Table of Contents - Hartwick College

structure and architecture. Prerequisite: Cisc 225. Offered alternate years.
(MLC)
335 Computer Graphics (4 credits) Concepts of computer graphics.
Topics include graphics devices and systems, interactive graphics, ray
tracing, raster graphics, three-dimensional viewing and transformation,
light and color theory, and hidden line and surface elimination.
Prerequisites: Math 121 and Cisc 225. Math 220 suggested. Offered when
there is sufficient student interest. (MLC)
340 Microprocessors (4 credits) Software and hardware
considerations in using a microprocessor. Machine language, registers,
addressing modes, stack manipulations, subroutines, interrupts,
computer architecture, types of memory, data buses, and input/output.
Prerequisite: Cisc 240. Offered when there is sufficient student interest.
(MLC)
345 Computer Security (4 credits) A comprehensive introduction to
computer security. Topics covered include network reconnaissance,
network scanning, application attacks, operating system attacks, network
attacks, denial-of-service attacks, Trojan Horses, backdoor programs,
rootkits, computer viruses. Students will learn how vulnerabilities are
exploited, and how to prevent, detect, and respond to an attack.
Prerequisite: Cisc 225 or permission of the instructor. Offered when there
is sufficient student interest. (MLC)
350 Topics in Computer Science (4 credits) Possible topics include
computer simulation, automata theory, parallel programming, distributed
systems, neural networks, robotics, and expert systems. Cisc 225 or
permission of the instructor. Offered when there is sufficient student
interest. (MLC)
371 Numerical Analysis (Same as Math 371) (4 credits) The
development of numerical methods and their associated error analysis.
Nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation,
numerical differentiation and integration. Programming of appropriate
algorithms with emphasis on accuracy and efficiency. Prerequisites: Math
220, 223, 235, and Cisc 120. Offered alternate years. (MLC)
375 Optimization Techniques (Same as Math 375) (4 credits) A
survey of the methods used to obtain optimal solutions to linear
problems. Emphasis on linear programming, simplex algorithm, duality
transportation and assignment problems, shortest route and maximum
flow problems, game theory decision trees. Additional topics may include
integer programming, dynamic programming, PERT-CPM, graph theory,
and queuing theory. Prerequisites: Cisc 120 and Math 220. (MLC)
380 Web Development (4 credits) Addresses programming for the
Web as a business tool. Primary emphasis is on learning the tools
required to build a professional quality Web site. There are many different
technologies available and they change regularly. Languages for client
side and server side programming will be covered. The course builds on
knowledge of Systems Analysis & Design, Database systems and
traditional programming techniques as a starting point. Prerequisites:
CISC 225, CISC 315, CISC 310. Permission of the instructor is required.
Offered alternate years (MLC)
385 Theory of Computation (3 credits) An advanced survey of the
theory of computation. Topics include regular languages, context-free
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