Computer Science

College of Engineering and Computer Science

INTRODUCTION
The undergraduate computer science program at Cal State Fullerton offers students
a comprehensive foundation that will permit them to adapt to new technologies and new
ideas. The program spans a wide range, from its theoretical and algorithmic foundations
to cutting-edge developments in bioinformatics, communications systems, computer security, databases, digital game design, intelligent systems, software engineering, and other
exciting areas.
The program provides students with a comprehensive background to take on varied
categories of work. They are offered the necessary theories, principles and practices to design
and implement software that permits them to take on challenging programming jobs. They
have the opportunity to become well-equipped to devise new ways to use computers. The
theoretical foundations available in the program provide the background to help develop
effective ways to solve computing problems. This background allows students to determine
the best possible ways to store information in databases, send data over networks, and display
complex images.
The Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science is accredited by the
Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
LEARNING GOALS AND STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
The following learning goals and student learning outcomes have been established
for students pursuing a degree in Computer Science:
Program Educational Objectives
A. Technical Growth Graduates will be successful in modern computing practice,
integrate into the local and global workforce, and contribute to the economy of
California and the nation
B. Professional Skills Graduates will continue to demonstrate the professional skills
necessary to be competent employees, assume leadership roles, and have career success and satisfaction
C. Professional Attitude and Citizenship Graduates will become productive citizens
with high ethical and professional standards, who make sound technical or managerial decisions, and have enthusiasm for the profession and professional growth
Student Outcomes
Able to apply knowledge of computing and mathematics appropriate to the discipline
Able to analyze a problem, and identify and define the computing requirements
appropriate to its solution
Able to apply mathematical foundations, algorithmic principles, and computer
science theories in the modeling and design of computer-based systems in a way
that demonstrates comprehension of the tradeoffs involved in design choices

DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Shawn X. Wang
DEPARTMENT OFFICE/WEBSITE
Computer Science 522
657-278-3700
cs.fullerton.edu
PROGRAMS OFFERED
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Master of Science in Computer Science
Minor in Computer Science
Master of Science in Software Engineering
FACULTY
Susamma Barua, Ning Chen,
James Choi, Bin Cong, David
Falconer,Mikhail Gofman, Floyd
Holliday, Chang-Hyun Jo, Demetrios
Michalopoulos, Mariko Molodowitch,
Christopher Ryu, Michael Shafae,
Shawn Wang, Kevin Wortman

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 Able to design, implement and evaluate a computer-based system,

process, component, or program to meet desired needs

CPSC 311 Technical Writing for Computer Science (3)

Able to apply design and development principles in the

construction of software systems of varying complexity

CPSC 323 Programming Languages and Translation (3)

Able to function effectively on teams to accomplish a common

objective

CPSC 335 Problem Solving Strategies (3)

Able to communicate effectively with a range of audiences

Recognize the need for and able to engage in continuing
professional development
Able to use current techniques, skills, and tools necessary for
computing practice

CPSC 315 Social and Ethical Issues in Computing (1)

CPSC 332 File Structures and Database Systems (3)
CPSC 351 Operating Systems Concepts (3)
CPSC 362 Foundations of Software Engineering (3)
CPSC 440 Computer System Architecture (3)
CPSC 471 Computer Communications (3)
CPSC 481 Artificial Intelligence (3)

Able to analyze the local and global impact of computing on

individuals, organizations, and society

Elective Track Requirements (15 units)

Select an Elective Track to support specific career goals.

Demonstrate an understanding of professional, ethical, legal,

security and social issues and responsibilities

Multimedia and Digital Game Technologies

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

(124 UNITS)
The degree program for the Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science assumes that students have already obtained a working
knowledge of personal computing fundamentals and applications,
including word processing, spreadsheets, database systems, e-mail
systems and presentation graphics.
Computer Science Placement Examination
The curriculum begins with a three-course sequence covering
concepts of programming and data structures. Students may have
knowledge of these topics, but do not have the courses to transfer, nor
AP scores to submit; thus, may take the Computer Science Placement
Examination to waive one or more of these courses. The test may be
taken only once, and scores are valid for two consecutive semesters.
Computer Science Core (46 units)

Lower-Division Core (18 units)

