IS Study Plan: Some CS Background
Term I Course # Course Name MA 115 Calculus I An introduction to differential and integral calculus for functions of one variable. The differential calculus includes limits, continuity, the definition of the derivative, rules for differentiation, and applications to curve sketching, optimization, and elementary initial value problems. The integral calculus includes the definition of the definite integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques for finding antiderivatives, and applications of the definite integral. Transcendental and inverse functions are included throughout.
4-0-4 CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science This is an introductory programming course using the Java language. The topics include: basic facts about object-oriented programming and Java through inheritance and exceptions; recursion; UML diagrams and how to read class diagrams; ethics in computer science; and some basic understanding about computer systems: the compile/link/interpret/ execute cycle and data representation.
3-2-4 Science I 3-0-3 CS 146 Web Fundamentals This course introduces students to the infrastructure underlying the Web, including protocols and markup languages. It also addresses the question of how one presents large volumes of information to people who need to find out what they are looking for quickly. The scope of the course ranges from mechanics to aesthetics. Social and ethical issues are also discussed, including the concept of information ecologies for social acceptance. Networks and protocols; pervasive computing; Web protocols; markup languages and XML; defining information architecture; understanding information needs and information-seeking behaviors; organizing Web sites and intranets; navigation systems; search systems; thesauri; from research to design: strategies for information architecture; enterprise information architecture; ethics on the Web; and information ecologies.
3-0-3 PE 115 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 13-4-15
Term II Course # Course Name MA 116 Calculus II Continues from MA 115 with improper integrals, infinite series, Taylor series, and Taylor polynomials. Vectors operations in 3-space, mathematical descriptions of lines and planes, and single-variable calculus for parametric curves. Introduction to calculus for functions of two or more variables including graphical representations, partial derivatives, the gradient vector, directional derivatives, applications to optimization, and double integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates.
4-0-4 CS 284 Data Structures This is a course on standard data structures, including sorting and searching and using the Java language. The topics include: stages of software development; testing; UML diagrams; elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues, and maps); use of elementary data structures in application frameworks; searching; sorting; and introduction to asymptotic complexity analysis.
4-0-4 Science II 3-0-3 Science Lab 0-3-1 MA 134 Discrete Mathematics This course provides the background necessary for advanced study of mathematics or computer science. Topics include propositional calculus, predicates and quantifiers, elementary set theory, countability, functions, relations, proof by induction, elementary combinatorics, elements of graph theory, mends, and elements of complexity theory.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 17-5-19
Term III Course # Course Name CS 385 Algorithms This is a course on more complex data structures, and algorithm design and analysis, using the C language. Topics include: advanced and/or balanced search trees; hashing; further asymptotic complexity analysis; standard algorithm design techniques; graph algorithms; complex sort algorithms; and other "classic" algorithms that serve as examples of design techniques.
4-0-4 MGT 111 Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour Using an applied and experiential format, this course exposes students to theory, methods and research in organizational behavior and social psychology. Topics relating to individual differences and group dynamics in organizational settings are stressed. Learning occurs through discussion, group activities, and the completion of assessment instruments. Emphasis is on helping students understand and improve their skills in key areas, including decision-making, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
3-0-3 BT 101 Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study During this 1st year course, students will gain a fundamental understanding of how businesses are organized, key functions within a company, and how companies operate, based upon using a Business Plan model as the teaching tool. Students start their exposure to a group of companies to assist them in determine what company, product, or service they choose for their business plan. Where appropriate, the latest E-Business techniques will be taught and used.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 16-2-17
Term IV Course # Course Name CS 392 Systems Programming Introduction to systems programming in C on UNIX. Students will be introduced to tools for compilation, dynamic linking, debugging, editing, automatic rebuilding, and version control. Some aspects of the UNIX system call interface will be studied, drawn from this list: process creation, signals, terminal I/O, file I/O, inter-process communication, threads, network protocol stacks, programming with sockets, and introduction to RPC. Style issues to be covered include: naming, layout, commenting, portability, design for robustness and debugability, and language pitfalls. X programming and GUI design will be covered, if time allows.
