Course Information

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT


Course: IC210
Title: INTRO TO COMPUTING
Credits: 3-2-4
Description: Introduction to algorithmic development, problem solving and software design. Principles and concepts to provide foundational knowledge and experience upon which later computing courses will build. This is the first course for computer science and information technology majors.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: None.
Course: IC211
Title: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course builds on the procedural programming skills developed in the prerequisite course and introduces the student to object oriented programming and design principles using Java. Object oriented topics such as classes, inheritance, information hiding, polymorphism and dynamic binding are presented and used to create robust, reusable, and maintainable software. The fundaments of Java are presented along with exception handling, I/O, event driven programming, simple GUIs and generics.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC210 or SI204.
Course: IC220
Title: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE & ORG
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course introduces students to performance metrics, instruction set architectures, assembly language, logic design, memory hierarchies, and pipelining.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC210 or SI204 or permission of department chair.
Course: IC221
Title: SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: The study of an application's interface with the operating system. The operating system is treated as an information resource, and as a facilitator for information flow between processes, including those executing on separate machines. Topics include: process management, multiprogramming, and the basic concepts necessary to understand the design and operation of computer communication networks.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: (IC210 or SI204 or permission of department chair); Coreq: IC220.
Course: IC312
Title: DATA STRUCTURES
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course examines abstract data types (ADT), data structures, data representation and information management including storage structures, allocation and collection. ADTs and data structures presented include lists, stacks, queues, trees, heaps, priority queues, maps, dictionaries and graphs. Sorting and searching techniques, hashing and graph algorithm analysis are also covered.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009, Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: (IC211 or permission of department chair); Coreq: SM242.
Course: IC322
Title: COMPUTER NETWORKS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: The course presents the fundamental theoretical concepts, characteristics and principles of computer communications and computer networks, and analyzes and assesses these foundational concepts with respect to network performance and network design.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: (IC221; Coreq: SM242) or permission of department chair.
Course: IC480
Title: RESEARCH SEMINAR/CAPSTONE
Credits: 1-4-3
Description: This is a capstone course that ties together concepts from the information technology and computer science curriculums to solve a practical problem. These team-oriented project solutions will include the requirements gathering, analysis, design and development of a computing system involving a large, multi-layer organization using appropriate information management and computing technologies.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009, Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI336 or IT440 or Chair Permission.
Course: IM330
Title: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course focuses on the decision making process using process models, bounded rationality and its implication for satisfying vs. optimizing behavior. It discusses heuristics commonly used by humans and the systematic types of errors that are a consequence of using these heuristics. The A component on modeling technologies component will discuss decision analysis techniques such as decision trees, influence diagrams, optimization models and multi-criteria decision-making. This course is a standard in business oriented IT curricula and adds another dimension and set of tools for the IT320 Systems Analysis and Design course.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: IT221.
Course: IT300
Title: COMPUTER ARCH AND ORG
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: An in-depth, non-engineering introduction to concepts and theories related to computer hardware, systems software, and data concepts including operating system design and peripheral connectivity. This course builds an understanding of the planning, design, use, and performance of computer systems.
Offered: Fall
Requisites: Prereq: SI204.
Course: IT320
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: Introduction to concepts and methods used in analyzing and designing information technology systems. Topics include: assessing system requirements; interviewing/testing techniques; learning introduction to Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and methodologies; Systems Development Life Cycle, which is a systematic and orderly approach to solving business organizational problems through the implementation of technology and developing information Systems Analysis and Design documents; and forming teams that allow students to get hands-on experience in developing an Information Systems Analysis and Design documents. Using case studies, the students will gain real-life experience in analyzing and designing systems, as well as working in teams.
Offered:
Requisites: Prereq: IT340, IT350, and IT420.
Course: IT340
Title: INTRO TO NETWORKS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Analyze and explain the development and use of computer and telecommunications networks in modern society. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of network solutions. Identify new and emerging technologies and communications concepts applied in the contemporary network industry and illustrate their application to the delivery of information services. Examine the management implications of networks. A student may not receive credit for both IT340 and SI454.
Offered: Spring For Academic Year 2006 And Later
Requisites: Prereq: IT221 and IT300.
Course: IT350
Title: WEB & INTERNET PROGRAMMING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Web site design and management, clients and servers, client and server side scripting languages, web transmission protocols.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC210.
Course: IT360
Title: APPLIED DATABASE SYSTEMS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course introduces the principles underlying Database Management Systems (DBMS) with a special emphasis on database management system structure and function when integrated with web-based database applications.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC312 and IT350.
