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COMM 349 - News Reporting and Writing
This course covers the advanced techniques of reporting and writing used in preparing newspaper and magazine articles, in addition to developing critical skills of writing. Students contribute to the campus newspaper and convergent media.
Prerequisite: COMM 251 - Media Writing .
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
** The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 350 - Media Criticism
Inquiry into how media messages (broadcasts, cinema, magazines, advertising, or news programs) shape cultural practices and legacies. Focus is on critiquing media messages in ways that reveal the distinctions between mediated and non-mediated messages. Various critical frameworks (e.g., semiotic, feminist, Marxist) are examined and applied to media messages.
Prerequisites: COMM 382 - Communication Theory , and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
*** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 352 - History of American Journalism
This course presents the history and development of American journalism and mass media from Colonial times to the present and also examines the relationship of journalism to technical, economic, political, and other aspects of American society.
Prerequisites: COMM 245 - Rhetoric and Civic Life and COMM 250 - Mass Communication .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 353 - Public Relations
Applications of communications principles and critical examination of methods used by individuals and institutions to relate to their respective publics.
Prerequisite: COMM 251 - Media Writing .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 355 - Broadcast Production
A lecture/laboratory course that includes discussion of issues of programming and production in radio and television broadcasting and cable. Experiential learning activities focus on the principles, disciplines, techniques, and technology of production with experience in news production for television and radio, including news writing, reporting, shooting/recording, and editing.
Prerequisite: COMM 349 - News Reporting and Writing .
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 360 - Rhetorical Criticism
This course offers instruction in the analysis and evaluation of persuasive discourse. Emphasis is on contemporary public discourse intended to arouse, activate, or enlighten. Students learn to question assumptions underlying rhetoric and to test claims it makes.
Prerequisites: COMM 382 - Communication Theory , and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
*** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 365 - Argumentation
The study of practical reasoning and fallacies from Aristotle’s concept of logos to modern conception of argument in public and private discourse.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 370 - Group Process
Theory and application of the concepts related to the dynamics of human communication in small group settings. Group interaction is studied as a means of learning, understanding others, and decision-making.
Prerequisite: COMM 252 - Interpersonal Communication .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 375 - Health Communication
A study of communication within the healthcare professions as it relates to concepts of health, disease, and illness.
Prerequisite: COMM 170 - Public Speaking .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 382 - Communication Theory
Students in this course survey the major developments and status of modern theories in communication. This course focuses primarily on social/behavioral theories that inform our understanding of communication between and among individuals and the media.
Prerequisites: COMM 245 - Rhetoric and Civic Life and COMM 250 - Mass Communication .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 385 - Rhetorical Traditions
Surveys “Great Speeches” and critically analyzes major rhetorical movements in history. The course examines the relationship among rhetoric, ideology, and the development of culture.
Prerequisite: COMM 245 - Rhetoric and Civic Life or Political Communication minor.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 387 - Communication Practicum
Faculty supervised participation in communication-related pre-professional or co-curricular activities typically on campus. A practicum involves application of curricular knowledge in a way designed to enhance, deepen, and/or complement learning in the communication discipline. Includes a large degree of independence in completing tasks associated with the learning objectives and a significant degree of responsibility for decision-making related to assignments for completion of learning objectives. May be repeated for up to six credits. No more than six credits of Practica at all levels may be applied toward required electives in the major. Practicum credit is graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Approval of Faculty Supervisor and Department chair.
Credits: 1 to 2
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COMM 390 - Classical Rhetoric
Introduction to the historical and theoretical antecedents of speech communication. This course examines rhetorical theory, speechwriting, and practice during the classical period, ranging from the Sophists through Augustine.
Prerequisite: COMM 170 - Public Speaking .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.
**** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 392 - Experimental Methods and Survey Research
This course surveys experimental methods and survey research used in communication studies and the assumptions, practices, and limitations of these methods.
Prerequisites: STAT 190 - Basic Statistics , COMM 382 - Communication Theory , and junior standing.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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COMM 401 - Rhetoric of Women’s Rights
Students examine discourse, written, spoken and mediated, that is related to attempts by women to achieve economic, political, and social rights equal to men’s.