3-0-3 CS 347 Software Development Process This course provides a general introduction to the essentials of the software development process, that series of activities that facilitate developing better software in less time. The course introduces software development and deployment life cycles, requirements acquisition and analysis, software architecture and design, and resource management and scheduling in the implementation phase. Students gain experience with tools and methodologies for configuration management and project management. Security engineering is considered as an essential part of the software development process, particularly from the standpoint of applied risk management.
3-0-3 MA 222 Probability and Statistics Introduces the essentials of probability theory and elementary statistics. Lectures and assignments greatly stress the manifold applications of probability and statistics to computer science, production management, quality control, and reliability. A statistical computer package is used throughout the course for teaching and for assignments. Contents include: descriptive statistics, pictorial and tabular methods, and measures of location and of variability; sample space and events, probability axioms, and counting techniques; conditional probability and independence, and Bayes' formula; discrete random variables, distribution functions and moments, and binomial and Poisson distributions; continuous random variables, densities and moments, normal, gamma, and exponential and Weibull distributions unions; distribution of the sum and average of random samples; the Central Limit Theorem; confidence intervals for the mean and the variance; hypothesis testing and p-values, and applications for the mean; simple linear regression, and estimation of and inference about the parameters; and correlation and prediction in a regression model.
3-0-3 BT 113 Marketing The purpose of this course is to provde the conceptual frameworks and decision tools required for the success in both technology-based and non-technology-based markets: the student learns to define and select specific customer segments; to monitor the business environment for both opportunities and threats, with a particular attention to the ever changing technological and global context; and to develop marketing strategies for serving each targeted customer segment profitably. Although this course introduces the student to the basic theory and analytical methods characterizing modern marketing practice, there is an emphasis on both the marketing of technology products/services as well as the impact of technology on the general practice of marketing. Students are required to present both detailed marketing plans and serveral rigorous case analyses.
3-0-3 BT 115 Financial Accounting This course deals with the methods and principles of financial accounting. It is concerned with the measurement of the results of business activities and with the preparation and use of financial reports such as the balance sheet and income statement. Topics include: the accounting cycle, principles of accrual accounting, the measurement and reporting of detailed balance sheet items and the analysis of financial reports. Ethical issues in accounting will be addressed.
4-0-4 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 16-2-17
Term V Course # Course Name CS 442 Database Management Systems Introduction to the design and querying of relational databases. Topics include: relational schemas; keys and foreign key references; relational algebra (as an introduction to SQL); SQL in depth; Entity-Relationship (ER) database design; translating from ER models to relational schemas and from relational schemas to ER models; functional dependencies; and normalization.
3-0-3 CS 564 Software Requirements Acquisition and Analysis Requirements Acquisition is one of the least understood and hardest phases in the development of software products, especially because requirements are often unclear in the minds of many or most stakeholders. This course deals with the identification of stakeholders, the elicitation and verification, with their participation, of the requirements for a new or to-be-extended software product. It deals further with the analysis and modeling of requirements, the first steps in the direction of software design. Finally, it deals with the quality assurance aspects of the software requirements phase of the software development process. This course is case-history and project-oriented, and uses industry-standard software tools.
3-0-3 MA 331 Intermediate Statistics An introduction to statistical inference and to the use of basic statistical tools. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics; review of point estimation, method of moments, and maximum likelihood; interval estimation and hypothesis testing; simple and multiple linear regression; analysis of variance and design of experiments; and nonparametric methods. Selected topics, such as quality control and time series analysis, may also be included. Statistical software is used throughout the course for exploratory data analysis and statistical inference based in examples and in real data relevant for applications.
3-0-3 IS Elective 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VI Course # Course Name CS 546 Web Programming This course will provide students with a first strong approach of internet programming. It will give the basic knowledge on how the Internet works and how to create advanced web sites by the use of script languages, after learning the basics of HTML. The course will teach the students how to create a complex global site through the creation of individual working modules, giving them the skills required in any business such as proper team work and coordination between groups.
3-0-3 CS 545 Human-Computer Interaction This is an introduction to Human Computer Interaction (HCI). It covers basic concepts, principles, and frameworks in HCI; models of interaction; and design guidelines and methodologies. The course includes extensive readings and reports, as well as work on projects involving interface design and development.
