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2014-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.
 

Communication

Students must achieve a “C” or better in all prerequisites.
  

  • CMCN 585 - Computer-Mediated Communication Theory

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Impact of automation, computers, and digital communication. Includes interpersonal, organizational, legal, and social issues.
  

  • CMCN 595 - Professional Project

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor and department head required.
  

  • CMCN 597 - Directed Individual Study

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Rstr: May not be used for thesis or to replace a course with the same content. Permission of instructor and department head required.
  

  • CMCN 598 - Directed Individual Study

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Rstr: May not be used for thesis or to replace a course with the same content. Permission of instructor and department head required
  

  • CMCN 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    3-9 Credit(s).

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.
  

  • CMCN 899 - Examinations Only

    3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.

Communicative Disorders
  

  • CODI 101 - Manual Communication I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Signing in exact English as a beginning level sign language course in manual communication.

  

  • CODI 102 - Manual Communication II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Signing in exact English as a beginning level course in manual communication.

    Prereq: CODI 101  or permission of department head.
  

  • CODI 118 - Introduction to Communicative Disorders

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    History of the profession. Disorders of speech, language and hearing, including etiology, diagnosis and management.

  

  • CODI 219 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Structural anatomy and physiology of the human communicative system.

  

  • CODI 220 - Phonetics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study and training in the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet; transcription of the English language and analysis of the phonetic structure of human speech.

  

  • CODI 221 - Introduction to Communicative Science

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Acoustic speech signal and the physiology of how that signal is produced. Laboratory instrumentation used in speech and hearing research.

    Prereq: CODI 219  or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CODI 274 - Normal Speech and Language Development

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Linguistic processes in the normally developing child; quantitative and qualitative methodologies for studying speech and language development.

    Rstr: Not available to CODI majors. Student may not apply both CODI 274 and CODI 275  to degree plan.
  

  • CODI 275 - Language Acquisition

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Language acquisition in normally developing children. Data gathering and analysis methods in language development.

    Rstr: CODI majors only. Students may not apply both CODI 274  and CODI 275 to degree plan.
  

  • CODI 302 - Directed Clinical Observation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Supervised observation of a client in the clinical setting. Includes instruction in clinical methods and documentation of intervention results.

    Prereq: CODI 274 , CODI 323  or CODI 384 .
    Rstr: Upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 310 - Analysis of Social Action

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Linguistic, gestural and interactional strategies used in human communication. Discovery procedures and analyses that allow a view of authentic social activity. Supervised direst observations required.

    Rstr: Uppder division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 323 - Disorders of Articulation and Phonology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Methods and procedures for identification, evaluation and management of functional and organically-based articulatory disorders in children and adults.

    Prereq: CODI 118 , CODI 220 .
    Rstr: upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI or Speech, Language, Hearing Specialist majors only.
  

  • CODI 382 - Audiology I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Anatomy, physiology and pathologies of the auditory system; theories of hearing, methodology of hearing setting.

    Prereq: CODI 219 , CODI 221 .
    Rstr: Upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall of 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 384 - Language Pathology in Children

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Clinical study of language development and disorders in children with emphasis on pathology, evaluation, and management.

    Prereq: CODI 219 , CODI 274 .
    Rstr: upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI or Speech, Language, Hearing Specialist majors only.
  

  • CODI 386 - Audiology II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Emphasis on auditory and visual perception of speech by the hearing impaired; educational methods for hearing impaired children; speech and language characteristics of the hearing impaired; and introduction to hearing aid characteristics and performance.

    Prereq: CODI 382 .
    Rstr: Upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 400 - Central Auditory Processing

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Processing of the acoustic stimulus by the normal and disordered central auditory system; evaluation and management procedures applicable to adults and children.

    Prereq: CODI 382 .
  

  • CODI 401 - Clinical Practicum

    3 Credit(s). 4 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Disorders of articulation and/or language development, application of assessment and habilitation/rehabilitation procedures, clinical record keeping.