Prerequisite: COMM 245 - Rhetoric and Civic Life or a women’s and gender studies minor with permission of the Communication Department Chair.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 411 - Issues in Communication
An advanced course for special interest areas outside the regular curriculum intended for upper division students, including students from other majors with appropriate discipline preparation. Subjects vary by semester and by instructor. Specific subject areas are listed in the course schedule as Issues in Communication: Subject Matter. May be repeated for up to six credits.
Credits: 3
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COMM 420 - Intercultural Communication
This course is a survey of the nature, processes, and consequences of communication between individuals and groups from different cultures and/or subcultures. Students learn to recognize and evaluate the behavioral, communicative, political, and ethical consequences in such interactions.
Prerequisites: COMM 170 - Public Speaking , or equivalent, and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 430 - Social Media: Theory and Practice
Attempts to define social media often seem both incomplete and out-of-date, as changes occur more rapidly than can be fully grasped. Just as social media are impacting almost every aspect of daily life in nearly every corner of the globe (real and virtual), they are also having an effect on human communication as we know it. In many respects, social media are merely an extension of long-standing communication processes-regardless of the particular medium or channel in use; in other respects, social media are inventing many new products and practices, the consequences of which remain elusive. This course will examine the ever-changing uses of social media and their effects on their audiences and on the process of human communication. Media, rhetorical, and communication theories such as systems theory, Habermas’ Public Sphere and McLuhan’s Media Ecology can provide the theoretical base for the class while methodologies such as audience studies and textual analysis can be employed for further investigation.
Prerequisites: COMM 382 - Communication Theory .
Credits: 3
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COMM 442 - Publication Design and Layout
Provides basic theories of design and layout for a variety of publications, including newspapers, magazines, the Web, and newsletters. The course introduces students to the use of desktop software essential to complete class projects.
Prerequisites: COMM 250 - Mass Communication and communication major or minor.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
** The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 450 - Editing
This course teaches students how to critically edit news copy and graphics and make editorial decisions, as well as develop a better understanding of legal and ethical issues of communication. The course also includes a grammar review. Laboratory work on the campus newspaper is required.
Prerequisite: COMM 349 - News Reporting and Writing .
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 454 - Advertising
Considers advertising as a communication phenomenon and a business. Information about and limited practice in the production of print and broadcast advertising and the planning and execution of advertising campaigns. Serious consideration given to such topics as advertising’s role in a capitalistic free society, potential advertising effects, and ethical advertising practices.
Prerequisite: COMM 251 - Media Writing .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 455 - Communication Law
This course covers First Amendment principles relating to freedom of expression and the press, laws or regulations that directly restrict or enhance information gathering and message dissemination in mass media, the American legal system; and the differences between law and ethics.
Prerequisite: COMM 382 - Communication Theory .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 458 - Special Topics Seminar
An advanced topical seminar. Specific topic areas are listed in class schedule as Special Topics Seminar Communication Arts, Communication Science, or Journalism. May be repeated.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 471 - Persuasion Theory
This course is a study of social and psychological variables that influence values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. It is designed to promote students’ understanding of the fundamental principles and theories of persuasive communication, as well as considerations for application and enhancement of students’ competence in the production and consumption of persuasive discourse.
Prerequisite: COMM 263 - Communication and Democracy and COMM 382 - Communication Theory .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 480 - Organizational Communication
This course provides an overview of the crucial roles that communication plays in modern organizations. A grounding of organizational theory occurs in the opening weeks. One assignment requires student teams to apply a theoretical perspective to a real organization in a truncated communication audit. Other topics include the impact of electronic media on the modern organization, the role and function of work teams, and perspectives on the development and operation of organizational leadership.
Prerequisite: COMM 263 - Communication and Democracy and COMM 382 - Communication Theory . Recommended: COMM 370 - Group Process
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 481 - Undergraduate Research in Communication
An opportunity for the undergraduate student to earn credit through assisting a faculty mentor in research or through readings not covered in his or her previous courses culminating in a paper or project suitable for presenting in a research forum. May be repeated for up to six credits.