3-0-3 CS 578 Privacy in a Networked World Increasing use of computers and networks in business, government, 3-0-3 MGT 244 Microeconomics The focus of this course is on the behavior of and interactions between individual participants in the economic system. In addition to providing a theoretical basis for the analysis of these economic questions, the course also develops applications of these theories to a number of current problems. Topics include: the nature of economic decisions, the theory of market processes, models of imperfect competition, public policy towards competition, the allocation of factors of production, discrimination, poverty and earnings, and energy.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities (1) 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VII Course # Course Name CS 551 Software Engineering and Practice I Students in this course work in teams to develop real software for real clients. Topics in software engineering additional to or more advanced than those taught in CS 347 are introduced "just in time," as needed.
3-0-3 CS 573 Fundamentals of CyberSecurity Fundamentals of CyberSecurity 3-0-3 CS 548 Engineering of Enterprise Software Systems This course addresses the important engineering issues in building largescale enterprise software systems. The course emphasizes service-oriented architectures (SOA) and best practices for building service-oriented enterprises in a vendor-neutral fashion. Introduction to SOA; BPM; project management, and configuration management; Web services; mainframe services, virtualization, and data integration; application integration; legacy integration; enterprise integration; federal enterprise architecture (FEA); and case studies.
3-0-3 Free Elective 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 Total 15-0-15
IS Study Plan: Weak Background
Term I Course # Course Name MA 115 Calculus I An introduction to differential and integral calculus for functions of one variable. The differential calculus includes limits, continuity, the definition of the derivative, rules for differentiation, and applications to curve sketching, optimization, and elementary initial value problems. The integral calculus includes the definition of the definite integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques for finding antiderivatives, and applications of the definite integral. Transcendental and inverse functions are included throughout.
4-0-4 CS 105 Introduction to Scientific Computing This is a first course in computer programming for students with no prior experience. Students will learn the core process of programming: given a problem statement, how does one design an algorithm to solve that particular problem and then implement the algorithm in a computer program? The course will also introduce elementary programming concepts like basic control concepts (such as conditional statements and loops) and a few essential data types (e.g., integers and doubles). Exposure to programming will be through a self-contained user-friendly programming environment, widely used by the scientific and engineering communities, such as Matlab. The course will cover problems from all fields of science, engineering, and business.
3-2-3 Science I 3-0-3 CS 146 Web Fundamentals This course introduces students to the infrastructure underlying the Web, including protocols and markup languages. It also addresses the question of how one presents large volumes of information to people who need to find out what they are looking for quickly. The scope of the course ranges from mechanics to aesthetics. Social and ethical issues are also discussed, including the concept of information ecologies for social acceptance. Networks and protocols; pervasive computing; Web protocols; markup languages and XML; defining information architecture; understanding information needs and information-seeking behaviors; organizing Web sites and intranets; navigation systems; search systems; thesauri; from research to design: strategies for information architecture; enterprise information architecture; ethics on the Web; and information ecologies.
3-0-3 PE 115 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 13-4-14
Term II Course # Course Name MA 116 Calculus II Continues from MA 115 with improper integrals, infinite series, Taylor series, and Taylor polynomials. Vectors operations in 3-space, mathematical descriptions of lines and planes, and single-variable calculus for parametric curves. Introduction to calculus for functions of two or more variables including graphical representations, partial derivatives, the gradient vector, directional derivatives, applications to optimization, and double integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates.
4-0-4 CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science This is an introductory programming course using the Java language. The topics include: basic facts about object-oriented programming and Java through inheritance and exceptions; recursion; UML diagrams and how to read class diagrams; ethics in computer science; and some basic understanding about computer systems: the compile/link/interpret/ execute cycle and data representation.
3-2-4 Science II 3-0-3 Science Lab 0-3-1 MA 134 Discrete Mathematics This course provides the background necessary for advanced study of mathematics or computer science. Topics include propositional calculus, predicates and quantifiers, elementary set theory, countability, functions, relations, proof by induction, elementary combinatorics, elements of graph theory, mends, and elements of complexity theory.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 16-7-19
Term III Course # Course Name CS 284 Data Structures This is a course on standard data structures, including sorting and searching and using the Java language. The topics include: stages of software development; testing; UML diagrams; elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues, and maps); use of elementary data structures in application frameworks; searching; sorting; and introduction to asymptotic complexity analysis.
