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course and then focuses on more advancedprogramming techniques. More sophisticatedobject scenarios are introduced in contextof solving more difficult programmingproblems, especially those involving the client/serverparadigm. Students learn to createsophisticated graphical user interfaces andutilize input from these interfaces in an eventdrivenprogram structure. Students also learnto use language provided data structures suchas vectors, stacks and queues, and write applicationsusing data communication featuressuch as sockets. Multithreading completes thetechniques necessary for client/server applicationprogramming. Two lecture hours and twohours of computer lab. Falls. Prerequisite(s):CS 2370.CSDI 2390 Creative Programming 3 creditsTeaches students how to create visually expressiveprograms using Visual Basic. As a result,students develop skills and learn good designtechniques for producing quality software.Students explore the proper use of soundsand images, as well as learn to create qualityalgorithms, design form design, use of controlobjects, creation of procedures, file buildingand multimedia inclusion. Students selectindividual projects, followed by production ofwritten and oral progress reports and finally,the written and oral presentation of the completedprojects. Falls. (CTDI)CS 2400 Scientific Programming UsingFORTRAN3 creditsAnalysis of scientific and mathematicalproblems while introducing the FORmulaTRANslation language, FORTRAN. Intendedfor students of science or mathematics. Springs.Prerequisite(s): (CS 1100 or CS 2010) and (MA2140 or equivalent).CS 2470 Systems Programming inC/C++2 creditsGives students who are already proficient programmersexperience in systems-level programmingin C/C++. In particular, studentslearn how to create C/C++ programs that interactwith the hardware and other software on amachine. Springs. Prerequisite(s): CS 2380.CS 2990 Algorithm DevelopmentUnder Time Constraints 1 creditPrepares students to develop and code algorithmsunder severe time constraints to preparefor the ACM Programming Contest. Falls.Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.CS 3020 Web Programming 3 creditsFocuses on issues concerning the design,implementation and impact of user-friendly,interactive web pages and easy-to-navigatesecure web sites. Covers a variety of webpage and web site development technologies.Two lectures and one lab per week. Falls.Prerequisite(s): CS 2370.CS 3220 Data Structures and AlgorithmAnalysis4 creditsFormal study of algorithms associated withvarious data structures. After precisely defininga mathematical model for algorithmanalysis, there is a systematic study of variousdata structures such as list, tree and graph.Different designs of those data structuresand operations are presented and discussed.In particular, the time complexity and spacecomplexity of those algorithms are evaluated,analyzed and computed. Some other importanttopics on computational complexity such as NPcompletenessand approximation algorithmsare also covered. Springs. Prerequisite(s): CS2380 and MA 3200.CS 3240 Data Communication andComputer Networks 3 creditsProvides an introduction to the study of communications.Current methods and practicescovered. Topics include data transmission,communication techniques, packet switching,routing, long-haul vs. local-area networksand performance considerations. Falls.Prerequisite(s): CS 2370.CS 3320 Organization of ProgrammingLanguages3 creditsLanguage concepts including lexical analysis,syntax, formal grammars, data types, controlstructures, compilation and interpretation,parsing and run-time behavior. An introductionto the features of imperative, applicative(functional), object-oriented and logic programminglanguages. Springs. Prerequisite(s):CS 3160 or CS 3220.CS 3440 Multimedia3 creditsUse and development of multimedia-combiningtext, graphics, sound, still and videoimages and animation into a unified, seamlessdocument. Examines the nature of the variousmedia, the capture or creation, digitization andmodification of each media type, the architectureand technology of multimedia systems,the principles behind effective multimediapresentations, analysis and design of GUI systemsand multimedia development throughthe use of common software packages. Treatsboth fundamental concepts and current andemerging technologies. Attention is given toboth CDROM and network based media delivery.Lecture and lab are combined as needed.