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100 Principles of Programming with C++. (3)  
Principles of problem solving using C++, algorithm design, structured programming, fundamental algorithms and techniques, and computer systems concepts. Social and ethical responsibility. Lecture, lab. Prerequisite: MAT 170. General Studies: CS.

110 Principles of Programming with Java. (3) MORE INFO
Concepts of problem solving using Java, algorithm design, structured programming, fundamental algorithms and techniques, and computer systems concepts. Social and ethical responsibility. Lecture, lab. Prerequisite: MAT 170.

120 Digital Design Fundamentals.(3) MORE INFO
Number systems, conversion methods, binary and complement arithmetic, boolean and switching algebra, circuit minimization. ROMs, PLAs, flipflops, synchronous sequential circuits, and register transfer design. Lecture, lab. Cross-listed with EEE 120. Prerequisite: Computer Literacy.

180 Computer Literacy.(3) MORE INFO
Introduction to general problem-solving approaches using widely available software tools such as database packages, word processors, spreadsheets, and report generators. May be taken for credit on either IBM PC or Macintosh, but not both. Non-majors only. General Studies : CS.

181 Applied Problem Solving with Visual BASIC. (3) MORE INFO
Introduction to systematic definition of problems, solution formulation, and method validation. Computer solution using Visual BASIC required for projects. Lecture, lab. Non-majors only. Prerequisite: MAT 117. General Studies: CS.

185 Internet and the World Wide Web. (3) MORE INFO
Fundamental Internet concepts. World Wide Web browsing, searching, publishing, advanced Internet productivity tools.

200 Concepts of Computer Science.(3) MORE INFO
Overview of algorithms, architecture, languages, computer systems, theory. Problem solving by programming with a high-level language (Java or another) . Prerequisites: One year of high-school programming with Pascal, C++ or Java; or CSE 100 or CSE 110. General Studies: CS.

210 Object-Oriented Design and Data Structures.(3) Section A and B MORE INFO
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Object Oriented Design, Static and Dynamic Data Structures (Strings, Stacks, Queues, Binary Trees), Recursion, Searching
and Sorting, Professional Responsibility. Prerequisite : CSE 200. General Studies : CS.

225 Assembly Language Programming and Microprocessors (Motorola).(4)  
Assembly language programming, including input/output programming and exception/interrupt handling. Register-level computer organization, I/O interfaces, assemblers, and linkers. Motorola-based assignments. Lecture, lab. Cross-listed as EEE 225. Credit is allowed for only CSE 225 or EEE 225. Prerequisites: CSE 100 (or 110 or 200), 120 (or EEE 120).

226 Assembly Language Programming and Microprocessors (Intel).(4) MORE INFO
CPU/memory/peripheral device interfaces and programming. System buses, interrupts, serial and parallel I/O, DMA, coprocessors. Intel-based assignments. Lecture, lab. Cross-listed as EEE 226. Credit is allowed for only CSE 226 or EEE 226. Prerequisites: CSE 100 (or 110 or 200), 120 (or EEE 120).

240 Introduction to Programming Languages.(3) MORE INFO
Introduces the procedural (C++), applicative (LISP), and declarative (Prolog) languages. Lecture, lab. Prerequisite: CSE 210.

310 Data Structures and Algorithms.  (3) MORE INFO
Advanced data structures and algorithms, including stacks, queues, trees (B, B+, AVL), and graphs. Searching for graphs, hashing and external sorting. Prerequiste: CSE 210, MAT 243.

330 Computer Organization and Architecture. (3)
Instruction set architecture, processor performance and design; datapath, control (hardwired, microprogrammed), pipelining, input/output. Memory organization with cache, virtual memory. Prerequisite: CSE/EEE 225 or CSE/EEE 226.

340 Principles of Programming Languages. (3) MORE INFO
Introduction to language design and implementation. Parallel, machine dependent and declarative language features; type theory; specification, recognition, translation, run-time management. Prerequisites: CSE 240, CSE 310, CSE/EEE 225 or 226.