CPSC 120 Introduction to Programming (3)
CPSC 121 Programming Concepts (3)
CPSC 131 Data Structures Concepts (3)
CPSC 223H Visual Basic Programming (3)
OR CPSC 223J Java Programming (3)
OR CPSC 223N C# Programming (3)

CPSC 386, 484, 486, 489

Plus any three units of adviser-approved, upper-division CPSC courses

Internet and Enterprise Computing Technologies

CPSC 431, 473, 476
Plus any six units of adviser-approved, upper-division CPSC courses

Software Engineering
CPSC 462, 464; 463 OR 466
Plus any six units of adviser-approved, upper-division CPSC courses

Scientific Computing
Completing the Mathematics courses listed below also meets
the requirements for a minor in Mathematics.
MATH 250A, 250B, 340, 370
Plus any three units of adviser-approved 400-level CPSC courses

Custom
With the approval of an academic adviser, students may develop
a track based on their career goals or specific academic interests or
specific themes. A custom track consists of upper-division Computer
Science or related courses. At least nine units must be 400-level
Computer Science courses with no more than three units selected
from courses numbered 490-499. In addition to courses already listed
in the other tracks, students may also include the following courses:
CPSC 303, 322L, 376, 433, 459, 477, 483, 485, 491T, 495, 499
Mathematics Requirements (18 units)

CPSC 240 Computer Organization and Assembly Language (3)

MATH 150A,B Calculus (4,4)

CPSC 254 UNIX and Open Source Systems (3)

MATH 270A,B Mathematical Structures (3,3)

Upper-Division Core (28 units)

MATH 338 Statistics Applied to Natural Sciences (4)

Students must take and pass the Examination in Programming

Proficiency (EPP) before taking most upper-division Computer
Science courses. Students who do not pass the EPP will be required
to take CPSC 301.

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Science Requirements (12 units)

Physical Science (8 units)

Choose one of the following:

Physics
PHYS 225/225L Fundamental Physics: Mechanics/Laboratory (4)
PHYS 226/226L Fundamental Physics: Electricity and Magnetism/
Laboratory (4)

Chemistry
CHEM 120A General Chemistry (5)
CHEM 125 General Chemistry for Engineers (3)

Geology
GEOL 101/101L Physical Geology/Laboratory (4)
GEOL 201/201L Earth History/Laboratory (4)

Biological Science (4 units)

BIOL 101 Elements of Biology (3)
BIOL 101L Elements of Biology Laboratory (1)
General Education
Because of high unit requirements for a major in Computer
Science, there is a six-unit exemption in General Education (G.E.).
Students are strongly urged to consult with an adviser in the
Academic Advising Center, UH-123 to help develop their G.E.
program.
Minimum Academic Requirements
A C- (1.7) or higher is required in all courses applied to the
core. Exception: up to six units of credit with grades in the range
of D- (0.7) through D+ (1.3) may be earned in elective tracks,
mathematics and science courses only. A mathematics course taken
to satisfy GE category B.4 and the upper-division writing course
(CPSC 311) must be passed with a minimum grade of C.
MINOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (15 UNITS)
CPSC 120 Introduction to Programming (3)
CPSC 121 Programming Concepts (3)
CPSC 131 Data Structures Concepts (3)
CPSC 313 The Computer Impact (3)
Three units of adviser-approved, upper-division courses
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
(30 UNITS)
Admission to Graduate Standing Conditionally Classified
Students must meet the CSU requirements for admission to
a masters degree program. Please consult the Graduate Admissions
section in this catalog for complete information. Any deficiencies
must be made up.

