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Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
development challenges; mobile device
programming; wireless network architectures;
WLAN, WiMAX, GSM, UMTS, and Bluetooth
wireless technologies; Mobile IP; Wireless TCP;
pervasive computing and wireless networking
research trends.
CSC791 Advanced Software Engineering
[3-0, 3cr.]
Techniques for the construction of reliable
and cost-effective large-scale software.
Topics include process models, requirements
analysis and specification, design methods
and principles, testing methodologies, software
maintenance, software metrics, software
management and quality, and web engineering.
Students will explore in depth current research
work on a topic of their choice.
CSC792 Object-Oriented Software Engineering
[3-0, 3 cr.]
Techniques, modeling languages, and processes
for object-oriented (OO) software development.
Topics include: unified modeling language:
structural, behavioral, and architectural models;
OO development process such as Unified
Process; OO analysis and design; OO testing; OO
metrics; design patterns.
CSC793 Software Testing and Analysis
[3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is a survey of testing and analysis
methods. It is an introduction to advanced
topics in area, as well as traditional, production
methods. Topics include inspections and
reviews, formal analysis, verification and
validation standards, non-statistical testing,
statistical testing and reliability models,
coverage methods, testing and analysis tools,
and organization management and planning.
Methods unique to special development
approaches, such as object-oriented testing,
will also be described.
CSC794 Software Quality Assurance
[3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is about devising an appropriate
software quality system for application
domains ranging from embedded systems to
e-commerce, choosing and applying appropriate
quality control practices and procedures,
conducting effective inspections, reviews and
audits, defining the roles of an effective quality
assurance group, using external certifications
to significantly enhance existing practices,
implementing a comprehensive system of
metrics and reports, and developing, and
documenting, a quality assurance plan for large,
small, and fast-track projects.
CSC795 Safety-Critical Systems [3-0, 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to the principles of
system safety, including risk, basic terminology,
and the main types of hazard and safety
assessment techniques. The course also provides
an introduction to the legal issues, management
of safety critical projects, and human factors
involved in the design of critical systems.
CSC796 Human-Computer Interaction
[3-0, 3 cr.]
This course provides a comprehensive
introduction to the principles and techniques of
human-computer interaction and user interface
design, with a focus on highly usable software,
user and task modeling, user centered design,
evaluation of user interfaces, detailed discussion
of many user interface design issues such as the
use of coding techniques (color, icons, sound,
etc.), screen and web page design, feedback
and error messages, internationalization of user
interfaces, response time, accessibility to the
disabled, user interfaces for different types of
devices, voice user interfaces, etc. This course
requires students to implement user interfaces.
CSC788 Advanced Topics in Computer
Science[3 cr.]
This course covers selected topics in Computer
Science. The course may be repeated for
credits more than once.
CSC798 Project [3 cr.]
This course entails an independent development,
and documentation of substantial software,
or computer-based system, using recent or
significant techniques and/or tools.
CSC799 Thesis [6 cr.]
This course entails an independent investigation
of a topic of interest, in a basic or applied
computer science area, with the objective of
producing original results.
UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS
MTH101 Calculus I [3-0, 3 cr.]
The course is an intuitive approach to the techniques
of calculus and analytic geometry. Topics include
functions, graphs, trigonometric functions, rates of
change, limits and continuity, the derivative function,
the derivative as a rate of change, differentiation
rules, derivatives of trigonometric functions, the
chain rule, implicit differentiation, extreme values
of a function, the Mean Value and Intermediate
Value Theorems, curve sketching, optimization,
linearization and differentials, L’Hopital’s rule, and an
introduction to anti-derivatives.
ACADEMIC CATALOG [ 2011-2012 ] SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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