4-0-4 MGT 111 Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour Using an applied and experiential format, this course exposes students to theory, methods and research in organizational behavior and social psychology. Topics relating to individual differences and group dynamics in organizational settings are stressed. Learning occurs through discussion, group activities, and the completion of assessment instruments. Emphasis is on helping students understand and improve their skills in key areas, including decision-making, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
3-0-3 BT 101 Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study During this 1st year course, students will gain a fundamental understanding of how businesses are organized, key functions within a company, and how companies operate, based upon using a Business Plan model as the teaching tool. Students start their exposure to a group of companies to assist them in determine what company, product, or service they choose for their business plan. Where appropriate, the latest E-Business techniques will be taught and used.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 16-2-17
Term IV Course # Course Name CS 385 Algorithms This is a course on more complex data structures, and algorithm design and analysis, using the C language. Topics include: advanced and/or balanced search trees; hashing; further asymptotic complexity analysis; standard algorithm design techniques; graph algorithms; complex sort algorithms; and other "classic" algorithms that serve as examples of design techniques.
4-0-4 CS 347 Software Development Process This course provides a general introduction to the essentials of the software development process, that series of activities that facilitate developing better software in less time. The course introduces software development and deployment life cycles, requirements acquisition and analysis, software architecture and design, and resource management and scheduling in the implementation phase. Students gain experience with tools and methodologies for configuration management and project management. Security engineering is considered as an essential part of the software development process, particularly from the standpoint of applied risk management.
3-0-3 MA 222 Probability and Statistics Introduces the essentials of probability theory and elementary statistics. Lectures and assignments greatly stress the manifold applications of probability and statistics to computer science, production management, quality control, and reliability. A statistical computer package is used throughout the course for teaching and for assignments. Contents include: descriptive statistics, pictorial and tabular methods, and measures of location and of variability; sample space and events, probability axioms, and counting techniques; conditional probability and independence, and Bayes' formula; discrete random variables, distribution functions and moments, and binomial and Poisson distributions; continuous random variables, densities and moments, normal, gamma, and exponential and Weibull distributions unions; distribution of the sum and average of random samples; the Central Limit Theorem; confidence intervals for the mean and the variance; hypothesis testing and p-values, and applications for the mean; simple linear regression, and estimation of and inference about the parameters; and correlation and prediction in a regression model.
3-0-3 BT 113 Marketing The purpose of this course is to provde the conceptual frameworks and decision tools required for the success in both technology-based and non-technology-based markets: the student learns to define and select specific customer segments; to monitor the business environment for both opportunities and threats, with a particular attention to the ever changing technological and global context; and to develop marketing strategies for serving each targeted customer segment profitably. Although this course introduces the student to the basic theory and analytical methods characterizing modern marketing practice, there is an emphasis on both the marketing of technology products/services as well as the impact of technology on the general practice of marketing. Students are required to present both detailed marketing plans and serveral rigorous case analyses.
3-0-3 BT 115 Financial Accounting This course deals with the methods and principles of financial accounting. It is concerned with the measurement of the results of business activities and with the preparation and use of financial reports such as the balance sheet and income statement. Topics include: the accounting cycle, principles of accrual accounting, the measurement and reporting of detailed balance sheet items and the analysis of financial reports. Ethical issues in accounting will be addressed.
4-0-4 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 17-2-18
Term V Course # Course Name CS 442 Database Management Systems Introduction to the design and querying of relational databases. Topics include: relational schemas; keys and foreign key references; relational algebra (as an introduction to SQL); SQL in depth; Entity-Relationship (ER) database design; translating from ER models to relational schemas and from relational schemas to ER models; functional dependencies; and normalization.
3-0-3 CS 564 Software Requirements Acquisition and Analysis Requirements Acquisition is one of the least understood and hardest phases in the development of software products, especially because requirements are often unclear in the minds of many or most stakeholders. This course deals with the identification of stakeholders, the elicitation and verification, with their participation, of the requirements for a new or to-be-extended software product. It deals further with the analysis and modeling of requirements, the first steps in the direction of software design. Finally, it deals with the quality assurance aspects of the software requirements phase of the software development process. This course is case-history and project-oriented, and uses industry-standard software tools.