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): CS 2380.CS 3500 Introduction to ArtificialIntelligence3 creditsAn introduction to the basic theory and majorapplications of artificial intelligence. Coversgeneral issues of AI such as its development,social impact and philosophical implication.Emphasizes the fundamental issues of AIsuch as problems and state spaces, searchstrategies, logic reasoning and various knowledgerepresentation techniques. Discusses AIapplication domains, such as learning, expertsystems, planning and game playing. AnAI programming language (Lisp or Prolog)is used throughout the course. Students areexpected to use the language to solve AI relatedproblems. Spring of odd years. Prerequisite(s):CS 3160 or CS 3220.CS 3600 Database ManagementSystems4 creditsCovers the principles and practice of relationaldatabase design and analysis, including topicsof entity-relationship modeling, functionaldependencies, normalization, relational algebraand relational calculus, as well as theirSQL correspondents. Other related issuesare discussed such as other data base models,object-oriented database scheme, concurrentdata access, recovery and security. One or moreprojects form a significant part of this course.Falls. Prerequisite(s): CS 2370 and (MA 2200or MA 3200).CS 3700 Computer Graphics 3 creditsFundamental concepts of event-driven, interactivegraphics using a modern API (such asOpenGL). Topics include: graphics systems,hardware and models, 2-D and 3-D rendering,events and interactions, geometric objects andtheir transformations, viewing and projections,basic concepts of color and shading, hierarchicaland object-oriented modeling, discrete/raster operations; and an introduction to visualization.Significant programming projectsconnect theory to practice. Taught in C/C++.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s): (CS 3160or CS 3220) and (MA 2200 or MA 3120).CS 3720 Systems Analysis andDesign3 creditsThe study of computerized information as aresource. The study of the systems developmentlife cycle. Integrating computer technology,networks, systems analysis and designand organizational behavior in the building oflarge-scale applications or decision support systems.The use of CASE tools. The importanceof service and testing of information systems.Springs. Prerequisite(s): CS 2370, CS 3240, CS3600. (WRIT)CS 3780 Introduction to ComputationalTheory3 creditsIntended to provide a solid theoretical foundationfor computer science students. A seriesof artificial machines such as finite stateautomata, push-down automata and Turingmachines are be defined and studied asformal models of computers. Studies theirCoursesPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 253
Coursescorresponding formal languages such as regular,context-free and unrestricted languages.Discusses related issues such as Church’sThesis, Halting problem and general incompatibility.Falls. Prerequisite(s): (CS 3160 or CS3220) or (MA 3120 and MA 3200).CS 3820 Human-ComputerInteraction3 creditsConcerned with the design, evaluation andimplementation of interactive computingsystems for human use. It briefly surveys themost important conceptual models of humanpsychology applied to computer interactions,and stresses the importance of good interfacesand interface design to human-computer interaction.It treats topics such as interface qualityand methods of evaluation, user-centereddesign and task analysis, dialogue tools andtechniques, windowing, prototyping and userinterface implementation, I/O devices and theuse of color and sound. It trains the ComputerScience student to apply the theories of HCI tothe task of design by surveying the techniquesavailable in the discipline and demonstratingwhere and when they are applicable via acombination of scientific-theory understanding,engineering modeling and the solutionof design problems facing the user interfacedesigner. Spring of odd years. Prerequisite(s):CS 2380.CS 4140 Software Engineering 3 creditsPresents fundamental principles of softwareengineering. Emphasizes software design,implementation and maintenance. Techniquesused in the major phases of the software lifecycle such as rapid prototyping, object-orienteddesign and module testing, are discussed.Software teams complete a term project thatincludes system documentation, design andimplementation. Falls. Prerequisite(s): CS3220.CS 4220 System Administration 3 creditsIntroduces students to unix system administration.Each student participates in installingand configuring a unix-like operating system.Topics include the unix file system, user management,task management, unix daemons,network management, performance analysis,security, policy and ethics. Students alsolearn to use a scripting language, various unixcommands and tools. Falls. Prerequisite(s): CS3720.CS 4250 Computer Architecture 3 creditsFundamental concepts of computer designusing a quantitative, performance-orientedapproach. Topics include: measurement of performanceinstruction sets design; hardwiredand micro-coded processor design; pipelining;memory