Prerequisite: Faculty and Communication Department Chair’s consent.
Credits: 1 to 3
NOTE:
* The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 487 - Internship
On-the-job specialized training apprenticed to a qualified professional in fields generally accepted as needing communication field experience to complement the student’s academic training. The duties of the intern should be similar to those of a person who would be permanently employed in a specific position and should be of a nature that would provide this level of experience. A special application procedure is required and must be completed the semester prior to starting the internship. See the Communication Department website for further information, as well as application procedures and materials. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a total of eight credits.
Prerequisites: Completion of application process and materials; permission of academic advisor, Internship Board, and Communication Department Chair. Co-requisite: enrollment in 1 credit of COMM 488 - Internship Evaluation .
Credits: 3 to 9
NOTE:
* The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 488 - Internship Evaluation
Research, evaluation, and analysis of internship experiences. The student must be concurrently enrolled for 1 credit of COMM 487 - Internship at any time the student is enrolled in in COMM 487. See Internship Application for further information and application procedures. A special application procedure is required and must be completed the semester prior to starting the internship. Application packets are available in the Communication Department Office or on the Department Website. May be repeated for up to three credits.
Prerequisites: Permission of academic advisor, Internship Board, and Communication Department Chair. Co-requisite: COMM 487 - Internship .
Credits: 1
NOTE:
* The Communication Production Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 490 - Contemporary Rhetoric
An examination of current trends and issues in rhetorical theory, based upon the study of Twentieth Century rhetorical concepts. Issues regarding the relationship of rhetoric to other disciplines, including science, ethics, philosophy, and literature are investigated.
Prerequisite: COMM 245 - Rhetoric and Civic Life .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Communication Course Fee applies to this course.
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COMM 498 - Communication Capstone
The fundamental intention of this course is to foster each student’s self-reflection on personal/academic progress and life goals. This course provides an overview of the most important concepts, models, and methods from the discipline that the student is expected to have engaged in the major curriculum. The course also focuses on readiness for professional employment or advanced study in professional or graduate school, as well as preparation for Communication discipline senior examination.
Prerequisite: (COMM 350 - Media Criticism , COMM 360 - Rhetorical Criticism , or COMM 392 - Experimental Methods and Survey Research ) and COMM 382 - Communication Theory ; final semester of senior year.
Credits: 2
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COUN 603G - Psychological Testing
This course provides information on the various types of testing, the purposes of testing, and the appropriate use of the test results. It includes types of reliability and validity important to test selection, the representativeness of norms, test bias, and other issues related to the selection and appropriate use of testing instruments.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling Master of Arts program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 641G - The Counseling Profession
This is an introductory counseling course covering some of the basic issues that confront the beginning practitioner. Issues to be addressed include history of the helping professions, professional roles and functions, professional organizations, ethical standards and legal issues, professional preparation standards, professional credentialing, and public policy processes.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 642G - Advanced Topics in Counseling
In-depth study of selected topics in counseling. Emphasis on current theory and research. Can be repeated for additional credits as long as there is no duplication of materials covered by previous enrollment.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 1 to 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 644G - Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods I
This course is designed to assist counselors-in-training and other educators-in-training in gaining knowledge and information regarding research procedures utilized in quantitative and qualitative research, methods and procedures used in needs assessment, program evaluation, and the assessment of accountability. Descriptive and inferential statistics and their application in ethical counseling and educational research are explored throughout.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 654G - Social and Cultural Foundations
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of societal changes and trends, human roles, societal subgroups, social mores and interaction patterns, and differing lifestyles. Theory and current practices in multicultural counseling are explored throughout.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 656G - The Counseling Relationship I
Introduction to counseling relationships. The study and practice of the helping process, helping skills, helper self-understanding, self-development and facilitation of client change. The class consists of skill lectures and practice in small groups, as well as student practice with live supervision. Includes 100 hours of appropriate on-site clinical experience.
Prerequisites and Corequisites: Admission to the Counseling program, COUN 641G - The Counseling Profession , COUN 663G - Group Procedures , and COUN 664G - Theories and Techniques of Counseling .
