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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(CLAS) Classics (257)

  
  • CLAS 442 - Intensive Survey of the Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of archaeology and art of the Aegean from the earliest humans to the rise of the Greek polis in the 8th century BC. Highlights include early Cycladic art, Minoan and Mycenaean complex societies, Thera, cultural interconnections with Egypt and the Near East, and the Trojan War. Emphasis on anthropological and modern art-historical approaches. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Anthropology 442.)
  
  • CLAS 443 - Intensive Survey of the Archaeology of Greece

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the archaeology and art of Greece and the Greek-speaking areas from the Orientalizing through Hellenistic periods (c. 700―30 BC). Developments in architecture, sculpture, and vase painting seen in the context of changes in society. Archaeological evidence for daily life, economy, and political institutions. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Anthropology 443.)
  
  • CLAS 444 - Intensive Survey of the Archaeology of Etruria and Rome

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the archaeology of Italy and the Roman World from prehistoric times to the fall of the Roman Empire (1000 BC―AD 476). Highlights are the rise and decline of Etruscan culture; the development of Roman architecture, art, and urban planning; art and architecture used for political propaganda; and Roman cosmopolitan culture during the Empire. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Anthropology 444.)
  
  • CLAS 445 - Ancient and Medieval Seafaring

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of seafaring in the Mediterranean and northern Europe from its very beginning, c. 11,000 BCE, until the late Middle Ages. Discussion of shipwrecks, iconographic evidence, and texts. Emphasis on ship construction and the evidence it provides about seafaring, naval warfare, technology, the exploitation of natural resources, levels of labor, social differences in society, and changes in the economy. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CLAS 471 - Special Topics in Medieval Latin Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in Medieval Latin literature. Discussions, student presentations, examinations, papers. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 431, 432, or 435.
    Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
  
  • CLAS 472 - Latin Paleography

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the Latin hands used in Western Europe from the Roman through the Humanistic period, when most writing in the West was in Latin. The focus is on identifying and dating hands and on transcribing them accurately. Discussions, student presentations, examinations, papers. Writing-emphasis course.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 431, 432, or 435.
    Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
  
  • CLAS 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • CLAS 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • CLAS 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.

(CLS) Clinical Laboratory Science (247)

  
  • CLS 101 - Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the profession for those investigating a career in clinical laboratory science. Emphasis on the scientific aspects and clinical significance of laboratory procedures, laboratory safety, professionalism, and career opportunities.

  
  • CLS 410 - Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Laboratory work in bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology. Emphasis on pathogenic bacteria and fungi, their sources, methods of culture, techniques of identification, and evaluation of antibiotic sensitivity. Gross and qualitative chemical examination of feces and methods of identification of protozoa and helminth parasites of man.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 411 - Microbiology

    4 Credit Hours
    Laboratory work in bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology. Emphasis on pathogenic bacteria and fungi, their sources, methods of culture, techniques of identification, and evaluation of antibiotic sensitivity. Gross and qualitative chemical examination of feces and methods of identification of protozoa and helminth parasites of man.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 420 - Clinical Chemistry

    5 Credit Hours
    Clinical aspects of biochemistry, including overview of principles and instrumentation with emphasis on practical laboratory application of analytical procedures, specimen collection and handling, significance of results, and quality assurance. Includes blood gas analysis, including radioimmunoassay, and analysis of blood and other body fluids for enzymes, hormones, and other constituents of clinical interest, utilizing both automated and manual techniques, physical characteristics, detection, and use of short half-life radioactive materials for in vivo procedures such as radioimmunoassay which utilize radioisotopes.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 421 - Clinical Chemistry

    5 Credit Hours
    Clinical aspects of biochemistry, including overview of principles and instrumentation with emphasis on practical laboratory application of analytical procedures, specimen collection and handling, significance of results, and quality assurance. Includes blood gas analysis, including radioimmunoassay, and analysis of blood and other body fluids for enzymes, hormones, and other constituents of clinical interest, utilizing both automated and manual techniques, physical characteristics, detection, and use of short half-life radioactive materials for in vivo procedures such as radioimmunoassay which utilize radioisotopes.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 430 - Hematology and Clinical Microscopy

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles, theories, and instrumentation related to qualitative and quantitative evaluation of cellular elements of blood and other body fluids; factors of hemostasis, quantitative chemical analysis of urine, and renal function studies. Emphasis on microscopic identification of cells and the significance and correlation of laboratory data.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 431 - Hematology and Clinical Microscopy

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles, theories, and instrumentation related to qualitative and quantitative evaluation of cellular elements of blood and other body fluids; factors of hemostasis, quantitative chemical analysis of urine, and renal function studies. Emphasis on microscopic identification of cells and the significance and correlation of laboratory data.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 440 - Immunohematology

