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Discipline: Computer Science
Course Name Course Number Objectives
Assembly Language/Machine Architecture CSCI 150
  • Analyze disk operations and compare different file systems.
  • Students will be able to manipulate data at the bit and byte levels.
  • Students will be able to identify the components of a computer and the organization of those components.
  • Students will be able to describe disk storage systems and file systems.
  • Students will be able to use assembly language instructions to write small programs.
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Identify the components of a computer and the organization of those components.
  • Use assembly language instructions to write programs.
  • Map statements and constructs in a high-level language into a sequence of machine instructions.
  • Explain different number systems and manipulate bits and bytes.
  • Construct internal representations of simple data types.
  • Identify the basic principles of the operating system.
  • Utilize procedures in assembly programs.
C++ Language and Object Development CSCI 140
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Students will be able to analyze problems and design algorithms in pseudocode.
  • Students will be able to read, understand and trace the execution of programs written in C++ language.
  • Students will be able to use given classes and virtual functions in a class hierarchy to create new derived classes and the code that uses them.
  • For a given algorithm students will be able to write modular C++ code using classes in an OOP approach.
Data Structures I CSCI 220
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Analyze problems and select the appropriate data structure.
  • Design the most efficient data structure for solving a problem.
  • Implement the data structure through effective C++/Java code.
  • Utilize effective search, insertion and deletion algorithms.
  • Demonstrate effective debugging techniques.
  • Write and organize documentation for data structures.
  • Estimate running time for the algorithm studied in class or new algorithms.
  • Students will be able to implement and use linear data structures including lists.
Data Structures II CSCI 230
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Analyze algorithms and select the most efficient one to solve a problem.
  • Implement sorting algorithms.
  • Implement hashing algorithms.
  • Use self-organizing lists in problem solving.
  • Students will be able to represent graphs and implement well-known graph algorithms.
  • Estimate running time for sort, search, and graph algorithms.
  • Identify main memory access and disk access costs.
  • Utilize object-oriented techniques in design of data structures and algorithms.
Discrete Mathematics Applied to Computer Science CSCI 190
  • Compose proofs using truth tables or predicate calculus
  • Develop algorithms using recursion
  • Utilize modular arithmetic and integer arithmetic in problem solving with computers
  • Demonstrate elementary counting techniques
  • Solve problems using mathematical induction
  • Utilize the language of graphs in problem solving and algorithm design
  • Classify problems according to mathematical aspect that is relevant to it
  • Utilize discrete probability for practical problems.
  • Students will be able to use truth table for propositional calculus.
  • Students will be able to use math induction and recursive definitions and algorithms.
  • Students will be able to understand the terminology of finite graphs and trees and use the basic algorithms for traversal, shortest path, graph coloring.
  • Students will be able to use basic counting techniques, combinatorics concepts and binomial coefficients.
  • Use Prim’s algorithm to find a spanning tree of minimum weight. Caution: there may be more rows in the table than the number of edges required to construct a spanning tree. The vertices are labeled A, B, C, D, …H, and the numbers on the edges are the weights.
  • x^ 5 <- -> 2(mod13)
  • Utilize the appropriate mathematical tool in algorithm design
  • Define problems in mathematical terms using the language of sets, logic, arithmetic, combinatorics
Fundamentals of Computer Science CSCI 110
  • Students will be able to read, understand and trace the execution of programs written in C++ language.
  • For a given algorithm students will be able to write the C++ code using a modular approach.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Define computer terminology.
  • Describe various data representations.
  • Demonstrate number system conversion to and from binary, decimal and hexadecimal.
  • Write, organize and assemble program documentation.
  • Create correct code, and debug simple errors in one of the higher level languages (C, C++ or Java.)
  • Students will be able to use and differentiate between basic concepts of computer hardware and software.
  • Students will be able to use data representation for the fundamental data types and perform conversions between binary-hexadecimal-decimal representations.
  • Discuss fundamental units of digital computers.
  • Describe instruction set, computer organization and operating system features.
  • Analyze and design efficient algorithms for problem solving.
  • Utilize text editors, compilers and IDEs.
  • Utilize appropriate data types and structures.
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
Java Language and Object Oriented Programming CSCI 145
  • CS students feel they have the resources necessary for their success.
  • Students will feel that computer science is a beneficial part of their education
  • Code algorithms into the Java language.
  • Recognize and produce proper Java syntax.
  • Utilize recursion, iteration and arrays.
  • Demonstrate the paradigm of object oriented programming.
  • Students will be able to use existing Java classes to perform required tasks.
  • Students will be able to code provided algorithms using Java language.
  • Students will be able to provide code for a Java class given objects’ attributes and behaviors.
  • Write, organize and assemble program documentation.
  • Develop standards for comparing the efficiency of various algorithms.
  • Demonstrate debugging techniques.
  • Students will be able to analyze problems and design appropriate algorithms.