Additional work required for graduate credit.

CSCI 40XX. Topics in Computer Science. (3) (3G) (On demand)

CSCI 4170. Project Management. (3)(3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 3155 or 3106, or consent of department. Classical and matrix organization techniques for project management. The system development cycle. Project control: major documents and milestones; phases, functions, and key documents. Impact of project size and project subject on techniques and procedures. (Spring) (Alternate years)

CSCI 50XX. Topics in Computer Science. (3) (3G) (On demand)

CSCI 5102. Survey of Programming Languages. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Study of the concepts underlying various computer languages and comparing and evaluating various language features. History and development of various languages, such as FORTRAN, ALGOL, PASCAL, MODULA-2, C, C++, Ada, Lisp, Smalltalk, Prolog...; evaluation and comparison of various algorithms and language suitability. Selection of languages for problems/ environments. Overview of various languages. (Fall) (Spring) (Evenings)

CSCI 5110. Programming Languages and Compilers. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Introduction to the concepts and techniques used in describing, defining, and implementing programming languages and their compilers. Introduction to parsing and parser construction; LL and LR grammars; syntax directed translation; data object representations; run time structures; intermediate languages; code optimization. (Spring) (Alternate years)

CSCI 5112. Software System Design and Implementation. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Introduction to the techniques involved in the planning and implementation of large software systems. Emphasis on human interface aspects of systems. Planning software projects; software design process; top-down design; modular and structured design; management of software projects; testing of software; software documentation; choosing a language for software system. (Fall) (Spring) (Evenings)

CSCI 5130. Computer Graphics--Design of Interactive Systems. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Introduction to design and implementation of computer graphics with emphasis on interactive systems. Output devices/plotters, microfilm, CRT tubes; input devices/digitizers, joy sticks, keyboards, light pens; display of information/graphs, flow charts, histograms; transformations, and translations; projections; special features/blinking, highlighting, reverse video, protected fields. (Fall) (Alternate years)

CSCI 5131. Simulation. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 1100P or 1201 and its lab, and MATH 3122, or consent of department. Emphasis on the design and derivation of mathematical models of dynamic systems; deterministic simulation; random events; non-deterministic simulation; discrete simulation; comparison and optimization. (On demand)

CSCI 5150. Artificial Intelligence. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 2175 and 2161, or consent of department. To introduce core ideas in AI. Heuristic versus algorithmic methods; problem solving; game playing and decision making; automatic theorem proving; pattern recognition; adaptive learning; projects to illustrate theoretical concepts. (Fall) (Alternate years)

CSCI 5151. Intelligent Robotics. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 2161 and MATH 2164, or consent of the department. General introduction to spatial descriptions and transformations, and manipulator position and motion. More study on robot planning, programming, sensing, vision, and CAD/CAM. (Fall) (Alternate years)

CSCI 5152. Computer Vision. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 2161 or MATH 2164, or consent of the department. General introduction to Computer Vision and its application. Topics include low level vision, 2D and 3D segmentation, 2D description, 2D recognition, 3D description and model-based recognition, and interpretation. (Fall) (Alternate years)

CSCI 5156. Computer-Aided Instruction. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. History of CAI; study of current CAI systems; development of manmachine dialogue; programming tools for CAI; information structures for computer-oriented learning. Advantages/disadvantages/costs of CAI. (On demand)

CSCI 5165. Coding and Information Theory. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: knowledge of probability theory. Information theory; coding theory; Shannon's theorem; Markov process; channel capacity; data transmission codes; error correcting codes; data compression; data encryption. (On demand)

CSCI 5170. Formal Languages and Automata. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: one semester of discrete structures or consent of the department. Detailed study of abstract models for the syntax of programming languages and information processing devices. Languages and their representation; grammars; finite automata and regular sets; context-free grammars and pushdown automata; Chomsky Hierarchy; closure properties of families of languages; syntax analysis. (On demand)

CSCI 5171. Logic Programming. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 2175 or consent of the department. Prolog programming language; programming techniques in Prolog; foundations of logic programming including computability of Horn clause logic, completeness of resolution principle, complexity of unification algorithms, and verification of logic programs; principles of implementing logic programming systems; selected topics from applications of logic programming to expert systems, intelligent database systems, and/or natural language processing. (On demand)

CSCI 60XX. Topics in Computer Science. (3G) Prerequisite: consent of department. Exposure to current research and literature. Detailed exploration of main theme or a collection of related topics which may vary from term to term. (On demand)

CSCI 605X. Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150 or consent of the department. A selected topic in artificial intelligence, such as machine learning, computer vision, heuristic search, natural language processing. (May be repeated for credit as topics vary and with the approval of the department.) (On demand)

CSCI 6110. Advanced Topics in Programming Languages and Compilers. (3G) A continuation of material in CSCI 5110 with emphasis on advanced aspects of optimization, data flow analysis, and error discovery. (On demand)