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice in blood bank operation. Erythrocyte antigens and their normal and abnormal immunology. Standard technical practices used in evaluating blood typing, crossmatching, antibody detection, and preparation of blood components for transfusion. Safety control methods standard to efficient blood bank.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 441 - Immunohematology

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice in blood bank operation. Erythrocyte antigens and their normal and abnormal immunology. Standard technical practices used in evaluating blood typing, crossmatching, antibody detection, and preparation of blood components for transfusion. Safety control methods standard to efficient blood bank.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 450 - Clinical Serology and Immunology

    2 Credit Hours
    Performance and interpretation of broad range of clinical serological and immunological procedures with emphasis on principles and clinical correlation. Formal lecture series included.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 470 - Orientation and Basic Techniques

    1 Credit Hours
    For facilitation of students from campus to hospital community and clinical laboratory. Introduction to medical terminology, ethics, and health team concept. Orientation to basic techniques including procedures for collection and handling of specimens, principles of operation of many laboratory instruments, review of laboratory math, and introduction to quality control procedures. Portions of course extend over entire clinical year.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.
  
  • CLS 480 - Principles of Supervision and Education in Medicine

    1 Credit Hours
    Seminars in basic principles of management, supervision, and education theories and methods. Comprehensive examination covers entire course.

    Registration Restriction(s): Clinical laboratory science major.

(HONR) College Scholars Honors (509)

  
  • HONR 317 - College Scholars Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Sequence (317 and 318) is required of all College Scholars each year and may be taken in any order.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 318 - College Scholars Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Sequence (317 and 318) is required of all College Scholars each year and may be taken in any order.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 491 - College Honors: Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 492 - College Honors: Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 493 - College Honors: Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 498 - Honors: College Scholars Studies

    2-12 Credit Hours
    Designed for College Scholars working on senior thesis, project, or performance.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.

(CCI) Communication and Information (248)

  
  • CCI 150 - Communication in an Information Age

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of human, mass, and mediated communication. Introduction to finding, organizing, and evaluating information.


(CMST) Communication Studies (250)

  
  • CMST 201 - Introduction to Communication Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental theories and practices with particular reference to interpersonal, group, organizational, and public communication.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Communication and Information 150.
  
  • CMST 207 - Honors: Introduction to Communication Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis and exploration of the fundamental theories and practices in communication studies.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Communication and Information 150.
  
  • CMST 210 - Public Speaking

    3 Credit Hours
    Preparation and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches. Topics include research, organization, adapting to an audience, topic selection, reasoning, and evaluating the discourse of others.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
  
  • CMST 217 - Honors: Public Speaking

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic theory and principles of informative and persuasive public speaking.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Comment(s): ACT composite score above 30 or SAT composite score above 1300.
  
  • CMST 220 - Interpersonal Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Process by which thoughts, feelings, and actions affect and are affected by the face-to-face communication situation.

  
  • CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic principles of communication within organizations. Topics and activities may include organizational/communication theory, group problem solving, case studies, interviewing, and formal presentations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
  
  • CMST 247 - Honors: Business and Professional Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic theory and principles of effective workplace communication.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Comment(s): ACT composite score above 30 or SAT composite score above 1300.
  
  • CMST 250 - Advanced Public Speaking

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practice of informative and persuasive speaking.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 or 217; 240 or 247.
  
  • CMST 260 - Communication and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of communication strategies and public opinion with emphasis on communication media ― posters, film, songs, demonstrations, drama, and public address.

  
  • CMST 270 - Argumentation and Debate

    3 Credit Hours
    Reasoned decision-making with emphasis on analysis, evidence, reasoning, constructing and refuting arguments.

  
  • CMST 271 - Intercollegiate Forensics

    1 Credit Hours
    For students actively participating in intercollegiate debate.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • CMST 272 - Intercollegiate Forensics

    1 Credit Hours
    For students actively participating in intercollegiate debate.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • CMST 300 - Nonverbal Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Exploration of nonverbal communication from human communication perspective. Origins and research, usage and coding of nonverbal behavior. Research strategies and theoretical approaches.

  
  • CMST 310 - Persuasion

    3 Credit Hours
    Methods which contribute to effective and ineffective persuasion. Topics include credibility, message construction, and receiver variables.

  
  • CMST 320 - Interpersonal Communication Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Social dimensions of interpersonal communication and relationships.

  
  • CMST 330 - Group Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Small group decision-making. Evidence, argumentation, leadership, roles, and norms as they affect critical thinking in groups.

  
  • CMST 340 - Research Methods in Communication Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of contemporary methods used for research in communication studies. Emphasis on interpreting and evaluating communication research reports.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 115 or Statistics 201.
  