3-0-3 MA 331 Intermediate Statistics An introduction to statistical inference and to the use of basic statistical tools. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics; review of point estimation, method of moments, and maximum likelihood; interval estimation and hypothesis testing; simple and multiple linear regression; analysis of variance and design of experiments; and nonparametric methods. Selected topics, such as quality control and time series analysis, may also be included. Statistical software is used throughout the course for exploratory data analysis and statistical inference based in examples and in real data relevant for applications.
3-0-3 IS Elective 3-0-3 CS 392 Systems Programming Introduction to systems programming in C on UNIX. Students will be introduced to tools for compilation, dynamic linking, debugging, editing, automatic rebuilding, and version control. Some aspects of the UNIX system call interface will be studied, drawn from this list: process creation, signals, terminal I/O, file I/O, inter-process communication, threads, network protocol stacks, programming with sockets, and introduction to RPC. Style issues to be covered include: naming, layout, commenting, portability, design for robustness and debugability, and language pitfalls. X programming and GUI design will be covered, if time allows.
3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VI Course # Course Name CS 546 Web Programming This course will provide students with a first strong approach of internet programming. It will give the basic knowledge on how the Internet works and how to create advanced web sites by the use of script languages, after learning the basics of HTML. The course will teach the students how to create a complex global site through the creation of individual working modules, giving them the skills required in any business such as proper team work and coordination between groups.
3-0-3 CS 545 Human-Computer Interaction This is an introduction to Human Computer Interaction (HCI). It covers basic concepts, principles, and frameworks in HCI; models of interaction; and design guidelines and methodologies. The course includes extensive readings and reports, as well as work on projects involving interface design and development.
3-0-3 CS 578 Privacy in a Networked World Increasing use of computers and networks in business, government, 3-0-3 MGT 244 Microeconomics The focus of this course is on the behavior of and interactions between individual participants in the economic system. In addition to providing a theoretical basis for the analysis of these economic questions, the course also develops applications of these theories to a number of current problems. Topics include: the nature of economic decisions, the theory of market processes, models of imperfect competition, public policy towards competition, the allocation of factors of production, discrimination, poverty and earnings, and energy.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VII Course # Course Name CS 551 Software Engineering and Practice I Students in this course work in teams to develop real software for real clients. Topics in software engineering additional to or more advanced than those taught in CS 347 are introduced "just in time," as needed.
3-0-3 CS 573 Fundamentals of CyberSecurity Fundamentals of CyberSecurity 3-0-3 CS 548 Engineering of Enterprise Software Systems This course addresses the important engineering issues in building largescale enterprise software systems. The course emphasizes service-oriented architectures (SOA) and best practices for building service-oriented enterprises in a vendor-neutral fashion. Introduction to SOA; BPM; project management, and configuration management; Web services; mainframe services, virtualization, and data integration; application integration; legacy integration; enterprise integration; federal enterprise architecture (FEA); and case studies.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 Total 15-0-15
IS Study Plan: Honors Student
Term I Course # Course Name MA 115 Calculus I An introduction to differential and integral calculus for functions of one variable. The differential calculus includes limits, continuity, the definition of the derivative, rules for differentiation, and applications to curve sketching, optimization, and elementary initial value problems. The integral calculus includes the definition of the definite integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques for finding antiderivatives, and applications of the definite integral. Transcendental and inverse functions are included throughout.
4-0-4 CS 181 Introduction to Computer Science Honors I Getting acquainted with C++: data types, input and output, functions, writing simple C++ programs, flow control, Boolean expressions, decision statements, if/then, and switch/case. Loop operations, while, do/while, and for loops. Arrays and pointers. Defining structs and classes, constructors and destructors, and operator overloading using an example String class. Templates. Abstract data types: vectors, lists, stacks, queues, and priority trees with applications. Trees and simple sorting with searching algorithms. By invitation only. Students who complete this class are exempt from CS 115 and CS 284.
4-0-4 Science I 3-0-3 CS 146 Web Fundamentals This course introduces students to the infrastructure underlying the Web, including protocols and markup languages. It also addresses the question of how one presents large volumes of information to people who need to find out what they are looking for quickly. The scope of the course ranges from mechanics to aesthetics. Social and ethical issues are also discussed, including the concept of information ecologies for social acceptance. Networks and protocols; pervasive computing; Web protocols; markup languages and XML; defining information architecture; understanding information needs and information-seeking behaviors; organizing Web sites and intranets; navigation systems; search systems; thesauri; from research to design: strategies for information architecture; enterprise information architecture; ethics on the Web; and information ecologies.
