New Courses
New Spring 2008 Courses
CMPS 294. Internet Programming.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 280. This course concerns the art and science of programming for WWW Internet applications from a client-side perspective. Basic and advanced HTML will be covered, with emphasis on current scripting technologies.
Note: This course is required in the new Information Technology concentration.
CMPS 319. Principles of Information Assurance.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: CMPS 110 and successful completion of any 200-level computer course; or permission of the Department Head. Conceptual and technical aspects of computing security and of the Information Assurance (IA) discipline; addresses knowledge areas specified in IA certification programs with emphasis on applying IA concepts to case studies from business, industry and government.
Note: This course is being redesigned as a more technical Unix system security course. Students need some programming experience and preferably some Unix experience for this course. This course is required in the new Information Technology concentration.
CMPS 409. Advanced Computer Networking.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 309. Advanced computer networking. Topics include security, optimization, custom modules, protocols, information flow management, disaster recovery, wireless applications, and legal and ethical issues.
Note: This course may serve as an Information Technology Elective in the new Information Technology concentration.
CMPS 470/570. Machine Learning.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: Computer Science 390 and Mathematics 241. Introduction to machine learning. Topics include genetic algorithms, inductive learning, statistical learning methods, reinforcement learning, neural networks, decision trees, analytical learning, and Bayesian learning.
CMPS 491/591-01. Computer Interfacing and Control.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisites: CMPS 280 and CMPS 293, or permission of department head. Topics include review of analog and digital hardware; basics of computer and microcomputer organization; common actuators (especially, electric motors) and sensors; computer interfacing and data acquisition; real-time programming for computer control systems; Basic stamps and PIC controllers; Robot manipulators and mobile robots as case study projects.
CMPS 491-90I. Advanced Topics in Software Engineering.
| Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 390. Advanced Software Engineering topics, taught by guest lecturer Paul Trepagnier of Team Gray. He was the lead software engineer on the team that developed one of the only 5 robot cars to finish the DARPA Grand Challenge, as well as the Plan B robot car entered in the DARPA Urban Challenge. |  |
New Fall 2007 Courses
CMPS 294. Internet Programming.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 280. This course concerns the art and science of programming for WWW Internet applications from a client-side perspective. Basic and advanced HTML will be covered, with emphasis on current scripting technologies.
Note: This course is required in the new Information Technology concentration!
CMPS 315. System Administration.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 285. This course teaches skills and concepts that are essential to the administration of operating systems, networks, software, various computing support systems, and system documentation, policies, and procedures.This also includes education and support of the users of these systems.
Note: This course is required in the new Information Technology concentration!
CMPS 450/550. Spatial Database and Applications.
Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science 390. Topics include introduction to GIS, map projections and coordinate systems, spatial data structures, data entry, spatial database management, spatial analysis, remote sensing, GPS and GIS, internet GIS, and GIS scientific applications.