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languages, the Church-Turing Thesis, decidability, reducibility, time
complexity, space complexity, and intractability. Prerequisites: Cisc 225,
Math 220 and 221. Offered when there is sufficient student interest.
(MLC)
425 Language Design and Implementation (4 credits) Design and
implementation of compilers. Topics covered include lexical analysis,
parsing, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization.
Prerequisite: Cisc 320. Offered when there is sufficient student interest.
(MLC)
430 Operating Systems (4 credits) An advanced course covering the
principles of modern operating systems. Topics covered include history of
operating systems, operating system design, resource management,
processor scheduling, memory management, and file systems. There will
be numerous programming projects. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite:
Cisc 225.
460 Systems Design and Implementation (4 credits) An advanced
study of systems design and implementation. Emphasis will be placed on
the use of structured analysis and design techniques to produce design
specifications. Student projects will focus on the programming and testing
of information systems that satisfy user requirements. Prerequisites: Cisc
135, 310, and 315 or permission of the instructor. Offered alternate years.
(MLC)
490 Senior Project (3 credits) Supervised independent study with oral
and written presentations. Provides students the opportunity to complete
a major software or research project. Students may select topics from
such areas as computer security, programming languages, compilers,
systems analysis and design, dynamic Web site creation using JSP or ASP,
pocket PC programming, network design and implementation, robotics
programming, database systems, server clustering and encryption, and
artificial intelligence. May involve a programming project. Prerequisites:
Cisc 325 for computer science majors, Cisc 310 and 315 for information
science majors, plus permission of the department.
Computer and Information Science
Requirements for the major in computer science: 14 courses in
computer and information science and mathematics, as follows:
Four core courses in computer and information science:
120 Introduction to Programming
135 Visual Programming
225 Advanced Programming Techniques
315 Database Management
Five upper-level courses in computer and information science:
240 Computer Organization and Assembly Language
320 Programming Languages
325 Data Structures
430 Operating Systems
One additional three or four credit course at or above the 200 level
Four courses in mathematics:
121 Single Variable Calculus
220 Linear Algebra
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