Final Report 2004 December 12
B.4.5 Curriculum A – Course Summaries
MTH
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301: Discrete Structures
Review of propositional and predicate logic; methods of theorem proving; strong and weak induction; finite and infinite sets, set operations; introductions to computational complexity, theta and big-O notation;
combinatorics, including permutations and combinations; discrete probability and binomial distribution. Prerequisites: Pre-calculus or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 0 Recitation Hours: 14
CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-DSC 0-6.
CSC
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101: Computer Science I
Introduction to computing; algorithmic thinking, data structures, data transformation and processing, and programming in a media and communication context.
Prerequisites: Pre-calculus or equivalent. Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 42 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-DBS 0-2, CE-PRF 0-4.
CSC
A
102: Computer Science II
Second course in programming languages and systems. Topics include data structures, assemblers, compilers, and syntactical methods; recursion, string manipulation and list processing; concepts of executive programs
and operating systems; introduction to time-sharing systems. Prerequisites: CSC
A
101 Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 42 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-HCI 0-2, CE-PRF 5-8, CE-SWE 0-2.
CSC
A
201: Algorithm Design
Design and analysis techniques for solving domain specific problems, algorithm design strategies, distributed algorithms.
Prerequisites: CSC
A
102 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 0 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-ALG 0-5, CE-HCI 3-4, CE-SWE 3-6.
CSC
A
202: Computer Organization
Introductory course in computer organization and architecture. Topics include basic hardware and software structure, addressing methods, programs control, processing units, I-O organization, arithmetic, main-
memory organization, peripherals, microprocessor families, RISC architectures, and multiprocessors. Prerequisites: CSC
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101 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 0 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-CAO 0-4, CE-DIG 0-1.
CSC
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301: Computer Architecture