355 Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science.(3) Section A MORE INFO
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Introduction to formal language theory and automata, Turing machines, decidability/undecidability, recursive function theory, and introduction to complexity theory. Prerequisite: CSE 310.

360 Introduction to Software Engineering. (3)  
Software life cycle models; Project management, team development, environments and methodologies; software architectures; quality assurance and standards; legal, ethical issues. Prerequisite: CSE 240 and CSE 210.

408 Multimedia Information Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Design, use, and applications of multimedia systems. An introduction to acquisition, compression, storage, retrieval, and presentation of data from different media such as images, text, voice, and alphanumeric. Prerequisite: CSE 310.

412 Database Management. (3) MORE INFO
Introduction to DBMS concepts. Data models and languages. Relational database theory. Database security/ integrity and concurrency. Prerequisite: CSE 310.

420 Computer Architecture I. (3)  
Computer architecture. Performance versus cost trade-offs. Instruction set design. Basic processor implementation and pipelining. Prerequisite: CSE 330.

421 Microprocessor System Design I.(4) MORE INFO
Assembly-language programming and logical hardware design of systems using 8-bit microprocessors and micro-controllers. Fundamental concepts of digital system design. Reliability and social, legal implications. Lecture, lab. Prerequisite: CSE/EEE 225.

422 Microprocessor System Design II.(4)  
Design of microcomputer systems using contemporary logic and microcomputer system components. Requires assembly language programming. Prerequisite: CSE 421.

423 Microcomputer System Hardware.(3)  
Information and techniques presented in CSE 422 are used to develop the hardware design of a microprocessor, multiprogramming, microprocessor-based system. Prerequisite: CSE 422. General Studies.

428 Computer-Aided Processes.(3)  
Hardware and software considerations for computerized manufacturing systems. Specific concentration on automatic inspection, numerical control, robotics, and integrated manufacturing systems. Prerequisite: CSE 330.

430 Operating Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Operating system structure and services, processor scheduling, concurrent processes, synchronization techniques, memory management, virtual memory, input/output, storage management, file systems. Prerequisites: CSE 330, 340.

432 Operating System Internals.(3) MORE INFO
IPC, exception and interrupt processing, memory and thread management, user-level device drivers, and OS servers in a modern microkernel-based OS. Prerequisite: CSE 430.

434 Computer Networks.(3) MORE INFO
Physical layer basics; network protocol algorithms; error handling; flow control; multihop routing; network reliability, timing, security; data compression; cryptography fundamentals. Prerequisite: CSE 330

438 Systems Programming.(3) MORE INFO
Design and implementtion of systems programs, including text editors, file utilities, monitors, assemblers, relocating linking loaders, I/O handlers, schedulers, etc. Prerequisite: CSE 421 or instructor approval. General Studies: L

440 Compiler Construction I. (3) MORE INFO
Introduction to programming language implementation. Implementation strategies such as compilation, interpretation, and translation. Major compilation phases such as lexical analysis, semantic analysis, optimization, and code generation. Prerequisites: CSE 340, 355.

445 Distributed Computing with Java and CORBA.(3) MORE INFO
Frameworks for distributed software components. Foundations of client-server computing and architectures for distributed object systems. Dynamic discovery and invocation. Prerequisites: CSE 360.

446 Client-Server User Interfaces.(3)  
Client-server model for creating window interfaces. Toolkits and libraries such as X11, Microsoft Foundation Classes and Java Abstract Window Toolkit. Prerequisites: CSE 310.

450 Design and Analysis of Algorithms.(3)  
Design and analysis of computer algorithms using analytical and empirical methods; complexity measures, design methodologies, and survey of important algorithms. Prerequisite: CSE 310.

457 Theory of Formal Languages. (3)  
Theory of grammar, methods of syntactic analysis and specification, types of artificial languages, relationship between formal languages, and automata. Cross-listed as MAT 401. Prerequisite: CSE 355.