CSCI 6111. Evolutionary Computation. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6114 or consent of the department. General introduction to optimization problems. Optimization techniques: hill climbing, simulated annealing, evolution strategies, genetic algorithms. Evolution programming techniques. (Spring) (Alternate years)

CSCI 6114. Algorithms and Data Structures. (3G) Prerequisite: full graduate standing. Introduction to techniques and structures used and useful in design of sophisticated software systems. Records; arrays; linked lists; queues; stacks; trees; graphs; storage management and garbage collection; recursive algorithms; searching and sorting; graph algorithms; time and space complexity. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

CSCI 6115. Advanced Topics in Algorithms and Data Structures. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6114. Continuation and extension of CSCI 6114. String matching; seminumerical algorithms; probabilistic algorithms; parallel algorithms; NP-completeness; computationally hard problems; approximation algorithms. (On demand)

CSCI 6132. Computer Modeling and Simulation. (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 5131 and consent of department. Introduction to modeling of complex systems. Emphasis on modeling of computer systems and configurations. (On demand)

CSCI 6144. Operating Systems Design. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6114 or consent of department. Introduction to features of a large-scale operating system with emphasis on resource-sharing environments. Computer system organization; resource management; multiprogramming; multiprocessing; file systems; virtual machine concepts; protection and efficiency. (Fall)(Alternate years)

CSCI 6154. Heuristic Search. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150. Heuristics and problem representation; heuristic-search procedures; formal properties and performance analysis of heuristic methods; game-searching strategies and heuristic programming; search with probabilities; knowledge-guided search. (On demand)

CSCI 6155. Knowledge-Based Systems. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150. Knowledge representation; automatic deduction; techniques for handling uncertainty and inexact knowledge; principles of rule-based systems and frame-based systems. Selected study of actual knowledge-based systems and knowledge engineering tools. A course project of building a knowledge-based system. (Spring) (Alternate years)

CSCI 6156. Machine Learning. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150. Machine learning methods and techniques including: acquisition of declarative knowledge; organization of knowledge into new, more effective representations; development of new skills through instruction and practice; and discovery of new facts and theories through observation and experimentation. (On demand)

CSCI 6158. Natural Language Processing. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150. Principles, methodologies, and programming methods of natural language processing including foundations of natural language understanding, namely: lexical, syntactic, and semantic analysis, discourse integration, and pragmatic and morphological analysis. (On demand)

CSCI 6160. Database Systems, Design and Management. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6114 or consent of the department. Introduction to principles of database design, and survey of alternative database organizations and structures. Logical database organization; schemas; subschemas; data description languages; hierarchical, network, and relational databases; database management systems; normal forms. (Fall)

CSCI 6161. Advanced Topics in Database Systems, Design and Management. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6160. Continuation of CSCI 6160. Topics include addressing techniques; physical structures; searching; compaction techniques; storage hierarchies; multiple-key retrieval; efficiency and security considerations. (On demand)

CSCI 6164. Design and Implementation of Online Management Information Systems. (3G) Prerequisites: CSCI 6114 or consent of the department. The fundamental concepts and philosophy of planning and implementing an online computer system. Characteristics of on-line systems; hardware requirements; modeling of on-line systems; performance measurement; language choice for on-line systems; organization techniques, security requirements; resource allocation. (On demand)

CSCI 6166. Computer Communications and Networks. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 6114 or consent of the department. Introduction to the concepts of computer networks; their operating systems; and communication between nodes. Types of networks; communications and protocols; routing; message switching; optimization; distributed processing; coding and compaction. (Spring)

CSCI 6170. Logic for Artificial Intelligence. (3G) Prerequisite: CSCI 5150 or consent of the department. Introduction to basic concepts of logic for artificial intelligence, including declarative knowledge, inference, resolution, nonmonotonic reasoning, induction, reasoning with uncertain beliefs, distributed information systems, intelligent information systems, planning and intelligent-agent architecture. (On demand)

CSCI 6175. Computability and Complexity. (3G) Prerequisite: consent of the department. Study of computability, unsolvability, computational complexity. Concept of effective computability; recursive functions; mathematical models of computation; universal Turing machines; unsolvable problems; time and space complexity of computations; NP-completeness problems; subrecursive hierarchies. (On demand)

CSCI 6690. Computer Science Seminar. (3G) Prerequisite: at least 18 graduate CSCI/CPGR hours and consent of department. Experience for the advanced M.S. student on current problems of computer design and application. (May be used by a student or small group of students to work with a professor on a topic of mutual interest. May be used to give a course on a topic announced in advance.) (On demand)

CSCI 6880. Individual Study. (1-3G) Prerequisites: At least 18 graduate CSCI/CPGR hours and consent of department. With the direction of a faculty member, students plan and implement appropriate objectives and learning activities to develop specific areas of expertise through research, reading, and individual projects. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)

CSCI 6991. Computer Science Thesis. (0-6G) Prerequisite: consent of department. Graduate thesis research. Detailed exploration of an area of computer science chosen for thesis research. May be repeated for credit but no more than six hours may be applied to M.S. degree requirements. (Fall, Spring, Summer)