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 657G - Diagnosis and Assessment in Counseling
This course examines the theory supporting and the practice of mental health diagnosis using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) multiaxial system. Specific disorders are reviewed by placing emphasis on symptom recognition and treatment.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling Program
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 660G - Educational and Occupational Information
Information sources, evaluation, and uses in counseling clients with educational, vocational, personal-social problems. Vocational choice theory and career development concepts are explored.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 661G - Principles and Practices of Guidance
This course serves as a foundation to the field of guidance and counseling and to guidance services as found in the public schools and other related settings. The history and trends of the modern school guidance and counseling movement and an examination of the challenges and situations the school counselor faces in the school setting are also covered. Skill development for curriculum development and teaching methods that emphasizes the effective delivery of a comprehensive guidance program encompassing cultural diversities and special needs are emphasized throughout. Role, function and identity of the school counselor are explored as are developmental approaches to assist students at points of educational and personal transition. Collaborative work and consultation with other school personnel such as teachers, administrators, school social workers, and nurses.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 662G - Analysis of the Student and Learning Problems
This class focuses on the diagnosis and assessment of the student learner and how the information can be used in the analyzing and individualizing of student strategies within a school system. This information is used in constructing and presenting guidance activities and interventions appropriate for school settings.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 663G - Group Procedures
This class offers a combination of learning through reading, discussion, personal reflection, and practice. Lecture material includes information from the text and other sources. Participation is an important element of this class. A group experience is required for this class.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 664G - Theories and Techniques of Counseling
The primary focus of this course is for the student to develop an in depth understanding of the major counseling theories and interventions utilized in clinical practice. The student builds skills in critiquing, evaluating, and applying these theories. In addition, the appropriateness of each theory for multicultural settings is examined.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 666G - Human Growth and Development
This class provides an understanding of the nature and need of individuals at all developmental levels, including all of the following: ethical and legal considerations as they related to different developmental issues; theories of individual and family development and transitions across the lifespan including theories of learning and personality development; an understanding of developmental crises, disability, exceptional behavior, addictive behavior, psychopathology, and situational and environmental factors that affect both normal and abnormal behavior; and strategies for facilitating optimum development over the lifespan.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 3
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 680G - Internship Elementary Education
Individual faculty supervision/mentorship is provided during this distinctly defined, post-practicum, supervised 350 hour “capstone” clinical experience in an elementary education setting. Students continue to gain experience and knowledge through clinical experience, site supervision and faculty supervision/mentorship.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 6
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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COUN 681G - Internship Secondary Education
Individual faculty supervision/mentorship is provided during this distinctly defined, post-practicum, supervised 350 hour “capstone” clinical experience in a secondary education setting. Students continue to gain experience and knowledge through clinical experience, site supervision and faculty supervision/mentorship.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program.
Credits: 6
NOTE: The Counseling Course Fee applies to this course.
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CRC 300 - Costa Rica Summer Program
An eight-week program providing language and culture instruction taught by a Truman faculty member. Students participate in the culture by living with a family as well as taking excursions to various parts of the country. Spanish is the language of instruction.
Prerequisites: SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II .
Credits: 12
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** The Faculty Led Study Abroad Fee applies to this course.
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CS 100 - Computer Science Seminar
Orientation to the University experience and the computer science program. An overview of computer science and the history of computing. Discussion of academic and career planning.
Credits: 1
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CS 120 - Computer Literacy
An overview of computer technologies and services with an emphasis on integrating information from a variety of sources into an appropriate type of end product. Includes a discussion of the practical, social, and ethical implications of the information age.
Credits: 3
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CS 170 - Introduction to Computer Science I
Introduction to key ideas of computing and programming. Basic concepts, variables, functions, loops, algorithms, data types, graphics. Brief introduction to computing ideas such as data representation, hardware, operating systems, information systems, artificial intelligence, networks, and the world wide web. CS 170 may not be taken for credit after successfully completing CS 180 - Foundations of Computer Science I .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** The Science Lab Fee applies to this course.