3-0-3 PE 115 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 14-2-15
Term II Course # Course Name MA 116 Calculus II Continues from MA 115 with improper integrals, infinite series, Taylor series, and Taylor polynomials. Vectors operations in 3-space, mathematical descriptions of lines and planes, and single-variable calculus for parametric curves. Introduction to calculus for functions of two or more variables including graphical representations, partial derivatives, the gradient vector, directional derivatives, applications to optimization, and double integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates.
4-0-4 CS 182 Introduction to Computer Science Honors II Advanced programming concepts covering classical data structures and object-oriented programming. Emphasis will be on building a collection of re-usable software components that will form the basis of future programming efforts. The data structures covered include lists, stacks, queues, trees, binary search trees, and balanced search trees. The object-oriented features of Java covered include classes, templates, inheritance, polymorphism and run-time binding. Also included is a discussion of the analysis of asymptotic running times of algorithms.
4-0-4 Science II 3-0-3 Science Lab 0-3-1 MA 134 Discrete Mathematics This course provides the background necessary for advanced study of mathematics or computer science. Topics include propositional calculus, predicates and quantifiers, elementary set theory, countability, functions, relations, proof by induction, elementary combinatorics, elements of graph theory, mends, and elements of complexity theory.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 17-5-19
Term III Course # Course Name CS 392 Systems Programming Introduction to systems programming in C on UNIX. Students will be introduced to tools for compilation, dynamic linking, debugging, editing, automatic rebuilding, and version control. Some aspects of the UNIX system call interface will be studied, drawn from this list: process creation, signals, terminal I/O, file I/O, inter-process communication, threads, network protocol stacks, programming with sockets, and introduction to RPC. Style issues to be covered include: naming, layout, commenting, portability, design for robustness and debugability, and language pitfalls. X programming and GUI design will be covered, if time allows.
3-0-3 MGT 111 Social Psychology and Organizational Behaviour Using an applied and experiential format, this course exposes students to theory, methods and research in organizational behavior and social psychology. Topics relating to individual differences and group dynamics in organizational settings are stressed. Learning occurs through discussion, group activities, and the completion of assessment instruments. Emphasis is on helping students understand and improve their skills in key areas, including decision-making, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
3-0-3 BT 101 Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study Business Plan I: Introduction to Business Planning and Field Study During this 1st year course, students will gain a fundamental understanding of how businesses are organized, key functions within a company, and how companies operate, based upon using a Business Plan model as the teaching tool. Students start their exposure to a group of companies to assist them in determine what company, product, or service they choose for their business plan. Where appropriate, the latest E-Business techniques will be taught and used.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term IV Course # Course Name CS 545 Human-Computer Interaction This is an introduction to Human Computer Interaction (HCI). It covers basic concepts, principles, and frameworks in HCI; models of interaction; and design guidelines and methodologies. The course includes extensive readings and reports, as well as work on projects involving interface design and development.
3-0-3 CS 347 Software Development Process This course provides a general introduction to the essentials of the software development process, that series of activities that facilitate developing better software in less time. The course introduces software development and deployment life cycles, requirements acquisition and analysis, software architecture and design, and resource management and scheduling in the implementation phase. Students gain experience with tools and methodologies for configuration management and project management. Security engineering is considered as an essential part of the software development process, particularly from the standpoint of applied risk management.
3-0-3 MA 222 Probability and Statistics Introduces the essentials of probability theory and elementary statistics. Lectures and assignments greatly stress the manifold applications of probability and statistics to computer science, production management, quality control, and reliability. A statistical computer package is used throughout the course for teaching and for assignments. Contents include: descriptive statistics, pictorial and tabular methods, and measures of location and of variability; sample space and events, probability axioms, and counting techniques; conditional probability and independence, and Bayes' formula; discrete random variables, distribution functions and moments, and binomial and Poisson distributions; continuous random variables, densities and moments, normal, gamma, and exponential and Weibull distributions unions; distribution of the sum and average of random samples; the Central Limit Theorem; confidence intervals for the mean and the variance; hypothesis testing and p-values, and applications for the mean; simple linear regression, and estimation of and inference about the parameters; and correlation and prediction in a regression model.
