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CSIS |
Computer Science & Information Systems Department |
Courses in the Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Program.
The Computer Science & Information Systems Department is part of YSU's College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
339B Meshel Hall
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
330-941-3134
Intensive language course
with emphasis on writing efficient programs in a
particular programming language. Each language
topic is open only to students without previous
credit in that particular language. The language
topic and special prerequisites are announced in
advance.
Prereq: Permission of chair.
1-3 s.h.
Individual study of a computer language. The instructor is available for consultation and evaluates
the student's progress. Grading is CR/NC. May be
repeated twice with consent of the chair.
1 s.h.
Basic set
theory, including functions and relations. Boolean
algebra, propositional logic, regular expressions,
and finite automata.
Prereq: CSIS 2610 and MATH
1571.
3 s.h.
Use
of UNIX programming environment and associated
tools and utilities. Command language programming. Systems programming with ANSI C. May
include UNIX internals and system administration.
Prereq: CSIS 2617.
3 s.h.
Survey
of several programming languages. May include
Ada, Modula-2, C, Lisp, and SNOBOL.
Prereq:
CSIS 3701.
3 s.h.
Programming microprocessor based systems using assembly language. Study of addressing techniques, machine language, program segmentation, and linking on microcomputers.
Prereq: CSIS 2617.
3 s.h.
Topics selected from
aspects of systems programming, including assemblers, loaders, linkage editors, macro processors,
and file management.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and 3740.
3 s.h.
A thorough
investigation of graphics algorithms. Topics include
hidden surface removal, parametric curves, lighting, shading, and texturing. Implementation of a
graphics project required.
Prereq: CSIS 3730 and
MATH 3720.
3 s.h.
A critical analysis of educational software
for various academic disciplines and grade levels.
The use of evaluative forms and the study of existing review criteria. Analysis and evaluation of hardware alternatives, peripheral devices, networking
and hardware expansions in an educational setting.
Not applicable to the CSCI major.
Prereq: upper-division department courses.
3 s.h.
Continuation of the analysis and evaluation of educational software and hardware begun
in CSCI 4885. Emphasis on grades K-6. Not applicable to the CSCI major.
Prereq: CSCI 4885.
3 s.h.
Individualized study of
a topic in computer science culminating in a written report and an oral presentation. May be repeated up to 8 s.h.
Prereq: 24 s.h. of computer science (including at least 3 s.h. of upper-division
CSCI courses) applicable to the minimum requirements of a computer science major, and formal
project proposal.
2-4 s.h.
Developing and
maintaining complex software systems. Process
and life-cycle models, and tools for software development (such as CASE). Specification methods,
prototyping, validation and verification strategies,
and version maintenance. Management of the system development process. A group project is required.
Prereq: CSIS 3701.
3 s.h.
Study of the various
components of operating systems including kernels
and monitors, currency and parallel processing,
processor management, storage management, device management, I/O processing and file management.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and 3740.
3 s.h.
Study of compiler design
and construction, including context-free languages, lexical analysis, parsing, code generation and optimization.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and 3740, CSCI 3710.
3 s.h.
Study of high-performance sequential computer architecture. Topics
include performance evaluation, instruction set
design, processor implementation techniques,
pipelining, vector processing, memory hierarchy
design, and parallel architecture.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and 3740.
3 s.h.
Methods for modeling discrete
event systems by algorithmic approaches using
simulation languages.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and STAT
3743.
3 s.h.
Study of physical database storage, relational and
object data modeling, logical database design (normalization process), and structural query languages.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and CSCI 3710.
3 s.h.
Study of network
structures and topologies, international standards,
models, communication media and protocols, hardware and software.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and either
CSIS 3723 or 3740.
3 s.h.
Study of the theory
and applications of intelligent systems. Topics may
include general problem-solving techniques,
knowledge representation and expert systems, vision and perception, and natural language processing. AI systems and languages.
Prereq: CSIS 2617and CSCI 3710.
3 s.h.
The structural
and behavioral aspects of finite automata.
Prereq:
CSCI 3710 and MATH 3720.
3 s.h.
Systematic approach to the study of the structures of programming languages. Formal descriptions, syntax,
semantics and technical characteristics.
Prereq:
CSIS 3701 and CSCI 3710.
3 s.h.
Study and
application of analysis and design techniques to
nonnumerical algorithms. Topics selected from algorithms acting on sets, trees, graphs; memory
management; notions of complexity and related
areas.
Prereq: CSIS 2617 and CSCI 3710.
3 s.h.
State-of-the-art course on microcomputer architecture.
Topics include introduction to microcomputer systems, 16 and 32 bit microprocessors, direct memory
access and other I/O transfer schemes, architecture
of I/O processors, introduction to computer communications.
Prereq: CSIS 3740 and CSCI 3780.
3 s.h.
A study of special topics in
computer science. Subject matter and credit hours
will be announced in advance. May be repeated
multiple times if topic is different.
Prereq: At least
3 s.h. of upper-division departmental courses, and
permission of chair.
2-4 s.h.