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CS 171 - Introduction to Computer Science II
A continuation of Introduction to Computer Science I. This course is designed for those who wish to gain greater programming experience, but who do not plan to pursue a major in computer science. Programming in an object-oriented language, with an emphasis on using built-in classes to perform complex tasks. This course includes studying graphic libraries and collections as well as working with non-textual data.
Prerequisite: CS 170 - Introduction to Computer Science I .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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CS 172 - Ada Fundamentals
Introduction to important concepts from the Ada programming language. Topics covered include strong typing, basic syntax, packages, arrays (including multidimensional arrays) and operator overloading. CS 172 may not be taken for credit after successfully completing .
Prerequisite: .
Credits: 1
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CS 180 - Foundations of Computer Science I
An introduction to computer science and programming. Discussion of the algorithmic approach to problem solving and the use of a high-level language to design and implement problem solution. Includes a one-hour lab. CS 180 may not be taken for credit after successfully completing CS 170 - Introduction to Computer Science I .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* The Science Lab Fee applies to this course.
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CS 260 - Object-Oriented Programming and Design
A continuation of Foundations of Computer Science II. Event-driven programming, design patterns, collections, generics, graphical user interfaces, and an introduction to concurrent programming.
Prerequisite: CS 181 - Foundations of Computer Science II .
Credits: 3
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CS 275 - Computer Science Language Lab
Independent or classroom study of a programming language, programming techniques, or programming environments not offered elsewhere in the curriculum. May be repeated with the consent of the student’s advisor.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor and Department Chair.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 284 - Introductory Topics in Computer Science
Introductory topics in computer science.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 290 - Exploratory Readings in Computer Science
A course whereby students may pursue topics in computer science not normally included in the curriculum with the approval of their advisor and the supervision of a faculty member.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 291 - Models of Computation
Logic: propositional calculus, first-order predicate calculus. Formal reasoning: natural deduction, resolution. Applications to program correctness and automatic reasoning. Formal models of computation: regular languages, finite automata, grammars, pushdown automata, Turing machines, classes P and NP, uncomputability, the halting problem.
Prerequisites: CS 191 - Computing Structures and MATH 198 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms
A continuation of the study of abstract data types and their implementations in a high-level language. Topics include lists, trees, priority queues, and graphs as well as efficient searching and sorting algorithms.
Prerequisites: CS 191 - Computing Structures and CS 260 - Object-Oriented Programming and Design .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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CS 315 - Internet Programming
Teaches programming concepts that are particularly relevant to building large applications for the World Wide Web. This is primarily a programming course, so significant programming experience is required. Possible topics include: HTML, CSS, Perl, Javascript, Java applets, servlets, PHP, and XML.
Prerequisites: (CS 171 - Introduction to Computer Science II or CS 181 - Foundations of Computer Science II ) and junior status.
Credits: 3
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CS 325 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
A hands-on, project-oriented interdisciplinary introduction to molecular bioinformatics. The course takes the definition of bioinformatics to be the science of examining the structure, function, and evolution of genes and proteins through the use of computational analysis, statistics, visualization, and pattern recognition.
Prerequisites: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms or BIOL 300 - Genetics .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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CS 330 - Computer Architecture and Organization
An introduction to the levels of hardware and software in a computer system. Topics include digital logic, addressing, primary and secondary storage, microcode, interrupts, and alternate architectures.
Prerequisite: CS 250 - Systems Programming .
Credits: 3
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CS 345 - Cyberethics
Study of the social, ethical, and professional issues of computing and the Internet.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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CS 360 - Systems Analysis and Design
Tools and techniques of systems analysis and design. Team projects involve the development of systems specification documentation.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
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CS 370 - Software Engineering
The study of software life cycles, development methodology process improvement, and project management, with emphasis on an engineering approach to the software development process. Relies on a project-based approach for applying software engineering principles.
Prerequisites: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms and junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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CS 380 - Programming Languages
Formal language concepts, and structures of algorithmic languages. A study of the variety of programming languages and techniques used to reason about programming.
Prerequisite: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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CS 390 - Operating Systems
A survey of the characteristics of current popular computer operating systems as well as a detailed examination of the functions that operating systems perform and how those functions may be performed.