Course: IT420
Title: DATABASE MGT & ORG
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course will introduce the principles underlying Database Management Systems (DBMS) with a special emphasis on database management system structure and function when integrated with web-based database applications. A student may not receive credit for both IT420 and SI440.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: IT221 or SI221.
Course: IT430
Title: IA AND NETWORK SECURITY
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course is an introduction to the theoretical and practical facets of Information Assurance (IA) to include: Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of the Navy (DoN) policies and directives, Trusted systems, Access mediation, Cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Information Warfare, Network security and Database security. Laboratory work will include student exercises demonstrating information assurance concepts culminating in a vulnerability analysis of given systems.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC322 or IT340.
Course: IT432
Title: ADV IA AND NETWORK SECURITY
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course provides an introduction to topics in secure system design, including: cryptography, operating system security, and language based security. Where the IT430 course focuses primarily on securing an existing system, this course studies how to design a system to meet security goals. Students will design and implement components of a secure system.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IT430 or permission of department chair.
Course: IT440
Title: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Introduction to concepts and methods used in analyzing and designing information technology systems. Topics include: Software Life-Cycle, Software Process, system requirement definition, requirement analysis, system design, implementation, testing, project management techniques and tools, and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and methodologies. Using a course-long, class-wide project, the students gain real-life experience in analyzing and designing systems, as well as working in teams.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IT350 and IT360.
Course: IT452
Title: ADV WEB & INTERNET SYSTEMS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Web server design and configuration, search engine design and usage, web security and authentication, servlet implementations, web collaboration mechanisms, web services, and knowledge representation on the web.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IT350.
Course: IT460
Title: HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: An introductory course emphasizing interactive software design, development and evaluation using a human-centered approach. Topics include aspects of human sensation, perception and cognitive psychology.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC312 or IT350.
Course: IT462
Title: ADV DATABASE SYSTEMS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course will discuss advanced issues in database systems, including parallel, distributed and peer-to-peer databases, data warehousing and data mining, XML and service-oriented architectures. The course incorporates hands-on exercises using commercial database systems and products, as well as a web-database project.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Requisites: Prereq: IT360 or SI440.
Course: IT470
Title: ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course develops architectures and concepts for the development of multi-tier (typically 3 tiered) distributed applications for an entire organization or enterprise. This includes a user interface called the client tier or tier 1, a server component which is controlled by the organization and provides for interaction with and data collection from the user (tier 2) and a database component that stores transactions and updates client profiles (tier 3). The course teaches advanced techniques for network programming as well as server management and programming.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Requisites: Prereq: (IC322 or IT340) and (IT360 or IT420).
Course: SI200
Title: INFORMATION TECH FOR THE JO
Credits: 3-2-4
Description: This is a hands-on lab course introducing computer programming and database management. Topics include: web programming using HTML and XHTML, structured and object oriented computer programming using a scripting language (such as JavaScript) or 4th Generation Language (such as Java or C++), and designing, implementing, and querying databases using a Database Management System (such as Access or SQL Server). The course includes a series of Internet computing and programming projects of increasing complexity. No prior knowledge of databases, web programming, or computer programming is assumed. Students may not receive credit for this course and SI250. It may not count as an SCS major elective and IT majors cannot take this course.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: None.
Course: SI204
Title: INTRO TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
Credits: 3-2-4
Description: Introduction to algorithmic development, problem solving and software design. Principles and concepts to provide foundational knowledge and experience upon which later computer science courses will build.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: None.
Course: SI221
Title: DATA STRUCTURES
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Data representation and information management. Dynamic memory, recursion, lists, stacks and queues. Storage structures, allocation and manipulation.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI204.
Course: SI250
Title: INFO SYSTEMS FOR THE JO
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: The primary emphasis of the course is practical applications of personal computers and the Internet in the Fleet/Fleet Marine Force (FMF), with coverage of some special tactical computers as well. Application software is addressed from a junior officer's viewpoint, as an operational unit Branch/Division/Company Officer or as a support staff member.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: None.
Course: SI283
Title: PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERS
Credits: 1-2-2
Description: An introduction to a structured programming language and its use in implementing algorithms to solve engineering problems.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: None.
Course: SI321
Title: ADVANCED DATA STRUCTURES
Credits: 3-2-4
Description: Advanced OO design, including abstract classes, polymorphisms, templates and inheritance. Advanced data structures including trees, heaps, priority queues and graphs. Graph algorithm analysis.
Offered: Fall
Requisites: Prereq: SI221 and SI262.