    Prereq: CODI 302 , CODI 323 , CODI 384 
    Rstr: Upper division and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 419 - Neurophysiology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as they relate to speech-language development; receptive and expressive aspects of the speech and language code; diagnostic significance of lesions in the various regions of the nervous system.

    Prereq: CODI 219 , CODI 382  or permission of instructor required.
    Rstr: Upper division, and a CPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only.
  

  • CODI 441 - Fluency and Voice

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Assessment and treatment of voice and fluency disorders. Focus is on anatomical, physiological, acoustic and theoretical models.

    Rstr: Upper division, and a GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major. CODI majors only..
  

  • CODI 491 - Management of Communicative Disorders in Schools and Related Settings

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Organization and administration of speech and hearing programs in schools and rehabilitative settings: federal and state legal requirements, development of the I. E. P., roles and functional relationships of allied disciplines; survey of therapy designs and service delivery models in speech and language pathology.

    Rstr: GPA of 2.5 overall or 3.0 in the major.
  

  • CODI 497 - Special Projects

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Content varies. May be repeated. In-depth directed study of contemporary literature in an area of communicative disorders.

    Rstr: Senior standing and permission of department head required.
  

  • CODI 500 - Introduction to Graduate Study and Research

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to basic research designs for projects in communicative disorders; critical analysis of literature including comprehension of statistical treatment of data in contemporary research.
  

  • CODI 504 - Voice Disorders

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Intensive study of voice and resonance disorders associated with laryngeal anomalies, disease processes and trauma affecting laryngeal function. Management of dysphonias associated with organic pathologies.
  

  • CODI 508 - Aphasia

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Clinical speech and language disorders associated with aphasia in adults with emphasis on etiology, pathology, evaluation and management.

    Prereq: CODI 118 , CODI 219 , CODI 374
  

  • CODI 510 - Clinical Practicum I

    2+1 Credit(s). 10 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Must be repeated. Supervised practicum in speech-language assessment and intervention in on-campus settings. Contact hours will vary according to the specific student and the specific clinical assignment.

    Rstr: These hours cannot be applied toward the degree
  

  • CODI 512 - Clinical Practicum II

    4 Credit(s). 20 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Must be repeated. Supervised practicum in speech-language assessment and intervention in various settings including off-campus sites. The actual number of contact hours will vary according to specific student and the specific clinical assignment.

    Rstr: These hours cannot be applied toward the degree
  

  • CODI 513 - Externship in Speech/Language Pathology

    9 Credit(s). 30 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Full-time supervised practicum. Credit hours cannot be applied toward a degree. To be taken in final semester of graduate study.

    Prereq: Minimum of 24 graduate academic credits and 100 clock hours in clinical practicum with both children and adults.
  

  • CODI 514 - Intersession Clinical Practicum

    2 Credit(s). 4 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated twice. Supervised practicum in various settings in speech-language pathology or audiology for certification purposes.

    Rstr: These hours cannot be applied toward the academic requirements of the master’s degree. Permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 522 - Speech Sound Disorders in Children

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Emphases on phonological and phonetic levels of analysis, and principles of intervention.

    Prereq: CODI 220  and CODI 323  or permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 524 - Communication Science

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Physiologic and acoustic aspects of speech; measurement and control of environmental noise; calibration and use of instrumentation used in speech and hearing assessment and research.

    Prereq: CODI 219 , CODI 221 , or permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 525 - Pragmatic Disorders in Adolescents

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Pragmatic disorders in adolescents by an in-depth examination of the nature of the communicative process, and the assessment procedures available for the identification and intervention for such disorders.

  

  • CODI 526 - Language Disorders in Children

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Strategies for the assessment and management of cognitive, linguistic, and pragmatic variables in child language disorders.

    Prereq: CODI 384  or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CODI 528 - Language and Literacy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Focus on how language is used to create literacy (reading and writing) and how interactive language pedagogy can enhance the assessment and teaching of literacy skills.
  

