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C LT 270B - World Literature
Units: 3 GE
Comparative study of selected major works from various continents and cultures, with emphasis on way literature deals with enduring human problems and values since 1500.
Note: C LT 270A is not a prerequisite to 270B, and either may be taken separately.
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C LT 296 - Topics in Comparative Literature
Units: 3
Introduction to subject matter of comparative studies in literature. Focus on a specific movement, theme, figure, genre, etc. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 440 - African Literature
Units: 3 GE
Comparative study of African literature as well as Black literature of North and South America and the Caribbean; intercontinental influences and the theme of Black identity.
Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
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C LT 445 - Modern Latin American Literature
Units: 3 GE
Reading selections from major Latin American authors.
Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
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C LT 470 - Folk Literature
Units: 3 GE
Studies in the ballad, bardic poetry, oral and popular literature and folklore.
Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
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C LT 499 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and approval of department chair.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.
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C LT 513 - Nineteenth Century European Literature
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six units in literature.
European literature of the nineteenth century or of a more limited period within that century. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.
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C LT 561 - Fiction
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six units in literature.
A comparative approach to themes and forms in fiction (novel and short story). Focus of course to be set by instructor. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 580 - Concepts in Comparative Studies
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six units in literature.
Basic concepts in comparative studies in literature (e.g., influence, movement, figure, genre, etc.); their validity, usefulness, and limitations. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 584 - Topics in Comparative Horror Studies
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six units in literature and/or creative writing or graduate standing.
Comparative study of horror literature and other media to include film, music, television, and video games. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 594 - Topics in Literature and the Arts
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six upper division units in literature or any of the other arts.
Comparative study of literature and other arts such as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, and film. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Maximum credit six units applicable to the M.F.A. degree in creative writing.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 595 - Literature and Aesthetics
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Six upper division units in literature or any of the other arts.
Theoretical and experiential investigation of relationships between literature and the other arts; literary works in context of an inquiry into aesthetics. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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C LT 596 - Topics in Comparative Literature
Units: 3
An intensive study of a topic to be selected by the instructor. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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COMP 521 - Computational Science
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 151 .
Matrices and linear equations, solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs), vector spaces, closed form solutions, qualitative theory, Eigenvalues, linear maps, linear differential equations, other techniques, nonlinear systems, higher dimensional systems.
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COMP 526 - Computational Methods for Scientists
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 252 and MATH 254 .
Translating mathematical problem descriptions to computer programs. Introduction to Unix system.
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COMP 536 - Computational Modeling for Scientists
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 151 .
Models, computational tools, errors, system dynamics, growth, stability, multicompartment models, Euler’s, Runge-Kutta methods, system dynamics, infectious disease, enzyme kinetics, environmental cycles, cardiovascular system, metabolism, global warming, empirical models, HIV, population distributions, diffusion, HPC.
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COMP 596 - Advanced Topics in Computational Science
Units: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Selected topics in computational science. May be repeated with the approval of the instructor. Maximum Credits: six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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COMP 602 - Organizational Development
Units: 2
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Contemporary organizational and leadership theory and practice through personal reflection, team assessment and feedback, and case analysis. Nature of change, forces for change, and impact of change in organizations and individuals. Organizational processes, structures and cultures, and effect on organization’s performance.
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COMP 605 - Scientific Computing
Units: 3
Same As: CS 605 .
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and knowledge of the C programming language or FORTRAN or COMP 526 .
Parallel programming using message passing to include high performance computing and MPI language extensions.
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COMP 607 - Computational Database Fundamentals
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Data-processing techniques, software, database design, implementation, and manipulation.
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COMP 612 - Scientific Fundamentals and Ethics
Units: 3
Same As: BIOMI 612 .
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Oral and written research presentation skills development. Responsible conduct of research and ethics training. Authorship, collaboration, data management, peer review, and publication.
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COMP 626 - Applied Mathematics for Computational Scientists
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 252 and MATH 254 .
Linear algebra, differential equations and stability theory, and analytical methods for partial differential equations within the context of computational science.
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COMP 670 - Seminar: Problems in Computational Science
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Applications of computational science in solving problems using a variety of methods. Problems selected from biology, chemistry, physics, and other fields.
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COMP 671 - Problem Solving Techniques
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Data abstraction and problem solving skills.
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COMP 696 - Selected Topics in Computational Science
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Intensive study in specific areas of computational science. May be repeated with new content.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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COMP 705 - Advanced Parallel Computing
Units: 3
Same As: CS 705 .
Prerequisite(s): COMP 605 [or CS 605 ].
Libraries, numerical methodology, optimization tools, visualization of results, MPI and GPU computing models. Applications conducted on CSRC student cluster and NSF XSEDE computing resources.
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COMP 797 - Research
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Six units of graduate level computational science courses.