459 Logic for Computing Scientists. (3)  
Propositional logic, syntax and semantics, proof theory vs. model theory, soundness, consistency and completeness, first order logic, logical theories, automated theorem proving, ground resolution, pattern matching unification and resolution, Dijkstras logic, proof obligations, and program proving. Prerequisite: CSE 355.

460 Software Analysis and Design. (3)  
Software engineering foundations, formal representations in the software process; use of formalisms in creating a measured and structured working environment. Prerequisite: CSE 360.

461 Software Engineering Project I.(3) MORE INFO
First of 2-course software design sequence. Development planning, management; process modeling; incremental and team development using CASE tools. Prerequisite: CSE 360.

462 Software Engineering Project II.(3) MORE INFO
Second of 2-course software design sequence. Process, product assessment and improvement; incremental and team development using CASE tools. Prerequisite: CSE 461.

470 Computer Graphics. (3) MORE INFO
Display devices, data structures, transformation, interactive graphics, 3-dimensional graphics, and hidden line problem. Prerequisites: CSE 310; MAT 342.

471 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.(3)  
State space search, heuristic search, games, knowledge representation techniques, expert systems, and automated reasoning. Prerequisite: CSE 240, 310.

473 Nonprocedural Programming Languages. (3)
Functional and logic programming using languages like Lucid and Prolog. Typical applications would be a Screen Editor and an Expert System. Prerequisite: CSE 355.

476 Introduction to Natural Language Processing. (3) MORE INFO
Principles of computational linguistics, formal syntax, and semantics, as applied to the design of software with natural (human) language I/O. Prerequisite: CSE 310 or instructor approval.

477 Introduction to Computer-Aided Geometric Design.(3)  
Introduction to parametric curves and surfaces. Bezier and B-spline interpolation, and approximation techniques. Prerequisites: CSE 210, CSE 470; MAT 342.

494 Advanced Database Concepts.(3) MORE INFO
Advanced data modeling, object-oriented databases, and object-relational databases. Web access to databases. Professionalism and ethics in information access. Credit: 3 hours. Prerequisite: CSE 412

494 Building and programming mobile robots.(3) MORE INFO

494 Information Retrieval, Mining and Integration on the Internet.(3) MORE INFO

494 Principles of Information Engineering.(3) MORE INFO
Train computer science students to be effective information specialists with an entrepreneurial perspective and managerial outlook.

494/598 Wireless Sensor Networks(3) MORE INFO
Applications (pervasive computing, health-monitoring, home land security), data dissemination and aggregation, security, localization, time synchronization, energy-efficiency, reliability, programming platforms.

494 Real-Time Embedded Systems. (3) MORE INFO

507 Virtual Reality Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Computer generated 3-D environments, spatial presence of virtual objects, technologies of immersion, tracking systems, simulation of reality. Prerequisites: CSE 408 or CSE 508 or CSE 470 or instructor approval.

508 Digital Image Processing.(3) MORE INFO
Digital image fundamentals, image transforms, image enhancement and restoration techniques, image encoding, and segmentation methods. Prerequisite: EEE 303 or instructor approval.

510 Database Management System Implementation.(3)  
Implementation of database systems. Data storage, indexing, querying, and retrieval. Query optimization and execution, concurrency control, and transaction management. Prerequisite: CSE 412.

512 Distributed Database Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Distributed database design, query processing, and transaction processing. Distributed database architectures and interoperability. Emerging technology. Prerequisite: CSE 412.

513 Rules in Database Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Declarative and active rules. Logic as a data model. Evaluation and query optimization. Triggers and ECA rules. Current research topics. Prerequisite: CSE 412.

514 Object-Oriented Database Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Object-oriented data modeling, database and language integration, object algebras, extensibility, transactions, object managers, versioning/configuration, active data, nonstandard applications. Research seminar. Prerequisite: CSE 510.