Classified Graduate Standing

Achievement of this status requires the following:
1. approval of a formal study plan (see description below) by the
Computer Science Graduate Committee and the Associate Vice
President for Graduate Studies and Research (or designee);
2. satisfactory completion of no more than nine units on the study
plan;
3. satisfactory completion of the following courses or equivalents,
including prerequisites CPSC 121, 131, 240, 323, 335, 351,
362 and MATH 270A,B, 338; and
4. competency in written communication in English must be demonstrated by a passing score on the California State University
Examination in Writing Proficiency. The requirement must be
satisfied before the student can be classified and before 500-level
courses may be attempted. The student who fails to pass the EWP
test may complete CPSC 311 with a B (3.0) or better as an
alternative to the EWP requirement.
The courses provide an adequate basis for graduate work, while
not unfairly precluding admission of persons without a bachelors
degree in computer science.These courses have prerequisites, and
students without preparation in a closely related degree may have
additional work to complete. Refer to the catalog descriptions for
prerequisites of each course deficiency.
Students with knowledge equivalent to any or all of these
prerequisite courses are encouraged to satisfy such prerequisites by
advanced placement examinations. Consult a Computer Science
graduate adviser for further information.
Study Plan
Prior to admission to classified graduate standing in Computer
Science, each student, with the aid of a Computer Science graduate
adviser, shall prepare and submit for approval by the Computer Science Department graduate committee a formal study plan consisting
of 400-level and graduate coursework.
This shall include CPSC 440, 462, 589, 597 or 598; one of
541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547 or 548; and 15 units of electives
(nine units must be at the 500 level). At least 15 units shall represent
courses offered by the Department of Computer Science. Courses offered by other disciplines, not listed here, and related to the students
objectives in Computer Science may be approved by petition to the
Department of Computer Science.
All coursework in the study plan must be completed with a
GPA of at least 3.0.
Graduate Student Advisement
The graduate program adviser provides overall supervision of
the graduate program. The individual student chooses an adviser
for the thesis or project from the Computer Science Departments
full-time faculty on the basis of the students particular interests and
objectives.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES

Courses are designated as CPSC in the class schedule.
Prerequisites for Computer Science courses may be waived only
by department petition.
103 Introduction to Personal Computer Applications (3)
Introduction to use and application of personal computers:
word processing, spreadsheets, database systems, e-mail systems and
World Wide Web. Evaluation of personal computers and software.
(2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
120 Introduction to Programming (3)
Corequisite: MATH 125. Introduction to the concepts underlying all computer programming: design and execution of programs;
sequential nature of programs; use of assignment, control and input/
output statements to accomplish desired tasks; use of functions and
arrays. Structured programming methodologies. (1.5 hours lecture,
3 hours laboratory)
121 Programming Concepts (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 120 or passing score on Computer Science
Placement Exam. Structure of algorithms; functions; strings and data
types; pointers and linked structures; classes and objects; recursion;
inheritance; polymorphism; exception handling; documentation.
Object-oriented programming methodology. (2 hours lecture,
2 hours laboratory)
131 Data Structures Concepts (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 121 or sufficient score on the Computer
Science Placement Exam. Review recursion. Data structures: lists,
stacks, queues, linked structures, binary search trees and graphs.
Algorithms: hashing, sorting and searching. Object-oriented implemention and applying data structures and algorithms.
223H Visual BASIC Programming (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Elements of Visual BASIC, forms
and controls, properties, mouse events, multiple-document interface,
processing files, accessing databases, dynamic data exchange, object
linking and embedding. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
223J Java Programming (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Characteristics of Java: portable,
robust, secure, object-oriented, high performance; using the Java
environment; server administration; types, expressions, and control
flow; classes, interfaces, and packages; threads; exceptions; class
libraries; Java for the Internet; tools, the Java Virtual machine.
(2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week)
223N C# Programming (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Characteristics of C#, object-oriented
design concepts, control structures, methods, arrays, classes, objects,
inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling, graphical user interfaces, multithreading, characters, strings, files, streams. Rudiments of
the Unified Modeling Language. Software development assignments.
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240 Computer Organization and Assembly Language (3)