hierarchy; I/O. Assembly languageprogramming is studied through a series ofshort projects. Falls. Prerequisite(s): CS 2220and CS 3220. (WRIT)CS 4310 Operating Systems 3 creditsCovers the major concept areas of operatingsystems for both large and small computersand the interrelationship between the operatingsystem and computer architecture. Topicsinclude: history, tasking, process synchronization,scheduling, memory organization, devicemanagement, file systems, security issues, distributedand real-time systems. One or moreprojects form a significant part of this course.Springs. Prerequisite(s): (CS 3160 or CS 3220)and (CS 4250 or CS 4300).CS 4400 Computer Networks andProtocols4 creditsFocus is on providing a data stream for higherlevelservices to operate over. It is primarilyconcerned with the transport layer andbelow. TCP/IP is the predominant protocolstudied. Others, such as Novell NetWare, arecovered to provide comparative examples.Monitoring, diagnosis and administration ofthe infrastructure are studied. Lecture andlaboratory. Springs. Prerequisite(s): CS 2380and CS 3240.CS 4420 Computer Security 3 creditsProvides an introduction to the theory andpractice of computer security and informationwarfare. In particular, examines issuesin physical security, network security, databasesecurity, intrusion detection, detection ofTrojan horses, viruses, worms and coordinatednetwork attacks, access control, cryptography,legal and ethical issues including privacy andcopyright, as well as various computer securitypolicy issues. Springs. Prerequisite(s): CS 2380,CS 3240, CS 3600.CS 4500 Topics in Computer Science andTechnology3 creditsExplores specialized topics pertaining to computerscience and information technology thatare not covered in other Computer Science andTechnology courses. Topics vary by semesterand instructor. May be repeated with a differenttopic for no more than six credits. Springs.Prerequisite(s): variable, depending on topicselection; consult course instructor.CS 4520 CyberEthics3 creditsSurveys the ethical issues involved in theuse of information technology. Provides anintroduction to a variety of ethical theoriesthat can be used as guides for thinking aboutthese issues. Emphasizes the use of casestudies to practice the application of ethicalframeworks to real problems facing today’ssociety. Serves as part of the senior capstoneexperience. Falls. Prerequisite(s): junior status.(INTG)(DICO)(INCO)(WRCO)CS 4750 Senior Project 3 creditsAvailable only to senior Computer Science andInformation Technology majors. Workingunder faculty direction, students select a problemor task, analyze it and develop a solution.The problem/task selected must involve someaspect of computing. At the end of the semester,each student makes a formal, public presentationin an appropriate format determined bythe faculty. In addition, students meet weekly,as a group, to discuss a variety of topics relatedto investigation, research and development, theprocess of public presentation of results, andto present the other students with an overviewand regular progress reports on their own project.By individual enrollment with the Chair’ssignature. With permission. Falls and Springs.Prerequisite(s): all required 2000 and 3000level courses.CS 4910 Independent Study 1–3 creditsIntensive individual work in a particular areaof Computer Science not otherwise availablethrough the curriculum. Topics to be chosenby the student in consultation with the instructor.Consent required of the instructor whowill supervise the independent study and theDepartment Chair. With permission.CS 4920 Computer ScienceInternship 1–6 creditsStudents leave the campus to work in a professionalsituation in the computing fieldwith or without financial compensation. Theemploying agency provides a carefully-plannedsequence of tasks intended to provide the studentwith a learning experience in the field ofcomputing. Students have supervisors bothin the Computer Science and TechnologyDepartment and in the employing agencywho will jointly coordinate the student’s work.Students must submit to the Department awritten proposal prior to undertaking theinternship and a final report upon its completion.May be repeated for up to six credits.Prerequisite(s): final approval of the internshipwill come from the Department Chair;Computer Science or Information Technologymajor and completion of major courses appropriateto the position (to be determined by thesupervising faculty member).DN – DanceDN 1230 Ballet I1–2 creditsBeginning ballet technique taught throughbarre and center floor exercises. Emphasis onproper positioning, alignment and basic balletsteps and combinations. May be repeated forno more than two enrollments or no more thanthree credits. 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