515 Multimedia and Web Databases. (3)  
Data models for multimedia and Web data; query processing and optimization for inexact retrieval; advanced indexing, clustering, and search techniques. Prerequisites: CSE 408, 412.

517 Hardware Design Languages. (3)
Introduction to hardware design languages using VHDL. Modeling concepts for specification, simulation, synthesis.. Prerequisite: CSE 423 or EEE 425 or consent of instructor.

518 Synthesis with Hardware Design Languages.(3)
Modeling VLSI design in hardware design languages for synthesis. Transformation of language-based designs to physical layout. Application of synthesis tools. Prerequisite: CSE 517.

520 Computer Architecture II.(3)  
Computer architecture description languages, computer arithmetic, memory-hierarchy design, parallel, vector, and multiprocessors, and input/output.. Prerequisites: CSE 420, 430.

521 Microprocessor Applications.(4)   MORE INFO
Microprocessor technology and its application to the design of practical digital systems. Hardware, assembly language programming, and interfacing of microprocessor-based systems. Lecture, lab. Prerequisite: CSE 421.

523 Microcomputer Systems Software.(3)  
Developing system software for a multiprocessor, multiprogramming, microprocessor-based system using information and techniques presented in CSE 421, 422. Prerequisite: CSE 422.

526 Parallel Processing.(3) MORE INFO
Real and apparent concurrency. Hardware organization of multiprocessors, multiple computer systems, scientific attached processors, and other parallel systems. Prerequisite: CSE 330 or 423.

530 Operating System Case Study.(3) MORE INFO
Study of the design and implementation of a timeshared multiprogramming operating system, with emphasis on the UNIX operating system. Prerequisites: CSE 430; knowledge of C Language.

531 Distributed and Multiprocessor Operating Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Distributed systems architecture, remote file access, message-based systems, object-based systems, client/server paradigms, distributed algorithms, replication and consistency, and multiprocessor operating systems. Prerequisite: CSE 432 or instructor approval.

532 Advanced Operating System Internals.(3) MORE INFO
Memory, processor, process and communication management, and concurrency control in the Windows NT multiprocessor and distributed operating system kernel and servers. Prerequisite: CSE 530 and either CSE 531 or CSE 536.

534 Advanced Computer Networks.(3) MORE INFO
Advanced network protocols and infrastructure, applications of high-performance networks to distributed systems, high-performance computing and multimedia domains, special features of networks: real-time, security, reliability. Prerequisite: CSE 434.

536 Advanced Operating Systems.(3) MORE INFO
Protection and file systems. Communication, processes, synchronization, naming, fault tolerance, security, data replication, and coherence in distributed systems. Real-time systems. Prerequisite: CSE 430.

537 ATM Networks.(3)  
Principles of ATM networks, switch architecture, traffic management, call and connection control, routing, internetworking with ATM networks, signaling, and OAM. Prerequisite: CSE 434.

539 Applied Cryptography.(3)  
Use of cryptography for secure protocols over networked systems, including signatures, certificates, timestamps, electrons, digital cash, and other multiparty coordination. Prerequisite: CSE 310 or instructor approval.

540 Compiler Construction II.(3)  
Formal parsing strategies, optimization techniques, code generation, extensibility and transportability considerations, and recent developments. Prerequisite: CSE 440.

545 Programming Language Design.(3)  
Language constructs, extensibility and abstractions, and runtime support. Language design process. Prerequisite: CSE 440.

550 Combinatorial Algorithms and Intractability.(3)  
Combinatorial algorithms, nondeterministic algorithms, classes P and NP, NP-hard and NP-complete problems, and intractability. Design techniques for fast combinatorial algorithms. Prerequisite: CSE 450.

555 Theory of Computation.(3)  
Rigorous treatment of regular languages, context-free languages, Turing machines and decidability, reducibility, and other advanced topics in computability theory. Prerequisite: CSE 355.