Research in computational science. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
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COMP 798 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff; to be arranged with program director and instructor.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
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COMP 799A - Thesis or Project
Units: 3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.
Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.
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COMP 799B - Thesis or Project Extension
Units: 0
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis or Project 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.
Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis or project is granted final approval.
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COMP 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension
Units: 0
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.
Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.
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COMP 800 - Seminar
Units: 3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Topics in different areas of computational science.
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COMP 810 - Colloquium in Computational Science
Units: 1
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Discussions on advances in computational science research. Course to be taken every semester.
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COMP 894 - Supervised Research, Qualifying Examination, and Dissertation Proposal
Units: 3-9
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program and consent of instructor.
Research and preparation for qualifying examination.
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COMP 896 - Practicum
Units: 1-9
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Independent investigation in general area of field of dissertation. Conducted in industry or national laboratory under faculty supervision. Maximum Credits: 36 units.
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COMP 897 - Doctoral Research
Units: 1-9
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Independent investigation in general field of dissertation. Maximum Credits: 36 units.
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COMP 898 - Doctoral Special Study
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy.
Individual study leading to study and research required for doctoral dissertation.
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COMP 899 - Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 1-15
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): An officially constituted dissertation committee and advancement to candidacy.
Preparation of the dissertation for the doctoral degree. Enrollment is required during the term in which the student plans to graduate.
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COMPE 160 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Units: 3
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 150 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Computer organization and operation. Binary representation of information. Fundamentals of computer programming using a C family language: data types, selection and iteration structures, functions, arrays, pointers, scope and duration of variables. Systematic design and development of computer programs.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 260 - Data Structures and Object-Oriented Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 160 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Grade of C- (1.7) or better in MATH 245 .
Data structures using object-oriented programming. Disciplined approach to design, coding, and testing using OOP, teach use and implementation of data abstractions using data structures. Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees. Sorting, searching, recursive algorithms.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 270 - Digital Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 151 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Modelling, analysis and design of digital systems, primarily at the Logic Design level. Combinational and sequential networks.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 271 - Computer Organization
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 160 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Grade of C- (1.7) or better in COMPE 270 .
Organization and operation of computer hardware and software. Operating system shell and services. Program design and development. Input-output programming. Multi-module and mixed-language programming. Assembler and C language.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 361 - Windows Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 260 and COMPE 271 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) using C# and .NET Framework. Graphical User Interface (GUI) and event-driven programming. Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Graphics programming.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 375 - Embedded Systems Programming
Units: 3
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 271 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.
Embedded system architecture; IO programming using parallel ports, serial ports, timers, and D/A and A/D converters; interrupts and real-time programming; program development and debugging tools; C language and assembler.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 470 - Digital Circuits
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 270 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.
Design of digital electronic systems using commercially available high-speed digital devices and circuits.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 470L - Digital Logic Laboratory
Units: 1
Three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 470 and E E 330L .
Hands-on experience in characterization and application of standard digital integrated circuit devices.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 475 - Microprocessors
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 375 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better. COMPE 470 .
Bus design, memory design, interrupt structure, and input/output for microprocessor-based systems.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 490 - Senior Design Project
Units: 4
Two lectures and six hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 375 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better. E E 330L and credit or concurrent registration in COMPE 470L .
Supervised capstone design projects to provide an integrative design experience for seniors to include ethics, professionalism, cost-effectiveness, and project management.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 496 - Advanced Computer Engineering Topics
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Modern developments in computer engineering. Maximum Credits: nine units for any combination of Computer Engineering 496 and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. See Class Schedule for specific content.
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COMPE 499 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Approval of project adviser and department chair.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 560 - Computer and Data Networks
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 271 and E E 410 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better in each course.
Wide area and local area networks, multi-layered protocols, telephone systems, modems, and network applications.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 561 - Windows Database and Web Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 361 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better.
Programming applications involving file systems, relational databases, Structured Query Language (SQL), ADO.NET, client-server architecture, multithreading sockets, web servers, web browsers, web services, ASP.NET, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and Extensible Markup Language (XML).
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 565 - Multimedia Communication Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in COMPE 560 .
Design and implementation of multimedia communication systems. Image compression, JPEG, VQ, cell-B standards. Video and audio compression standards, MPEG, MPEG-2, H.26X, G.72X. Data storage systems and multimedia requirements. Networking requirements and networks as multimedia carriers. Transport and network protocols for carrying multimedia over data networks. Multimedia system design, scheduling, congestion control, traffic shaping, buffer management.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 570 - VLSI System Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 470 .
VLSI systems at the architectural level for digital signal processing applications: feedforward and feedback systems, fixed-point and floating-point representations, folding, iteration bound, parallel architectures, pipelining, retiming, unfolding, wave and asynchronous pipelining. Formerly Numbered Electrical Engineering 672.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 571 - Embedded Operating Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 260 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better. COMPE 475 .