  • CODI 531 - Medical Speech Pathology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to specialized role of the speech/Language clinician in medical settings. Assessment and treatment of dysphagia; management of laryngectomy and tracheotomy patients; medical record keeping and terminology.

    Prereq: CODI 419  or permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 535 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to augmentative and alternative communication including its cognitive, linguistic, physical and social dimensions. Also addresses assessment and management across the lifespan.
  

  • CODI 540 - Disorders of Speech Fluency

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced theories, evaluation and management principles related to dysfluent speech patterns. Emphasis on contemporary research and clinical literature.

  

  • CODI 546 - Craniofacial Anomalies

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Detailed study of craniofacial anomalies and their relationship to communicative disorders. Consideration of genetic, anatomic, physiologic, and psychological concomitants of such conditions. Diagnosis and management of communicative disorders in relation to the total management plan for affected individuals.

    Prereq: CODI 419  or permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 550 - Advanced Clinical Research in Communicative Disorders

    1-2 Credit(s).

    Must be repeated. Project includes literature review, data collection, data analysis and manuscript preparation.

    Prereq: CODI 500  
  

  • CODI 555 - Motor Speech Disorders

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Speech disorders related to disturbances in muscular control of the speech mechanism, including cerebral palsy, resulting from impairment of any basic motor processes involved in the production of speech.

    Prereq: CODI 419 , or permission of instructor required
  

  • CODI 560 - Dementia and Communication

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Dementing conditions and their effects on communication. Includes relevant neuropathologies, risk factors, diagnosis and intervention, and fieldwork component.
  

  • CODI 589 - Seminar in Communicative Disorders: Speech Pathology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Contemporary research literature in an area of communicative disorders. Readings and discussions will emphasize current research in Speech Pathology.

    Prereq: Six hours of graduate level CODI course work or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CODI 590 - Seminar in Communicative Disorders: Language

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Study of contemporary research literature in communicative disorders. Readings and discussions will emphasize current research in language.

    Prereq: Six hours of graduate level CODI course work or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CODI 591 - Seminar in Communicative Disorders: Hearing

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Study of contemporary research literature in the area of communicative disorders. Readings and discussions will emphasize current research in hearing.

    Prereq: Six hours of graduate level CODI course work or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CODI 595 - Capstone Seminar

    1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Contemporary research on problems, methods and practices in communication disorders.

    Prereq: Students read and critique published work for weekly discussions with faculty moderators.
    Grading Option: Grades: CR/NC.
  

  • CODI 597 - Directed Individual Study

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Detailed graduate level study of a specific topic.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor and department head required
  

  • CODI 598 - Directed Individual Study

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Detailed graduate level study of a specific topic.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor and department head required
  

  • CODI 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    3-9 Credit(s).

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.
  

  • CODI 600 - Research Colloquium in Communication Disorders

    1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Forum for presenting current research and results by faculty and students. Required of all doctoral students every semester in residence. Must be completed at least twice for credit.

    Grading Option: Grading Option: CR/NC.
  

  • CODI 601 - Seminar: Semiotic Theory and Research

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Covers topics and readings in semiotic theory from the language and speech sciences including linguistics, psychology, logic and philosophy of language as applied to normal and abnormal processes in human communication.
  

  • CODI 603 - Seminar: Clinical Sociolinguistics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Relationship between language and society, especially as applied to clinical data. Covers beginnings of sociolinguistics through current work.
  

  • CODI 604 - Seminar: Digital Measurement of Speech

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Procedures, methods, and techniques applied to in-depth measurement of physiologic and acoustic aspects of speech production.
  

  • CODI 605 - Seminar: Clinical Linguistics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Application of methods and principles from the systematic study of language and language use to data from clinical populations. Current trends in clinical linguistics.
  

  • CODI 606 - Experimental Research Design in CODI

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Focus on designing appropriate experimental research studies for investigation of communicative disorders, entering and analyzing data using computer software packages, and understanding and interpreting statistical data.
  

  • CODI 607 - Seminar: Developmental Theorists

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Major developmental theorists from a constructivist perspective. Readings include works of Piaget, Vygotsky and Bruner.
  