556 Expert Systems.(3)  
Knowledge acquisition and representation, rule-based systems, frame-based system, validation of knowledge bases, inexact reasoning, and expert database systems.Prerequisite CSE 471.

562 Software Process Automation.(3)  
Software engineering characteristics particular to parallel and distributed systems. Tools and techniques to support software engineering involving parallel processing and distributed systems. Prerequisite: CSE 360.

563 Software Requirements and Specification. (3)  
Examination of the definitional stage of software development; analysis of specification representations and techniques emphasizing important application issues. Prerequisite: CSE 460.

564 Software Design. (3)
Examination of software design issues and techniques. Includes a survey of design representations and a comparison of design methods. Prerequisite: CSE 460.

565 Software Verification, Validation and Testing.(3)  
Test planning; requirements-based and code-based testing techniques; tools; reliability models; statistical testing. Prerequisite: CSE 460.

566 Software Project, Process and Quality Management.(3)  
Project Management, risk management, configuration management, quality management, simulated project management experience. Prerequisite: CSE 460.

570 Advanced Computer Graphics I.(3)  
Hidden surface algorithms, lighting models, and shading techniques. User interface design. Animation techniques. Fractals and stochastic models. Raster algorithms. Prerequisite: CSE 470.

571 Artificial Intelligence.(3) MORE INFO
Definitions of intelligence, computer problem solving, game playing, pattern recognition, theorem proving, and semantic information processing; evolutionary systems; heuristic programming. Prerequisite: CSE 471.

573 Advanced Computer Graphics II. (3)  
Modeling of natural phenomena: terrain, clouds, fire, water, and trees. Particle systems, deformation of solids, antialiasing, adn volume visualization. Lecture, Lab. Prerequisite: CSE 470.

574 Planning and Learning Methods in AI.(3) MORE INFO
Reasoning about time and action, plan synthesis and execution, improving planning performance, applications to manufacturing intelligent agents. Prerequisite: CSE 471.

575 Decision-Making Strategies in AI.(3)  
Automatic knowledge acquisition, automatic analysis/synthesis of strategies, distributed planning/ problem solving, casual modeling, predictive human-machine environments. Prerequisite: CSE 571.

576 Topics in Natural Language Processing.(3)
Comparative parsing strategies, scooping and reference problems, nonfirst-order logical semantic representations, and discourse structure. Prerequisite: CSE 476.

577 Advanced Computer-Aided Geometric Design I.(3) MORE INFO
General interpolation; review of curve interpolation and approximation; spline curves; visual smoothness of curves; parameterization of curves; introduction to surface interpolation and approximation. Prerequisites: CSE 470 and 477.

578 Advanced Computer-Aided Geometric Design II. (3) MORE INFO
Coons patches and Bezier patches; triangular patches; arbitrarily located data methods; geometry processing of surfaces; higher dimensional surfaces. Prerequisites: CSE 470 and 477.

579 NURBs: Nonuniform Rational B-Splines.(3) MORE INFO
Projective geometry, NURBs-based modeling, basic theory of conics and rational surfaces, stereographic maps, quadrics, IGES data specification. Prerequisites: CSE 470 and 477.

591 Advanced Topics on Parallel and Distributed Computing. (3) MORE INFO

591 Autonomous Agents: theory and practice. (3) MORE INFO

591 Computational Algorithms for Systems Biology. (3) MORE INFO

591 Computational Molecular Biology. (3) MORE INFO

591 Data Mining. (3)

591 Hardware-Software Co-design. (3) MORE INFO

591 Image Processing-II Digital Video processing. (3) MORE INFO

591 Mobile Ad Hoc Networking & Computing. (3)

591 Mobile Computing. (3) MORE INFO

591 Object Oriented Modeling & Simulation. (3)

591 Practical Operating System Internals. (3)  

591 Randomized and Approximation Algorithms. (3)  

591 Semantic Web Mining. (3) MORE INFO

591 Wireless Networks. (3) MORE INFO

 

 

 

 

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