Prerequisites: CPSC 131 and MATH 270A or 280. Digital
logic and architecture of a computer system, machine level representation of data, memory system organization, structure of low-level
computer languages; machine, assembly and macro language
programming; principles of assembler operation, input-output programming, interrupt-exception handling. Laboratory programming
assignments. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
253U Workshop in UNIX (1)
Prerequisite: CPSC 121 or EGME 205. Workshop in the use
of the UNIX operating system. (2 hours activity)
254 Software Development with Open Source Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Philosophy of open source software
development. Open source operating systems, such as Linux; open
source development tools; open source programming languages, such
as Python; open source software development processes; open source
software licensing issues. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
301 Programming Lab Practicum (2)
Prerequisites: CPSC 131 and 253U or 254. Intensive programming covering concepts learned in lower-division courses. Procedural
and object oriented design, documentation, arrays, classes, file input/
output, recursion, pointers, dynamic variables, data and file structures.
Credit/no credit only.
303 Multimedia Concepts (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 121 and completion of the General
Education (G.E.) critical thinking requirement. Components and
issues associated with multimedia technology, applications of
multimedia and its evolution. Laboratory activities include
developing a multimedia application using a PC-based authoring
tool. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
311 Technical Writing for Computer Science (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 101,CPSC 131. Practice in developing
documentation skills as used in the computer field. Topics include
proposals, feasibility studies, user guides and manuals, business
communication and technical presentation. Case studies in
professional ethics. Written and oral reports required.
313 The Computer Impact (3)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and one course from
G.E. Category B.4. Effect of computer use on individuals and
organizations. Side effects of innovative technology and the resulting
changes to organizations, social institutions, and human perceptions
of events. Personal responsibility, legal ramifications and educational
implications. Hands-on use of e-mail and the World Wide Web.

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315 Social and Ethical Issues in Computing (1)

Prerequisite: CPSC 311. Relevant issues that responsible
professionals will face in a complex technological society. Professional
ethics, computer control, piracy, encryption, benefits and downside
of computers, privacy and computer crimes. Written and oral reports
required.
322L Introduction to Computer Aided Design (3)
(Same as EGME 322L)
323 Programming Languages and Translation (3)
Prerequisites: Examination in Programming Proficiency. Basic
concepts of programming languages and principles of translation.
Topics include history of programming languages, various programming paradigms, language design issues and criteria, development of
practical translators for modern programming languages.
332 File Structures and Database Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Fundamental theories and design of
database systems, the Structured Query Language (SQL), basic concepts
and techniques of data organization in secondary storage. Topics include
introduction to database systems, ER model, relational model, index
structures, and hashing techniques.
335 Algorithm Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: Examination in Programming Proficiency, MATH
270B, 338. Algorithm design using classical paradigms: exhaustive
search, divide and conquer, reduction, dynamic programming and
the greedy method. Asymptotic and experimental efficiency analysis.
Problem hardness: lower bound, NP-completeness and decidability.
Methods for circumventing hardness. Implementing algorithms to
solve practical problems.
351 Operating Systems Concepts (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 253U or 254. Corequisite: Examination
in Programming Proficiency or CPSC 301. Resource management,
memory organization, input/output, control process synchronization and other concepts as related to the objectives of multi-user
operating systems.
362 Foundations of Software Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 311 and Examination in Programming
Proficiency. Basic concepts, principles, methods, techniques and
practices of software engineering. All aspects of the software
engineering fields. Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)
tools are used.
376 Client/Server Systems with Java (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 223J, 351. Concepts and architectures
of client/server systems using Java. Techniques for building client/
server systems, multi-threading and network programming.

386 Introduction to Game Design and Production (3)

Prerequisite: CPSC 131. Current and future technologies and
market trends in game design and production. Game technologies,
basic building tools for games and the process of game design, development and production.
431 Database and Applications (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 332. Database design and application
development techniques for a real-world system. Topics include system
analysis, requirement specifications, conceptual modeling, logic design,
physical design and web interface development. Develop projects using
contemporary database management system and web-based application development platform.
433 Data Security and Encryption Techniques (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 311, 351, MATH 270B. System security
and encryption. Current issues in security, encryption and privacy of
computer based systems.
440 Computer System Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 240. Computer performance, price/
performance, instruction set design and examples. Processor design,
pipelining, memory hierarchy design and input/output subsystems.
451 Advanced Operating Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 351. Internal structures of a modern
operating system. Specific topics include processes, process communication, file systems, networking, and the I/O system. There will be
several programming assignments which will utilize calls and other
low-level interfaces.
459 Micro-Computer Software Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 351. Design and implementation of software. Analysis of a micro-computer operating system and working
on a team to implement a significant programming assignment.
462 Software Design (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362. Concepts of software modeling,
software process and some tools. Object-oriented analysis and design
and Unified process. Some computer-aided software engineering
(CASE) tools will be recommended to use for doing homework
assignments.
463 Software Testing (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362. Software testing techniques, reporting
problems effectively and planning testing projects. Students apply
what they learned throughout the course to a sample application that
is either commercially available or under development.
464 Software Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362. Basic principles and practices of software design and architecture. High-level design, software architecture,
documenting software architecture, software and architecture evaluation, software product lines, and some considerations beyond software
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466 Software Process (3)