Prerequisite: CS 330 - Computer Architecture and Organization .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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CS 435 - Parallel and Distributed Processing
An introduction to parallel and distributed processing and programming concepts and techniques. Course content includes discussions of different types of parallel and distributed machines and machine models, data parallelism, the design and analysis of parallel algorithms, and the development of parallel programs.
Prerequisites: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms and CS 330 - Computer Architecture and Organization .
Credits: 3
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CS 455 - Computer Security Fundamentals
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of information security. Students learn formal models of security and various aspects of systems security including access control, hacks/attacks, systems and programs security, intrusion detection, cryptography, networks and distributed systems security, worms and viruses, and other Internet provisions for security. Students develop the skills necessary to formulate and address the security needs of enterprise and personal environments.
Prerequisite: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms .
Credits: 3
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CS 460 - Computer Graphics
An introduction to basic topics including graph plotting, windows, viewports and clipping, graphics hardware and software, interactive devices and techniques, polygons and geometric transformations, projections, modeling and object hierarchy, hidden surfaces, shading models, ray tracing, and intensity and color.
Prerequisites: CS 250 - Systems Programming and CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
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CS 471 - Internship in Computer Science
Professional work experience in business and industry. The level of computer projects and involvement must be approved by the Department of Computer Science prior to enrollment. Course is graded pass/fail.
Prerequisites: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms and Junior/Senior computer science major with a 2.75 GPA or higher.
Credits: 4 to 12
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CS 472 - Analysis and Evaluation of Internship
Evaluation of internship experience by the campus director and the supervisors of the organization sponsoring the internship. Documentation may be required. Course is graded pass/fail.
Prerequisites: CS 310 - Data Structures and Algorithms and Junior/Senior computer science major with a 2.75 GPA or higher.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 480 - Artificial Intelligence
Overview of some basic concepts of artificial intelligence. Designed to give insight into areas of active research and application. Programming in a language commonly used for artificial intelligence applications. Typical topics covered include expert systems, knowledge engineering, learning, natural language understanding, symbolic computation, automated reasoning, and neural networks.
Prerequisite: (CS 170 - Introduction to Computer Science I or CS 180 - Foundations of Computer Science I ) and junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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CS 484 - Topics in Computer Science
Selected topics in computer science. May be repeated for up to six credits.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 485 - Undergraduate Readings in Computer Science
A course whereby students may pursue topics in computer science not normally included in the curriculum with the approval and supervision of their advisor.
Credits: 1 to 3
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CS 490 - Automata Theory and Formal Languages
Finite automata, regular and context free grammars, the pumping theorem, Turing machines, undecidability, LR grammars, complexity theory, NP-completeness.
Prerequisite: CS 291 - Models of Computation .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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CS 495 - Senior Computer Science Seminar
Topics designed to aid preparation for employment, graduate study, and life as a computer science professional.
Prerequisite: Senior computer science major.
Credits: 1
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CS 630G - Concurrent Programming in Ada
This course covers parallelism, the Ada rendezvous, timing and scheduling, protected objects, conditional calls, signaling, activation, and termination.
Prerequisite: Intermediate programming skill in Ada.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 631G - Ada Real-Time Programming
This course covers Ada suitability for hard real-time and safety-critical applications, the Ada real-time annex, problematic Ada features, and the Ravenscar Profile.
Prerequisite: CS 630G - Concurrent Programming in Ada or equivalent.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 632G - Safety-Critical Programming in Ada
This course explores concepts of safety and security critical systems, the integrity of information in programs, and Ada language features designed to support safe and secure software development of programs upon which lives or significant property depend.
Prerequisite: CS 631G - Ada Real-Time Programming or equivalent.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 633G - Ada Programming Using the SPARK Approach
This course explores the SPARK restricted Ada-subset, annotated meta-information in SPARK as Ada comments, component behavior and runtime requirements, design-by-contract principles, formalization and validation of runtime behavior.