  • CMST 350 - Communication Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis and critique of fundamental theories with particular reference to interpersonal, group, organizational, and public communication.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
  
  • CMST 371 - Intercollegiate Forensics

    1 Credit Hours
    For students actively participating in intercollegiate debate.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • CMST 372 - Intercollegiate Forensics

    1 Credit Hours
    For students actively participating in intercollegiate debate.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • CMST 397 - Honors Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Comment(s): Required of students enrolled in the Honors program.
  
  • CMST 400 - Topics in Communication Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Topics, scope of subject matter, and prerequisites to be determined by department.
  
  • CMST 407 - Honors Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    In-depth survey of communication research topics. Topics rotate among health, interpersonal, organizational and team, and public communication.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • CMST 420 - Communication and Conflict

    3 Credit Hours
    Communication as a significant factor in the development, management, and resolution of conflict at the interpersonal, small group, organizational, or societal levels.

  
  • CMST 425 - Interpersonal Health Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Interpersonal communication in health care settings. Topics include provider-client interactions, social support groups, stigma and disease, and contemporary models explaining the use of health-related information.

  
  • CMST 430 - Family Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamics of interactions within family systems, marriage, and parent-child relationships. Study of verbal and nonverbal communication processes, patterns, and problems.

  
  • CMST 440 - Organizational Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Organizational setting and those variables of the communication process that affect the quality of human interaction both within and outside the organization.

  
  • CMST 445 - Internship

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Supervised career-related experiences using communication studies theories and techniques in government and for profit or nonprofit organizations, culminating in a written and oral report.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Communication studies major; 3.0 GPA; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CMST 450 - Propaganda

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of political, commercial, and social propaganda in the United States from World War I to present. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CMST 455 - Political Persuasion

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the communication processes utilized by political candidates, office holders, and social movement organizers.

  
  • CMST 466 - Rhetoric of the Women’s Rights Movement to 1930

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and critical study of public address in the campaign for women’s rights in the United States from the 1830s to the 1920s. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 466.)
  
  • CMST 469 - Freedom of Speech

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and philosophical perspectives on freedom of expression; legal issues in free speech controversies in the U.S. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 469.)
  
  • CMST 476 - Rhetoric of the Contemporary Feminist Movement

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical and critical study of rhetoric in the campaign for women’s rights in the United States from the 1940s to present. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 476.)
  
  • CMST 491 - Foreign Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Participation in school-sponsored study-abroad program. Application forms and proposal deadlines available in school office.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied to the major.
    Registration Restriction(s): 2.75 GPA; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CMST 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.0 GPA; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CMST 493 - Independent Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Selected readings/research in an area of communication studies to be determined by the student in consultation with supervising faculty member and, ordinarily, in an area of study not covered by school curriculum. Application forms and proposal deadlines available in school office.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied to the major.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.0 GPA; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CMST 497 - Senior Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Required of students enrolled in the Honors program.

  
  • CMST 498 - Senior Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Required of students enrolled in the Honors program.

  
  • CMST 499 - Proseminar in Communication Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Major theoretical perspectives in communication studies, their interrelationships and applications. Consideration of the significance and ethical implications of communication studies in modern society.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 340 and 350.
    Recommended Background: 12 or more hours of communication studies courses.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.

(CMMD) Comparative and Experimental Medicine - Graduate School of Medicine (262)

  
  • CMMD 411 - Undergraduate Research Participation

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in active biomedical research projects under supervision of faculty. Students in pre-medicine and other biology majors may conduct research projects within designated areas.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent. Maximum 9 hours.
    Comment(s): Contact coordinator prior to registering for class.

(COLI) Comparative Literature (260)

  
  • COLI 202 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives in World Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Literary perspectives and values in different time periods and cultures approached from an international context. Includes an introduction to the theory, methods, and objectives of comparative literature. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • COLI 401 - Special Topics in Comparative Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • COLI 402 - Special Topics in Comparative Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • COLI 452 - Modern Drama

    3 Credit Hours
    (See English 452.)
  
  • COLI 454 - Twentieth-Century International Novel

    3 Credit Hours
    (See English 454.)
  
  • COLI 491 - Foreign Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • COLI 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • COLI 493 - Independent Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.

(COSC) Computer Science (266)

  
  • COSC 100 - Introduction to Computers and Computing

    4 Credit Hours
    Basic concepts of computer hardware and software. Microcomputer systems and workstations. Networking and the Internet. The interdisciplinary science of computing.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (QR)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the computer science major.
  
