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Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
CSC 430 Computer Networks [3-0. 3 cr.]
This course introduces the structure,
implementation, and theoretical underpinnings
of computer networks. Topics include network
structure, performance metrics, circuit switching
and packet switching, the Internet protocol stack,
physical layer networking concepts, data link
layer technologies and protocols, internetworking
and routing, transport layer protocols, application
layer protocols, client-server programming, and
emerging technologies.
Prerequisite: CSC326 Operating Systems
CSC435 Computer Security [3-0, 3 cr.]
Introduction to computer security including
formal models of security, security goals
and fundamentals (confidentiality, integrity,
availability, etc.), introduction to risk assessment
and management, security standards in
government and industry (e.g., Common Criteria,
Orange Book, etc.), corporate and institutional
security policies, evaluation process and
levels, computer system protection principles,
access controls, cryptography fundamentals,
authentication, security operations, software
attacks including malicious code and buffer
overflows, social engineering, injection attacks,
and related defense tools, network attacks
including denial of service, flooding, sniffing and
traffic redirection, defense tools and strategies,
web sites attacks including cross-site scripting,
IPSec, Virtual Private networks and Network
Address Translation, and ethics. Hands-on
experience is part of the class.
Prerequisite: CSC326 Operating Systems.
CSC 440 Advanced Object Oriented
Programming [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course presents advanced object oriented
programming concepts, and techniques, using
modern programming languages and frameworks.
Topics include the review of object oriented
programming concepts, graphics, graphical user
interface components, event-based programming,
applets, strings and characters, bit manipulation,
exception handling, files and streams, collections,
multimedia, multithreading, accessing databases,
and design patterns.
Prerequisite: CSC 245: Objects and Data
Abstraction.
CSC443 Web Programming [3-0. 3 cr.]
This course introduces advanced concepts in web
programming, and focuses on the development
of dynamic web pages that incorporate both
client-side and server-side programming. Topics
include web scripting using JavaScript, VBScript,
and PHP, as well as Java Beans, and server side
components such as CGI, ASP, and PHP, and the
installation and configuration of web servers.
The course also discusses accessing databases
through web applications. Hands-on experience
is part of the class.
Co-requisite: CSC375 Database Management
Systems.
CSC447 Parallel Programming for Multicore
and Cluster Systems [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course provides an introduction to parallel
programming with a focus on multicore
architectures and cluster programming techniques.
Topics include relevant architectural trends and
aspects of multicores, writing multicore programs
and extracting data parallelism using vectors
and SIMD, thread-level parallelism, task-based
parallelism, efficient synchronization, program
profiling, and performance tuning. Messagepassing
cluster-based parallel computing is
also introduced. The course includes several
programming assignments to provide students
first-hand experience with programming, and
experimentally analyzing and tuning parallel
software.
Prerequisite: CSC310 Algorithms and Data
Structures; CSC326 Operating Systems.
CSC450 Computer Graphics [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to computer
graphics algorithms, programming methods,
and applications. The course focuses on the
fundamentals of two and three dimensional raster
graphics, scan-conversion, clipping, geometric
transformations, computational geometry, computerhuman
interfaces, animation, and visual realism.
Prerequisite: CSC310 Algorithms and Data
Structures.
CSC458 Game Programming [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course introduces the software
technologies related to game development, as
well as the art and design principles needed to
create compelling games. Topics include game
history and taxonomy; game play design and
the components of a video game experience;
software architecture for games; intro to 3D
graphics and stereoscopic computer graphics;
hardware architecture of contemporary
video game platforms; human physical and
perceptual limits; game artificial intelligence;
multiplayer game design; game physics, and
intro to real time shading effects.
Prerequisite: CSC310: Data Structures &
Algorithms.
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