3-0-3 BT 113 Marketing The purpose of this course is to provde the conceptual frameworks and decision tools required for the success in both technology-based and non-technology-based markets: the student learns to define and select specific customer segments; to monitor the business environment for both opportunities and threats, with a particular attention to the ever changing technological and global context; and to develop marketing strategies for serving each targeted customer segment profitably. Although this course introduces the student to the basic theory and analytical methods characterizing modern marketing practice, there is an emphasis on both the marketing of technology products/services as well as the impact of technology on the general practice of marketing. Students are required to present both detailed marketing plans and serveral rigorous case analyses.
3-0-3 BT 115 Financial Accounting This course deals with the methods and principles of financial accounting. It is concerned with the measurement of the results of business activities and with the preparation and use of financial reports such as the balance sheet and income statement. Topics include: the accounting cycle, principles of accrual accounting, the measurement and reporting of detailed balance sheet items and the analysis of financial reports. Ethical issues in accounting will be addressed.
4-0-4 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 16-2-17
Term V Course # Course Name CS 442 Database Management Systems Introduction to the design and querying of relational databases. Topics include: relational schemas; keys and foreign key references; relational algebra (as an introduction to SQL); SQL in depth; Entity-Relationship (ER) database design; translating from ER models to relational schemas and from relational schemas to ER models; functional dependencies; and normalization.
3-0-3 CS 564 Software Requirements Acquisition and Analysis Requirements Acquisition is one of the least understood and hardest phases in the development of software products, especially because requirements are often unclear in the minds of many or most stakeholders. This course deals with the identification of stakeholders, the elicitation and verification, with their participation, of the requirements for a new or to-be-extended software product. It deals further with the analysis and modeling of requirements, the first steps in the direction of software design. Finally, it deals with the quality assurance aspects of the software requirements phase of the software development process. This course is case-history and project-oriented, and uses industry-standard software tools.
3-0-3 MA 331 Intermediate Statistics An introduction to statistical inference and to the use of basic statistical tools. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics; review of point estimation, method of moments, and maximum likelihood; interval estimation and hypothesis testing; simple and multiple linear regression; analysis of variance and design of experiments; and nonparametric methods. Selected topics, such as quality control and time series analysis, may also be included. Statistical software is used throughout the course for exploratory data analysis and statistical inference based in examples and in real data relevant for applications.
3-0-3 IS Elective 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VI Course # Course Name CS 546 Web Programming This course will provide students with a first strong approach of internet programming. It will give the basic knowledge on how the Internet works and how to create advanced web sites by the use of script languages, after learning the basics of HTML. The course will teach the students how to create a complex global site through the creation of individual working modules, giving them the skills required in any business such as proper team work and coordination between groups.
3-0-3 Free Elective 3-0-3 CS 578 Privacy in a Networked World Increasing use of computers and networks in business, government, 3-0-3 MGT 244 Microeconomics The focus of this course is on the behavior of and interactions between individual participants in the economic system. In addition to providing a theoretical basis for the analysis of these economic questions, the course also develops applications of these theories to a number of current problems. Topics include: the nature of economic decisions, the theory of market processes, models of imperfect competition, public policy towards competition, the allocation of factors of production, discrimination, poverty and earnings, and energy.
3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 PE 200 Physical Education 0-2-1 Total 15-2-16
Term VII Course # Course Name CS 551 Software Engineering and Practice I Students in this course work in teams to develop real software for real clients. Topics in software engineering additional to or more advanced than those taught in CS 347 are introduced "just in time," as needed.
3-0-3 CS 573 Fundamentals of CyberSecurity Fundamentals of CyberSecurity 3-0-3 CS 548 Engineering of Enterprise Software Systems This course addresses the important engineering issues in building largescale enterprise software systems. The course emphasizes service-oriented architectures (SOA) and best practices for building service-oriented enterprises in a vendor-neutral fashion. Introduction to SOA; BPM; project management, and configuration management; Web services; mainframe services, virtualization, and data integration; application integration; legacy integration; enterprise integration; federal enterprise architecture (FEA); and case studies.
3-0-3 Free Elective 3-0-3 HUM Humanities 3-0-3 Total 15-0-15
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