  • CODI 608 - Seminar: Concepts in Disability

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Disability, diversity and differences leading to a theoretical understanding of disability as it applies to the field of speech-language pathology.
  

  • CODI 610 - Seminar: Qualitative Analysis of Social Action

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit topics vary. Involves the student in intensive qualitative research methods addressing social actions. Covers conversational analysis, ethnographic methods, discursive linguistics analysis and lamination techniques.
  

  • CODI 611 - Advanced Topics in Communication Disorders

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • CODI 612 - Seminar: Applied Semiotic Theory

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Theory and research as applied to normal sign systems and their relevance to selected disorders. May involve specific clinical and research problems.
  

  • CODI 699 - Dissertation Research and Dissertation

    3-24 Credit(s).

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.
  

  • CODI 899 - Examinations Only

    3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.

Computer Science
  

  • CMPS 120 - Basic Concepts of Computer Science and Robotics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Concepts of computing and the interaction of computers with the physical world. Construction and operation of a robot by integrating electronics, mathematics, physics, and computer programing.

    Prereq: Permission of instructor.
  

  • CMPS 121 - Exploration in Computer Science and Robotics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Constructing and programming a robot. Problem solving, structured design of and implementation of algorithms, testing and debugging of programs, data types, control structures and abstractions.

    Prereq: CMPS 120  with a “C” or better or permission of instructor.
  

  • CMPS 150 - Introduction to Computer Science

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Problem solving, structured design of algorithms, implementation of algorithms, and testing and debugging of programs. Data types, control structures, and abstractions. The laboratory component focuses on algorithm design and implementation.

    Prereq: MATH 103 , MATH 105 , MATH 201 or MATH 250  with a grade of “C” or better.
    Coreq: MATH 140, MATH 143 , MATH 201 or MATH 250 .
  

  • CMPS 200 - Introduction to Computer Science for Educators

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Includes an overview of computer hardware and software, social issues, and Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI). Laboratory experience with applications software on microcomputers.

    Prereq: ENGL 101 ; MATH 105 .
    Rstr: This course is not open to Computer Science majors and minors, nor to any student with earned credit for CMPS 300 .
  

  • CMPS 201 - Computer Literacy for the Arts, Humanities, and Behavioral Sciences

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Applications and uses of computers in the arts, humanities, and behavioral sciences. Concepts of computer software, hardware, and networks. Impact of computers on society. Actual laboratory experience with the use of applications software on microcomputers.

    Prereq: ENGL 101 ; MATH 105 .
    Rstr: This course not open to Computer Science majors and minors.
  

  • CMPS 207 - Fundamentals in Computer Programming

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Object-oriented programming.

    Prereq: CMPS 150  with a grade of “C” or better.
    Rstr: Not open to Computer Science majors or to any student with earned credit for CMPS 260 .
  

  • CMPS 209 - Introductory Fortran Programming for Mechanical Engineering

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    This 2 credit lecture course can only be scheduled as a corequisite with MCHE 201 . Introduction to computer problem solving techniques, with FORTRAN as the implementation language.

    Prereq: MATH 270  and sophomore status.
    Coreq: MCHE 201 .
    Rstr: Mechanical Engineering majors only.
  

  • CMPS 210 - Computer Operations Laboratory

    1 Credit(s). 4 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated. Practical experience in the operation of computer peripheral devices. No credit given toward any computer science degree.

    Rstr: Permission of instructor required.
  

  • CMPS 250 - Honors Introduction to Data Structures and Software Design

    4 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Accelerated coverage of CMPS 150  and CMPS 260 . Students passing CMPS 250 with a “C” or better will also receive credit for CMPS 150.

    Prereq: MATH 110  or 201, with a grade of C or better.
    Coreq: MATH 250 , MATH 270  or MATH 272 .
    Rstr: Permission of the instructor required.
  