  • COSC 102 - Introduction to Computer Science

    4 Credit Hours
    Problem solving and algorithm development. Organization and characteristics of modern digital computers with emphasis on software engineering, building abstractions with procedures and data, and programming in a modern computer language. Includes Level 1 design projects, which require laboratory work.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (QR)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students who have received credit for 140 or 160 may not receive subsequent credit for 102 without consent of instructor. Students may not receive credit for both 102 and Electrical and Computer Engineering 206.
  
  • COSC 140 - Data Structures

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced problem solving and algorithm development, structured programming, data structures and applications, I/O techniques, lists, queues, trees, algorithms, files.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 102.
  
  • COSC 160 - Computer Organization

    4 Credit Hours
    Number systems, Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential circuits, registers, processor functional units and control, pipelining, memory and caching, stored program computing, memory management, computer system organization, and assembly language programming.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 102.
  
  • COSC 291 - Lower-Division Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics vary. Programming languages, operating systems, and application software packages.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • COSC 300 - Scripts and Utilities

    1 Credit Hours
    Practical tools available under Unix to enable students to become more efficient in performing labs and research projects. Topics to be covered include ― sh, cat/grep/find/sort/at/, ed/sed, awk, perl, python, make, rcs, jgraph, gcc/cpp/purify/quantify.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140.
  
  • COSC 302 - Fundamental Algorithms

    4 Credit Hours
    Design, analysis, and implementation of fundamental algorithms, such as sorting and searching, and their data structures.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140 and 160.
  
  • COSC 311 - Discrete Structures

    3 Credit Hours
    Equivalence relations, partial orderings. Combinations, permutations, analysis of algorithms. Finite automata and regular languages.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140 and Mathematics 300.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 160.
  
  • COSC 340 - Foundations of Software Engineering

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles of analysis and design of information systems. Principles of program design and verification, formal objects, formal specifications.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • COSC 350 - Introduction to Technical Computing

    4 Credit Hours
    For students in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. Basic ideas of algorithm design and data structures using a high-level technical language in an interactive environment. Topics may include data analysis, plotting and visualization, and numerical computation.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    Grading Restriction: Does not fulfill any requirements for the computer science major.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 142.
  
  • COSC 360 - Systems Programming

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to user-level systems programming, file control, process control, memory management, system utilities, network programming.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 302.
  
  • COSC 365 - Programming Languages and Systems

    4 Credit Hours
    Language paradigms (procedural, functional, object-oriented, logic), language design and implementation issues and language issues related to parallelism.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 302.
  
  • COSC 370 - Introduction to Scientific Computing

    4 Credit Hours
    The design, analysis, and implementation of numerical algorithms for solving problems in science and engineering. Emphasis on program design, including data structures, computational complexity, scientific computing environments, and high-performance software packages.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    Grading Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Computer Science 370 and Mathematics 371.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 140 and Mathematics 251.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 160.
  
  • COSC 380 - Theory of Computation

    3 Credit Hours
    Countability and diagonalization. Finite automata and regular sets. Push-down automata and context-free languages. Introduction to Turing machines and undecidability.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • COSC 400 - Senior Design

    5 Credit Hours
    A major design project that focuses the student’s attention on professional practice, accumulated background of curricular components, and recent developments in the field. This major design emphasis is directed to topics within the field of computer science. Includes required laboratory work.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.
  
  • COSC 411 - Senior Thesis I

    3 Credit Hours
    Frontiers of computer science technology and research. Students write a senior thesis. Writing-emphasis course.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • COSC 420 - Advanced Topics in Machine Intelligence

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics such as search, learning, expert systems, neural networks, pattern recognition and natural language processing. Emphasis on faculty research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core courses.
  
  • COSC 430 - Advanced Topics in Hardware Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics such as architecture, parallel processors, microprogramming, networks, and communications. Emphasis on faculty research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core courses.
  
  • COSC 460 - Advanced Topics in Software Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics such as operating systems, compilers, parallel computation, software engineering, database systems, and programming languages. Emphasis on faculty research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core courses.
  
  • COSC 470 - Advanced Topics in Scientific Computation

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics such as numerical methods, supercomputers and computer modeling, and simulation of physical systems. Emphasis on faculty research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core courses.
  
  • COSC 471 - Numerical Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Mathematics 471.)
  
  • COSC 472 - Numerical Algebra

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Mathematics 472.)
  
  • COSC 480 - Advanced Topics in Theoretical Computer Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics such as theory of computation, complexity theory, formal languages, and graph theory and its applications. Emphasis on faculty research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: Completion of core courses.
  
  • COSC 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Special project in area of student’s primary interest. Directed by computer science faculty, perhaps jointly with student’s faculty advisor. Intended for students with a specific project to pursue in conjunction with a faculty member. Project may be from a department other than computer science, in which case a faculty member from the appropriate department will help oversee the project.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 45 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum of 6 hours may be applied to the major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
 

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