Prerequisite: CS 631G - Ada Real-Time Programming or equivalent.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 640G - Computer Security Fundamentals
This course provides a broad introduction to the theory and practice of information security. Students learn by investigating a variety of topics in the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) triad including system vulnerabilities, cryptography, risk management, and legal, ethical, and privacy issues. Students develop skills necessary to formulate and address the security needs of enterprise and personal environments.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 641G - Systems Security
This course focuses on the security aspects of the low-level protocols of the Internet and on the aspects of security about which operating systems programmers and administrators need to be aware. The focus is on designing secure infrastructure.
Prerequisite: CS 640G - Computer Security Fundamentals or equivalent.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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CS 642G - Secure Application Development
This course looks at security issues related to designing and implementing software applications. The first half of the course introduces security vulnerabilities that can affect software and describes how to avoid them. The second half of the course focuses on web applications in particular and specifies many kinds of potential attacks and how to combat them.
Prerequisite: CS 640G - Computer Security Fundamentals or equivalent.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
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DS 120 - What is Disability? An Introductory Colloquium on Disability Studies
This introductory seminar explores the contrast between the traditional view of disabled people as medically “broken” with the emerging view of disabled people as members of an oppressed minority group with its own history and culture. Students explore how and to what extent disability has played a role, and been shaped by, the political, military, economic, socio-cultural, technological, medical, and religious world at any given time, including the present.
Credits: 3
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DS 480 - Disability Studies Seminar
Disability Studies project and online discussion of issues within Disability Studies. The Project may be done individually or in coordination with another course, in consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisite: At least nine credits completed in the DS minor.
Credits: 1 to 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 130 - Introduction to Economics
This course is an analysis of how individuals, firms, and nations make choices, given their limited resources. It introduces students to the way economists think about the determinants of prices in market economies; the political economy of income, employment, and prices in the aggregate, as well as the role that government plays in the economy. Class activities allow students to apply economic concepts and methodologies to problems and issues such as environmental pollution, health care, and poverty. This course is designed for non-Economics majors. ECON 130 cannot be taken after completing any 200-level economics course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics
This course is an introduction to terms, tools, and concepts that are basic to macroeconomic analysis. Specifically, it models the determination of an economy’s aggregate income, output, employment, prices, and interest rates. It further examines how fiscal and monetary policies work and how they may be used to reach socially desirable outcomes. Students who need to take both Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics may fill the requirement either by taking ECON 200 & ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics , or ECON 205 - Principles of Economics . Students may not get credit for both ECON 200 and ECON 205 - Principles of Economics or ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics and ECON 205 - Principles of Economics .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
This course is an introduction to terms, tools, and concepts that are basic to microeconomic analysis. Specifically, it includes supply and demand analysis, consumption theories, as well as production and cost theories, externalities and international trade. It further examines firm behavior under alternative market structures in both the goods and services markets as well as the factor markets. Students who need to take both Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics may fill the requirement either by taking ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 201, or ECON 205 - Principles of Economics . Students may not get credit for both ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 205 - Principles of Economics or ECON 201 and ECON 205 - Principles of Economics .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 205 - Principles of Economics
An introduction to the terms, tools, and concepts basic to modern economic analysis. Specific topics addressed include: supply and demand analysis; consumption, production, and cost theories; externalities, public goods, and government response; national income accounting, productivity, and economic growth; labor markets and employment; economic fluctuations and monetary and fiscal policy; and finally international trade. Policy application is central to the discussion of all topics in the course. Students who need to take both Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics may fill the requirement either by taking ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics , or ECON 205. Students may not get credit for both ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 205 or ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics and ECON 205.
Credits: 5
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course fulfills the Social Scientific Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
*** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 210 - New Majors Seminar
Economists’ use of computer software applications: word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and internet resources in the context of prerequisite course material. Demonstrate computer application proficiency using basic economic and statistical tools. Explore employment and post-graduate educational opportunities as well as major schools of economic thought. Students learn to find, read, interpret, and present professional economic literature.
Prerequisites: ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics and ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics , or ECON 205 - Principles of Economics , STAT 190 - Basic Statistics or STAT 290 - Statistics , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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