  • CMPS 260 - Introduction to Data Structures and Software Design

    3 Credit(s). 1 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Integrated software engineering principles, fundamental data structures, and algorithm design and development. Requirements, specifications, design, implementation and testing.

     

    Prereq: CMPS 121  or CMPS 150  and MATH 143  with a grade of “C” or better.
    Coreq: MATH 270  or MATH 272 .
  

  • CMPS 261 - Advanced Data Structures and Software Engineering

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Programming methods, software testing, and algorithm analysis. Construction, traversal, and modification of trees, heaps, and has tables. Sorting and searching techniques on linear structures including arrays and sequential files.

    A student will be permitted to enroll in CMPS 260 and CMPS 261 a maximum of three times in each course.

    Prereq: CMPS 250  or CMPS 260  and MATH 250 , MATH 270  or MATH 272  with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • CMPS 301 - Computing for the Natural Sciences

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Computing techniques emphasizing solutions to problems encountered in the mathematical and natural sciences.

    Prereq: MATH 105  with a minimum grade of “C”.
    Rstr: Not open to computer science majors or minors.
  

  • CMPS 303 - Computing for the Social Sciences

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Computing techniques emphasizing solutions to problems encountered in the social sciences.

    Prereq: MATH 105  with a grade of “C”.
    Rstr: Not open to computer science majors or minors.
  

  • CMPS 310 - Computers in Society

    2 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Technology and Humanity, Social and Political impacts of computers. Privacy and Information: wire tapping and encryption, internet security, communication in cyberspace, censorship. Protecting software and their intellectual property: patent, cyberspace copyright. Computer crimes: software privacy, hacking, information theft, digital forgery, internet crimes.

    Prereq: CMPS 260  or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
  

  • CMPS 327 - Introduction to Video Game Design and Development

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Design, implementation, and testing of video games. Incremental game engine development, graphics, user input, animation, sound, music and artifical intelligence.

    Prereq: CMPS 261  with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • CMPS 340 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Algorithm analysis and asymptotic notation. Advanced data structures analysis. Design and analysis of: divide-and-conquer algorithms, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, and amortized analysis; multithreaded algorithms, linear programming, number-theoretic algorithms, computational geometry and approximation algorithms.

    Prereq: CMPS 261  with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 341 - Foundations of Computer Science

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Formal logic and its applications. Proof of correctness. Sets and combinatorics. Induction, recursion, and recurrence equations. Relations, functions, and graphs: shortest path and minimal spanning tree, planarity, Eulerian paths, Hamiltonian cycles. Algebraic structures, finite-state machines, turing machines, and computational notions.

    Prereq: CMPS 261  with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 351 - Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Overview of computer organization. Performance evaluation, MIPS architecture, assembly and machine language, data representation, hardware/software interface, assembly and linking process, implementation of data-path.

    Prereq: CMPS 260  and EECE 140  both with a minimum grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 352 - Scientific Computing

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Software tools and algorithmic methods for solving large scale numerical problems in applied science, engineering and real-life applications. Floating point and matrix computations, numerical integration and differentiation. Numerical methods to compute graphics, visualization and video game development.

    Prereq: CMPS 341  with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • CMPS 353 - Principles of File Organization and Processing

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    File structures - their manipulation and management, application to commercial systems, techniques for data storage and retrieval.

    Prereq: CMPS 260  with a minimum grade of C.
  

  • CMPS 358 - Programming in .NET/C#

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    C# syntax and semantics with emphasis on object oriented programming, threads, I/O, collections, use of Visual Studio. Creation of GUI applications, network applications, database connectivity and web applications.

    Prereq: CMPS 250  or CMPS 260  with a minimum grade of “C.”
  

  • CMPS 359 - Topics in Software Development

    1-3 Credit(s).

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript.

    Prereq: CMPS 261  with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CMPS 360 - Programming in Java

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Java syntax and semantics, use of interfaces, packages, threads, I/O, and collections. Creation of GUI applications, server pages, servlets, Jars, remote methods and database communication.