Course: SI333
Title: ALGS AND FUNCTIONAL LANGS
Credits: 4-0-4
Description: Presents techniques for designing and analyzing computer algorithms including divide and conquer, dynamic programming and greedy methods. Introduces classic algorithms for problems such as searching and sorting, graph analysis, file compression and cryptology. Coverage of functional programming paradigm.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI321.
Course: SI334
Title: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Credits: 4-0-4
Description: An introduction to the basic principles of software engineering. Structured, object-oriented, and formal approaches are studied, with an emphasis on life cycles, object-oriented techniques and team-oriented software development.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI321 and SI411.
Course: SI335
Title: COMPUTER ALGORITHMS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: Presents techniques for designing and analyzing computer algorithms including divide and conquer, dynamic programming and greedy methods. Introduces classic algorithms for problems such as searching and sorting, graph analysis, file compression and cryptology.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC312 and SI340.
Course: SI336
Title: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: An introduction to the basic principles of software engineering. Structured, object-oriented, and formal approaches are studied, with emphasis on life cycles, object-oriented techniques and team-oriented software development.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC312.
Course: SI340
Title: THEORY OF COMPUTING
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course presents the theoretical foundations for computing, including the study of formal languages, finite state machines, pushdown automata, Turing machines and computability.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC210; Coreq: SM242.
Course: SI411
Title: OPERATING SYSTEMS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: The study of the operating system as a resource manager. Topics include process management, interrupt processing, memory management, deadlock handling, file systems, multiprogramming, multiprocessing, data security and protection.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC221 and IC312.
Course: SI413
Title: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course examines basic concepts underlying the design of modern programming languages: types, control structures, abstraction mechanisms, inheritance, concurrency and constructs for programming. This course will include programming assignments in several languages.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: IC312 and SI340.
Course: SI420
Title: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: A study of the fundamental concepts and techniques in the design and implementation of functionally intelligent machines. Topics include problem-solving using state-space search, game trees, state and plan space planning, and machine learning.
Offered: Fall 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI333 (SI335 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI435
Title: ADV SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: This course presents the latest trends in modern techniques and methods for large scale software development activities, such as object oriented programming. The use of CASE tools and group design project is stressed.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI334 (SI336 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI440
Title: DATABASE SYSTEMS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: Topics include database systems architecture, relational model, normalization and implementation issues.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI321 (IC312 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI452
Title: ADV COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course provides an advanced study of the design and evaluation of high performance computer systems.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI232 (IC220 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI454
Title: COMPUTER NETWORKS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: The course presents major topics in the area of computer networks. It views a computer network as a group of related layers or abstract machines as exemplified by the International Standards Organization (ISO) network reference model and Internet Layer Model. The course presents the basic concepts necessary to understand the design and operation of computer communication networks.
Offered: Fall
Requisites: Prereq: SI232, SI321, and SM230C.
Course: SI455
Title: ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: This course provides an in-depth technical study of high-speed networking, client-server programming and applications, network firewall architectures and security procedures, and the ATM network.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI454 (IC322 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI457
Title: INFORMATION ASSURANCE
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: The course provides an introduction to the theoretical and practical facets of Information Assurance including: secure operating systems, public key cryptography, system and network security, and offensive and defensive information warfare operations. Laboratory work will include student exercises demonstrating information assurance concepts.
Offered:
Requisites: Prereq: SI411 and SI454.
Course: SI460
Title: COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: A project-based course involving basic concepts, theories and algorithms associated with producing 2D and 3D images on a raster display. Topics include graphics primitives, modeling, viewing, illumination, shading, texture, and event-driven programming using a graphics API.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI321 (IC312 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).
Course: SI462
Title: ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: A project-based course involving advanced graphics techniques such as ray-tracing, radiosity, volume rendering, virtual and augmented reality, haptics, and pixel shaders.
Offered: Spring
Requisites: Prereq: SI460.
Course: SI472
Title: THEORY OF COMPUTING
Credits: 3-0-3
Description: Presents the theoretical foundations for computing, including the study of finite state machines, pushdown automata, and Turing machines.
Offered: Fall
Requisites: Prereq: SI262.
Course: SI475
Title: INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS
Credits: 2-2-3
Description: Presents the concepts and theories related to computer-driven robotic systems. Students apply acquired knowledge in a laboratory setting be designing, coding, and testing robotics control and sensor systems.
Offered: Spring 2008-2009
Requisites: Prereq: SI221 (IC312 for the Class of 2009 and beyond).