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MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE495 Senior Conference: AdvancedStudies in Leadership(1/2 course credit unit)This course explores a range of more advancedleadership issues and concerns. Advancedstudents participate in a synthesis and personalinvestigation of their leadership effectivenessand present a formal critical reflection of theirstudies and experiences to other students andfaculty. Students will articulate a plan of actionand describe their propensity for engagementas a leader in future endeavors. This is the capstonecourse for students in the Posey LeadershipInstitute. (Each term)JANUARY TERM COURSELEAD 100: Leadership in ActionThis experiential learning course buildsupon Leadership 120. Students will developspecific skills in personal effectiveness, oralcommunication and situational awareness.Through participation in field experiments,students acquire the skill to conduct andfacilitate group action learning activities.This course is required for Posey LeadershipInstitute participants during their first Januaryterm at Austin College.MATHEMATICS ANDCOMPUTER SCIENCEMichael Higgs, chair; Kerry Brock, J’LeeBumpus, Shellene Kelley, Jack Mealy,Wilbur Powell, Don WilliamsThomas F. Kimes (Emeritus)COMPUTER SCIENCEThe computer science curriculum providesan introduction to theoretical andpractical aspects of computing. Thecurriculum addresses applications in avariety of programming languages oncurrent platforms.A major in computer science consistsof a minimum of eight approvedcomputer science course credit units,including the following core courses:Computer Science 201, 110 (if required),and 120 (if required), 211, and 221.Students must earn a grade of C orabove in each of these core courses. Inaddition, a major includes approvedcomputer science elective courses toreach eight or more course credits,of which two must be numbered 300or above, and one numbered 400 orabove. Mathematics 120 and 151 arealso required.Students with sufficient programmingexperience may not be requiredto enroll in CS110 or CS120. Studentswho plan to major in computerscience should contact theMathematics/ Computer Science Departmentas early as possible.A minor in computer science consistsof a minimum of five approvedcomputer science course credit units,including the following core courses:Computer Science 201, 110 (if required),and 120 (if required), 211 and 221.Students must earn a grade of C or abovein each of these core courses. A minormust also include two approved computerscience elective courses numbered300 or above.Interdisciplinary majors and minors arealso available.101 Introduction to Computersand Web TechnologiesA study of the basic principles of computingand the technologies used to locate and publishdigital information on the Internet. Studentswill use mark-up languages and scriptinglanguages to develop interactive web pagesand multi-page web sites. Topics will include,but are not limited to, history of the Internetand its architecture, web page construction andorganization, style sheet specification, imageand multimedia processing, and dynamic webforms development. Object-oriented programmingconcepts related to programming for theweb are also discussed.110 Introduction to Computer ScienceA study of algorithm design, implementation,analysis, and application. Introduction toCOURSES OF INSTRUCTION| 119