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Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
CSC435 Computer Security [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to computer
security, including developing an
understanding of security engineering,
cryptography, mechanisms to protect the
private communication over the public
network, and techniques to protect networked
computer systems. The course also considers
the technical, operational, and managerial,
issues of computer systems, and system
security in an operational environment, in
addition to threats including schemes for
breaking security, and techniques for detecting
and preventing security violations. Emphasis
will be on instituting safeguards, examining
the different types of security systems, and
applying the appropriate level of security for
the perceived risk. Hands-on experience is part
of the class.
Prerequisite: CSC326 Operating Systems.
CSC 440 Advanced Object Oriented
Programming:
This course presents advanced object oriented
programming concepts, and techniques,
using modern programming languages and
frameworks. Topics include the review of object
oriented programming concepts, graphics,
graphical user interface components, eventbased
programming, applets, strings and
characters, bit manipulation, exception
handling, files and streams, collections,
multimedia, multithreading, accessing
databases, and design patterns.
Prerequisite: CSC 245: Objects and Data
Abstraction.
CSC443 Web Programming [3-0. 3 cr.]
This course introduces advanced concepts
in web programming, and focuses on the
development of dynamic web pages that
incorporate both client-side and server-side
programming. Topics include web scripting
using JavaScript, VBScript, and PHP, as well as
Java Beans, and server side components such
as CGI, ASP, and PHP, and the installation and
configuration of web servers. The course also
discusses accessing databases through web
applications. Hands-on experience is part of
the class.
Co-requisite: CSC375 Database Management
Systems.
CSC445 Programming Languages [3-0. 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to the
programming language concepts, including
data types, variable binding, parameter
passage techniques, scoping, block structure,
activation records, run-time stacks, objects,
garbage collection, typing, exception handling,
and concurrency. The course covers the
historical background, and the examination of
the major programming paradigms (imperative,
functional, object-oriented, and logic).
Prerequisite: CSC245 Objects and Data
Abstraction.
CSC449 Parallel Programming [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course covers the techniques and
methods for parallel programming, the models
of parallel machines and programs, the
efficiency and complexity of parallel algorithms,
the paradigms of parallel programming and
corresponding extensions to sequential
programming languages, an overview of
parallel languages, coordination languages
and models, as well as programming on
networks of workstations, and basic parallel
algorithms (elementary computation, matrix
multiplication, and sorting).
Prerequisite: CSC310 Algorithms and Data
Structures.
CSC450 Computer Graphics [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to computer
graphics algorithms, programming methods,
and applications. The course focuses on the
fundamentals of two and three dimensional
raster graphics, scan-conversion, clipping,
geometric transformations, computational
geometry, computer-human interfaces,
animation, and visual realism.
Prerequisite: CSC310 Algorithms and Data
Structures.
CSC460 Artificial Intelligence [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is a survey of knowledge-based
artificial intelligence. Topics include the history,
definition, philosophical foundations, search
techniques, game playing, propositional logic,
predicate logic, knowledge representation,
planning, and the natural language processing
and agents. Prerequisites: CSC310 Algorithms
and Data Structures.
CSC475 Advanced Topics in Databases
[3-0, 3 cr.]
This course provides an overview of the
advanced topics in databases including
Internet-based database application
development, multi-tier application
architecture, CGI, servlets, Java Server pages,
JDBC, and SQLJ. The course is an introduction
to advanced database applications which
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