    Prereq: CMPS 250  or CMPS 260 , with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • CMPS 402(G) - Advanced Programming for Educators

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced programming in BASIC and a structured language such as PASCAL.

    Prereq: CMPS 200  or approval of the instructor.
    Rstr: Not open to computer science majors or minors.
  

  • CMPS 405 - Fundamental Principles of Computer Programming

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Program design and data abstraction; iteration and recursion. Fundamental data structures and their operations. Sorting and searching. A matriculation course for graduate students in computer science and engineering lacking computer science background. No credit toward any computer science or computer engineering degree.

    Prereq: CMPS 150 .
    Coreq: CMPS 406 .
  

  • CMPS 406 - Fundamentals of Computing Theory

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Review of mathematical background. Algorithmic problems and their solutions. Methodology for algorithmic problem solving, abstraction and design; case study. Basics of program correctness and complexity analysis. A matriculation course for graduate students in computer science and engineering lacking computer science background. No credit toward any computer science or computer engineering degree.

    Prereq: CMPS 150  and CMPS 341 .
    Coreq: CMPS 405 .
  

  • CMPS 411(G) - System Simulation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Construction and verification of simulation models. Sampling techniques used in simulation, pseudo random number generators and their tests.

    Prereq: CMPS 341 , CMPS 351  and MATH 301  with a grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 415(G) - Computer Graphics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Algorithms, analysis, and software architecture for graphical information systems, visualization, realistic rendering, and interactive user interfaces. Project on extensive image representation, transformation, and rendering.

    Prereq: CMPS 341  with a grade of “C”, or CMPS 405 , CMPS 406  both with a grade of “B”.
  

  • CMPS 420(G) - Artificial Intelligence

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theories and techniques. Background and foundations of AI, intelligent agent-based representation, problem solving and search algorithms, game playing, introduction to LISP, knowledge representation and knowledge-based systems. Introduction to other sub-areas such as: natural language processing, connectionist models and evolutionary algorithms.

    Prereq: CMPS 341 , with a grade of “C”, or CMPS 405  with a grade of “B”.
  

  • CMPS 425(G) - Introduction to Robotics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Robotic manipulation systems: geometric transformations in 3-D space, forward and inverse manipulator kinematics and dynamics, trajectory generation, open-loop kinematics based manipulation control, robotic languages, and AI applications to robotics.

    Prereq: CMPS 341 , CMPS 351 ; MATH 302  or MATH 462(G)  all with a grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 426(G) - Game Engine Algorithms and Architecture

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Algorithms and architechtural design principles involved in the development of a game and game engine. Advanced data structures and algorithms for pathfinding and collision detection, physics-based methods for modeling game dynamics, 3D transformations, data-driven design, quality issues for games and game engines, and methods of testing.

    Prereq: CMPS 327  or permission of instructor required.
  

  • CMPS 427(G) - Video Game Design and Development

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Design, implementation, and testing of video games. Game engine development, graphics, user in put, animation, sound, music, and artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on 3D graphics.

    Prereq: CMPS 327 .
    Rstr: If prerequisite not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • CMPS 430(G) - Computer Architecture

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Hierarchical multilevel structures of computer systems; instruction sets; microprogrammed and hardwired controls; memory; pipelines and multiprocessors; performance evaluations; I/O organization; buses and channels; computer arithmetic.

    Prereq: CMPS 351  with a grade of “C”; or CMPS 405 , CMPS 406 , both with a grade of “B”.
  

  • CMPS 440(G) - Theory of Computation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Abstract basis of machines and programming; automata, context free grammars, and Turing machines; equivalence and non-equivalence of classes of devices; Chomsky hierarchy; incomputability; computational complexity.

    Prereq: CMPS 341  with a grade of “C”.
  

  • CMPS 450(G) - Programming Languages

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Formal, functional, and practical issues of design and implementation of imperative, functional, and declarative languages; denotational semantics; data types and abstraction, control abstraction, separate compilation units, concurrency.

    Prereq: CMPS 341 , CMPS 351  both with a grade of “C”.
 

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