spring only Design of interactive web applications and web sites containing dynamic content; software design for web-based client-server applications and database interaction; client-side and server-side techniques; language-specific design issues. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 325 Introduction to Neural Networks and A.I. (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 260 or BIO 370 or PSY 311 , or consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Survey of concepts in artificial neural networks for associative memory and learning; software simulations applied to sample problems; logic-based artificial intelligence; approximate reasoning; search concepts and problems; the limits of machine intelligence. Not open to students who have passed CSC 425 . Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 360 Object-Oriented Programming II (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 260 and B- or better in MAT 119 or C- or better in MAT 128 or C- or better in MAT 129 or placement. Taught: Fall and spring Intermediate object-oriented programming concepts and practice: inheritance, basic graphical user interface elements; introduction to recursion; implementation of linked lists; use of basic container types. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 362 Computer Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 360 . Taught: Fall and spring ANSI C, pointers, pointer arithmetic; dynamic memory allocation; introduction to instruction sets, registers, addressing modes and assembly language; binary representations and bit manipulations; computer organization concepts. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 364 Data Structures and Algorithms (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 360 . Taught: Fall and spring Analysis and efficient implementation of container types such as stacks, queues, hash tables, search trees, and graphs; sorting algorithms. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 394 Intermediate Topics: Computer Science (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes). Taught: Variable, check with department Various topics in computer science. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
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CSC 396 Computer Science Practicum (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC major, junior standing and consent of department. Taught: Variable, check with department Students work on real-world software engineering projects whether through a work environment or with guidance of a computer science faculty member. Up to 3 hours can count toward the computer science major. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 3
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CSC 399 Intermediate Directed Readings and Independent Study: Computer Science (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CSC 402 Advanced Programming Methods (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 and CSC 364 . Taught: Fall and spring High-performance OO and generic programming in C++; concurrent and distributed programming; STL; multi-paradigm design patterns; extensive practice with sophisticated programming projects. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 407 Concepts of Programming Languages (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 . Taught: Variable, check with department History of high-level languages; grammars and the compilation process; axiomatic semantics; language design and implementation issues; procedural, object-oriented, functional, and logic programming paradigms; case studies in important contemporary languages. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 415 Android Mobile App Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 or CSC 364 . Taught: Variable, check with department Introduces, explores and reinforces the Android app development language, environment and software development kit; examination of mobile applications and data sources; leveraging GUIs; examination of Android onboard sensors and hardware. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 416 iOS Mobile App Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 or CSC 364 . Taught: Variable, check with department Introduces, explores and reinforces the iOS app development language for iPhones, environment and software development kit; examination of mobile applications and data sources; leveraging GUIs; examination of iPhone onboard sensors and hardware. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 425 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 364 . Taught: Variable, check with department Concepts and techniques of artificial intelligence; heuristic search, expert systems, AI languages, natural language processing, and elementary neural networks. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 433 Computer Networks (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 and INF 284 . Taught: Variable, check with department Circuit/packet switching networks, TCP/IP model, multimedia networks, socket programming, network protocol analysis and development. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 439 Software Testing and Maintenance (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 364 and senior standing. Taught: Fall and spring Techniques in computer software implementation, testing, configuration management and maintenance. Testing and maintenance of a large-scale software project by students working in teams. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 440 Software Engineering (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 402 , CSC 439 and senior standing. Taught: Fall and spring Techniques in computer software specification, design, implementation, testing, documentation, and maintenance; development of a large-scale software project by students working in teams. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 450 Database Management Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 360 and INF 282 . Taught: Fall only - odd years Design and implementation of relational database applications; implementation of various parts of a relational database management system; Structured Query Language, entity-relationship model, normal forms, concurrency control, crash recovery, indexing, evaluation of relational operators, relational query optimization. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 456 Advanced Web Application Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 301 and CSC 360 . Taught: Variable, check with department Advanced technologies for developing web applications for business and industry. Focus on the design and development of scalable, robust, and extensible web applications; different frameworks for developing web applications and the software build process. Web component design and programming, data access, product packaging, and application deployment. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 460 Operating Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 and CSC 364 . Taught: Spring only Internal structures and algorithms for file systems, I/O, memory management and process scheduling; examples drawn from contemporary operating systems such as UNIX and Windows NT. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 462 Computer Architecture (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 . Taught: Variable, check with department Implementation of control unit and arithmetic-logic unit, microprocessor organization and design, main memory and cache organizations, I/O subsystem; RISC vs. CISC instruction sets, pipelining, parallel processing; mechanisms for evaluating computer architectures and microprocessor performance. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 464 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 364 and MAT 385 . Taught: Variable, check with department Proofs of time and space bounds on important algorithms; advanced algorithms on graphs, sequences and sets; divide-and-conquer and dynamic programming; randomized algorithms; parallel algorithms. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 480 Computer Graphics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 364 and MAT 234 . Taught: Variable, check with department Real-time graphics programming using a contemporary 3D API; affine and projective transformations; illumination and shading algorithms; representation and rendering of meshes; 3D picking; clipping and frame-buffer techniques; object-oriented scene graphics. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 482 Computer Security (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in CSC 362 . Taught: Variable, check with department Theory and algorithms of computer security, including security policies, access control, secure programming, identity and authentication, information flow, and information assurance techniques. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 483 Cryptology (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 234 or CSC 362 or CSC 364 . Taught: Variable, check with department Cryptology of classical ciphers, mathematical foundations of cryptology, Hill cipher, DES and AES, cryptography of public key cryptosystems. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 485 Theory of Computation (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 385 . Taught: Fall only Regular and context-free grammars; Turing machines; recursive and recursively enumerable languages; uncomputability; the Chomsky hierarchy; complexity classes such as P, NP, and NP-complete. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 491 Comprehensive Examination (0 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Senior standing. Recommended that students take this course during their last semester. Taught: Variable, check w/ department National computer science examination and departmental survey. Note that this is a pass/fail course; students will only be graded on whether they took the exam and submitted the survey. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 493 Research Seminar in Computer Science (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 385 and CSC 364 , and consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Examination and presentation of contemporary research work in computer science. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CSC 494 Advanced Topics: Computer Science (1-3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes). Taught: Variable, check with department Various advanced topics in computer science. Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit
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CSC 499 Advanced Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits) Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Repeatable: Yes If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
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CSC 500 Object-Oriented Programming (3 Credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): EDG 602 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable-chck w/dept Basic and intermediate object-oriented programming concepts and practice. Objects, classes, inheritance, polymorphism. Recursion. Exception handling. Use of container types. Graphical user interfaces. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 501 Data Structures and Computer Systems (1-3 credits) Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 500 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Analysis and efficient implementation of container types such as stacks, queues, hash tables and search trees ; sorting algorithms; computer organization concepts including binary representations and arithmetic, digital circuits, the CPU, memory and I/O system. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 502 Advanced Programming Methods (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department High-performance OO and generic programming in C++; concurrent and distributed programming; STL; multi-paradigm design patterns; extensive practice with sophisticated programming projects. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 507 Concepts of Programming Languages (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department History of high-level languages; grammars and the compilation process; axiomatic semantics; language design and implementation issues; procedural, object-oriented, functional, and logic programming paradigms; case studies in important contemporary languages. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 515 Android Mobile App Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Spring only Introduces, explores and reinforces the Android app development language, environment and software development kit; examination of mobile applications and data sources; leveraging GUIs; examination of Android onboard sensors and hardware. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 516 iOS Mobile App Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Spring only Introduces, explores and reinforces the iOS app development language for iPhones, environment and software development kit; examination of mobile applications and data sources; leveraging GUIs; examination of iPhone onboard sensors and hardware. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 525 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Concepts and techniques of artificial intelligence; heuristic search, expert systems, AI languages, natural language processing, and elementary neural networks. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 533 Computer Networks (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Circuit/packet switching networks, TCP/IP model, multimedia networks, socket programming, network protocol analysis and development. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 539 Software Testing and Maintenance (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Fall only Techniques in computer software implementation, testing, configuration management and maintenance. Testing and maintenance of a large-scale software project by students working in teams. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 540 Software Engineering (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 502 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Spring only Techniques in computer software specification, design, implementation, testing, documentation, and maintenance; development of large-scale project by students working in teams. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 550 Database Management Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Database design, normal forms, concurrent processing, recovery, security, relational model, Structured Query Language, hierarchical and network models. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 556 Advanced Web Application Development (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 500 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Advanced technologies for developing web applications for business and industry. Focus on the design and development of scalable, robust, and extensible web applications; different frameworks for developing web applications and the software build process. Web component design and programming, data access, product packaging, and application deployment. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 560 Operating Systems (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Spring only Internal structures and algorithms for file systems, I/O memory management and process scheduling; examples drawn from contemporary operating systems such as Unix and Windows. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 562 Computer Architecture (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Implementation of control unit and arithmetic-logic unit, microprocessor organization and design, main memory and cache organizations, I/O subsystem; RISC vs. CISC instruction sets, pipelining, parallel processing; mechanisms for evaluating computer architectures and microprocessor performance. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 564 Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Regular admission to MSCS program. Taught: Variable, check with department Proofs of time and space bounds on important algorithms; advanced algorithms on graphs, sequences and sets; divide-and-conquer and dynamic programming; randomized algorithms; parallel algorithms. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 580 Computer Graphics (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 501 and MAT 234 or equivalent, or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Real-time graphics programming using a contemporary 3D API; affine and projective transformations; illumination and shading algorithms; representation and rendering of meshes; 3D picking; clipping and frame-buffer techniques; object-oriented scene graphs. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 582 Computer Security (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): CSC 502 or consent of MSCS program director. Taught: Variable, check with department Theory and algorithms of computer security, including security policies, access control, secure programming, identity and authentication, information flow, and information assurance techniques. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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CSC 584 Cryptography (3 credits) Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Taught: Variable, check with department Cryptology of classical ciphers, DES and AES, public key cryptosystems, authentication and cryptographic hash functions. Repeatable: No ♦ |
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