Prerequisite: CPSC 362. Practical guidance for improving the
software development and maintenance process. How to establish,
maintain and improve software processes. Exposure to some
common process models, such as CMM, CMMI, PSP and TSP.
471 Computer Communications (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 351. Introduction to digital data communications. Terminology, networks and their components,
common-carrier services, telecommunication facilities, terminals,
error control, multiplexing and concentration techniques.
473 Web Programming and Data Management (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 332. Various techniques for developing
Web-based database applications using software engineering methodology. Introduce concept and architecture of Web servers, Web
database design techniques, client/server side programming, and
Web applications tools and techniques.
474 Distributed Computing Using Web Service and .NET
Remoting (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 473. Concepts of distributed computing and
Web services, the applications of XML and Web services, distributed
applications development techniques with Web services and .NET
Remoting.
476 Java Enterprise Application Development (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 223J, 351. Concepts and architecture
of enterprise applications, components, services and communication technologies, Dependency injection, application tiers, remote
objects, distributed transactions, message queues, web services and
object-relational mapping. Enterprise application development in
Java with build tools, containers and application servers.
477 Introduction to Grid Computing (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 351. Introduction to various aspects of
grid computing emphasizing integration of homogeneous and inhomogeneous computational resources to provide high-performance
computing seamlessly, efficiently and securely; using Globus toolkit
as the integration framework for demonstrating and implementing
various aspects of grid computing.
481 Artificial Intelligence (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 335. Use of computers to simulate human
intelligence. Topics include production systems, pattern recognition,
problem solving, searching game trees, knowledge representation
and logical reasoning. Programming in AI environments.
483 Data Mining and Pattern Recognition (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 335. Classification techniques, discriminant functions, training algorithms, potential function theory,
supervised and unsupervised learning, feature selection, clustering
techniques, multidimensional rotations and rank ordering relations.

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484 Principles of Computer Graphics (3)

Prerequisites: Examination in Programming Proficiency and
MATH 150B, 270B. Examination and analysis of computer graphics;
software structures, display processor organization, graphical input/
output devices, display files. Algorithmic techniques for clipping,
windowing, character generation and viewpoint transformation.
485 Computational Bioinformatics (3)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, BIOL 101, CPSC
131. Algorithmic approaches to biological problems. Specific topics
include motif finding, genome rearrangement, DNA sequence
comparison, sequence alignment, DNA sequencing, repeat finding
and gene expression analysis.
486 Game Programming (3)
Prerequisites: CPSC 386, 484. Data structures and algorithms
used for real-time rendering and computer game programming.
Build upon existing mathematics and programming knowledge to
create interactive graphics programs.
489 Game Development Project (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 486. Individually or in teams, student
design, plan and build a computer game.
491T Variable Topics in Computer Science (1-3)
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and consent of instructor. Lectures and/or workshop covering various current Computer
Science topics. Course may be repeated for up to 3 units. Course
topics may be taken only once.
495 Internship in Computer Science (1-3)
Prerequisites: Computer Science or related major and consent
of instructor. Practical experience relevant to computer science in
government or private agencies. Written and oral reports required.
499 Independent Study (1-3)
Prerequisite: approval by the computer science chair. Special
topic in Computer Science, selected in consultation with and
completed under the supervision of instructor.
531 Advanced Database Management (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 431. Implementation techniques for query
analysis, data allocation, concurrency control, data structures, and
distributed databases. New database models and recent developments
in database technology. Student projects directed to specific design
problems.
541 Systems and Software Standards and Requirements (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience. SESC
framework and the IEEE Software Engineering Standards. Covers
establishing the following standards: Software Life Cycle Processes,
Work Product Standards, Process Standards, Requirement Analysis
and Management and System Integration. Framework of CMMI
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542 Software Verification and Validation (3)

Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience. How
to ensure that a high quality software product is developed. Theory
and practice of software verification and validation (V&V), such as
Software integrity levels, Minimum V&V tasks for each software
integrity level, walkthroughs, inspections and Cleanroom. Software
testing topics: white- and black-box testing, boundary value analysis,
equivalence class partitioning, unit testing, functional testing and
how to create test plans.
543 Software Maintenance (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience.
Theory and practice of maintaining large-scale software and how to
construct maintainable software. Maintenance framework, along
with maintenance process, process management and maintenance
measures. Topics include fundamentals of software change, implications of software change, maintenance process models, program
understanding, reusability for maintenance, reverse engineering,
maintenance testing, software configuration management and tools
in maintenance.
544 Advanced Software Process (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience.
Advanced guidance for defining and improving the software
development process. Concepts of software maturity framework,
principles of process improvement and software process assessment.
Current topics such as CMMI and SCAMPI.
545 Software Design and Architecture (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience.
Advanced software design and architecture principles focusing a
software engineering approach to the development process. Topics
include architecture business cycle, quality attributes, attributedriven design method, architectural styles, design patterns, software
product lines and component-based design.
546 Modern Software Management (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience. Modern
project management methodologies and techniques. Software
development process. Planning, estimating, organizing, directing,
monitoring, controlling software projects and managing risks. Other
related software management issues, such as infrastructure, quality
software development, project and product metrics, and external
factors.
547 Software Measurement (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience.
Current software measurement practices. Topics include: how to
establish an effective software metrics program in a software organization; how to measure software product, project and process; how
to apply Statistical Process Control and other statistical techniques
in software development process. High maturity concepts defined
in CMMI model will be discussed. Stresses a practitioner-based
approach.

548 Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues for Software

Engineers (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 362 or equivalent work experience.
Professional, legal and ethical issues pertaining to software engineering. Topics include professional codes of ethics, intellectual property
laws, computer privacy and human-computer interaction. Relevant
regulatory documents and their applications.
551 Operating Systems Design (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 351. Design and evaluation techniques
for controlling automatic resource allocation, providing efficient
programming environments and appropriate user access to the
system, and sharing the problem solving facilities.
558 Advanced Computer Networking (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 471. System-oriented view of computer
network design, protocol implementation, networking, high-speed
networking, network management, computer network performance
issues.
566 Advanced Computer Graphics (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 484. Three-dimensional: reflection models,
shading techniques, rendering process, parametric representation, ray
tracing, radiosity, texture, anti-aliasing, animation, color science.
572 Survey of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
Technology (3)
Prerequisites: enrollment in the Master of Biotechnology
(MBt) degree program or consent of instructor, and MGMT 540.
Corequisites: BIOL/CHEM 570), BIOL/MATH 571. Technologies involved in developing drug and medical devices, factors
considered in designing medical devices, characteristics of good drug
manufacturing practices and validation processes necessary to meet
regulatory requirements. Students will work collaboratively to solve
problems. (Same as BIOL 572)
583 Expert Systems Design Theory (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 481. Knowledge representation and search
strategies for expert systems; logic programming; expert system
tools. Project.
585 Artificial Neural Networks (3)
Prerequisite: CPSC 481. Principles of neural networks; neural
networks paradigms, software implementations, applications, comparison with statistical methods, use of fuzzy logic; project.
589 Seminar in Computer Science (3)
Prerequisites: one 400-level course in Computer Science and
passing score on the Examination in Writing Proficiency. Research
methods in computer science. Student presentations covering current
topics, research advances, updating of concepts and verifications of
principles of computer science. (Examples: large-scale parallelism,
Internet security, design for user interfaces, computers in instruction).

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597 Project (3)

Prerequisites: classified graduate standing, approval of the
computer science graduate adviser and CPSC 589.
598 Thesis (3)
Prerequisites: classified graduate standing, approval of the
computer science graduate adviser and CPSC 589.
599 Independent Graduate Research (1-3)
Prerequisites: classified graduate standing, approval of the
computer science department chair and CPSC 589. Special topic
in computer science, selected in consultation with and completed
under supervision of a full-time faculty member.

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