Course Catalog - Knowledge Systems Institute
Course Catalog - Knowledge Systems Institute
Course Catalog - Knowledge Systems Institute
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KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE<br />
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES<br />
www.ksi.edu<br />
847-679-3135<br />
software testing process, planning, strategy,<br />
criteria, and testing methods, as well as software<br />
quality assurance concepts & control process. It<br />
covers the various subjects, including test models,<br />
test design techniques (black box and white-box<br />
testing techniques), integration, regression, and<br />
system testing methods. (3 credits)<br />
CIS567<br />
Software Test Automation: This course presents a<br />
comprehensive study of software test automation,<br />
including concepts, principles, methods, test<br />
automation scripting, and test tools. The course<br />
covers the major software test automation topics:<br />
test automation infrastructure, test generation, test<br />
scripting and execution, test tool development,<br />
auto-test regression, and automatic test coverage<br />
analysis. By providing different types of test<br />
automation tools (black-box and white-box<br />
test tools), this course covers several important<br />
test automation topics, such as automatic<br />
GUI testing solutions and tools, b) automatic<br />
component testing and testability, c) model-based<br />
test automation, d) performance testing and<br />
automation, e) web-based and SOA-based test<br />
automation. This course provides students with test<br />
automation project experience based on existing<br />
test tools and created automation solutions.<br />
(3 credits)<br />
CIS568<br />
Software Quality Assurance: This course<br />
presents a comprehensive study of software quality<br />
assurance, including software quality control<br />
management, processes, systems, methods,<br />
standards, certification, and measurement.<br />
The emphasis here is on understanding how to<br />
select and define quality assurance standards<br />
and control processes, and how to establish a<br />
cost-effective quality control system with welldefined<br />
quality measurement metrics. The course<br />
covers various quality inspections and verification<br />
techniques, expose to popular quality audit and<br />
certification processes and systems, such as ISO<br />
9000 and SEI SW-CMM. (3 credits)<br />
CIS571<br />
Introduction to Digital Art: This course gives an<br />
in-depth introduction to digital art which includes<br />
elements of drawing, music composition, sculpture<br />
and other forms of artistic expression, digital<br />
media, 3D graphics and time-based media.<br />
(3 credits)<br />
CIS572<br />
Digital Art Workshop: This workshop provides<br />
an intensive training environment for students to<br />
engage in individual experiments on digital art<br />
and design applications utilizing various media,<br />
including images, sound and other sensory<br />
information. Prerequisite: CIS571. (3 credits)<br />
CIS573<br />
Digital Production Studio: This course will enable<br />
students to understand the theory and practice<br />
of a multimedia, multichannel production and<br />
installation and display techniques, and allow<br />
students to develop skills and attitudes that<br />
foster creativity, innovation and collaboration.<br />
Prerequisites: CIS517 and CIS571. (3 credits)<br />
CIS574<br />
Digital Video Production: The goal of the course<br />
is for each student to gain in-depth experience<br />
throughout a video production process as a<br />
crew member and to explore wide variety of<br />
new techniques like HDR / High Dynamic Range<br />
digital photography and new aesthetics in DV film<br />
making. (3 credits)<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Descriptions<br />
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