Real-time kernel, basic kernel services, threading and synchronization, preemptive multithreading, mutexes, spin locks, critical sections, priority scheduling, interrupts, RTOS implementation, memory management, task management, intertask communications.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 572 - VLSI Circuit Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 271 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better. E E 330 .
Design of digital integrated circuits based on CMOS technology; characterization of field effect transistors, transistor level design and simulation of logic gates and subsystems; chip layout, design rules, introduction to processing; ALU architecture.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.
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COMPE 596 - Advanced Computer Engineering Topics
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Modern developments in computer engineering. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: nine units for any combination of Computer Engineering 496 and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted. See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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CS 100 - Computational Thinking
Units: 3 GE
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement.
Capabilities and applications of computers. Algorithmic problem-solving methods and computer programming. Using computers to examine questions from other fields of study. Practical and theoretical limits to computation. Machine intelligence and heuristic problem solving. Social and legal impact of computers.
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CS 107 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement.
Programming methodology and problem solving. Basic concepts of computer systems, algorithm design and development, data types, program structures. Extensive programming in Java.
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CS 108 - Intermediate Computer Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 107 .
Further training in program design and development. Object-oriented programming to include inheritance, polymorphism, and generic code. Extensive programming in Java. Introduction to data structures.
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CS 200 - Introduction to Data Science and Python
Units: 4
Three lectures and two hours of activity.
Basic data analysis with Python to include confidence intervals, regression, and sampling. Data structures, displaying data, and programming constructs.
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CS 237 - Machine Organization and Assembly Language
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 108 .
General concepts of machine and assembly language, data representation, looping and addressing techniques, arrays, subroutines, macros. Extensive assembly language programming.
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CS 296 - Experimental Topics
Units: 1-4
Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
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CS 299 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.
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CS 301 - Computers and Society
Units: 3 GE
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning II.A., Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning.
Impact of computers and computing technology on society: applications, benefits, and risks. Topics include privacy, copyright, computer crime, constitutional issues, risks of computer failures, evaluating reliability of computer models, computers in the workplace, trade and communications in the global village.
Note: Not open to computer science majors or to students with credit in CS 440 .
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CS 310 - Data Structures
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 108 .
Representations and operations on basic data structures. Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, and recursion; binary search trees and balanced trees; hash tables, dynamic storage management; introduction to graphs. An object oriented programming language will be used.
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CS 320 - Programming Languages
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 108 .
Principles of high-level programming languages, including formal techniques for syntax specification and implementation issues. Languages studied should include at least C++, FORTRAN, and LISP.
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CS 370 - Computer Architecture
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 237 .
Logic gates, combinational circuits, sequential circuits, memory and bus system, control unit, CPU, exception processing, traps and interrupts, input-output and communication, reduced instruction set computers, use of simulators for analysis and design of computer circuits, and traps/interrupts.
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CS 440 - Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 108 .
Impact of computers, applications, and benefits, copyright, privacy, computer crime, constitutional issues, risks of computer failures, evaluating reliability of computer models, trade and communications in the global village, computers in the workplace, responsibilities of the computer professional.
Note: Not open to students with credit in CS 301 .
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CS 470 - UNIX System Administration
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 370 .
Installing the UNIX operating system on a UNIX workstation, adding user accounts, backing up and restoring user files, installing windows, adding network capabilities, adding printers and other peripherals.
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CS 490 - Senior Seminar
Units: 1
Prerequisite(s): Fifteen units of upper division computer science courses.
Preparation and delivery of oral presentations on advanced topics in computer science. General principles of organization and style appropriate for presenting such material.
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CS 496 - Experimental Topics
Units: 1-4
Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
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CS 497 - Undergraduate Research Seminar
Units: 3
Six hours of laboratory and one hour with adviser.
Prerequisite(s): CS 560 or CS 570 , minimum grade point average of 3.3, and consent of instructor.
Designing and carrying out independent research in one of the areas of computer science. Literature search, technical report writing, and oral presentation of results.
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CS 498 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 497 and consent of instructor.
Directed research in computer science and completion of honors thesis. Thesis to be presented at the annual SDSU Research Symposium and/or defended before a committee of faculty. Maximum Credits: six units.
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CS 499 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.
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CS 503 - Scientific Database Techniques
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and MATH 245 .
Fundamental data models for handling scientific data, including flat file, indexed compressed files, relational databases, and object oriented databases, and their associated query technologies; e.g. file formats, input/output libraries, string searching, structured query language, object-oriented structured query language, hypertext markup language/common gateway interface, and other specialized interfaces. Designed for computational science students.
Note: Computer science majors must obtain adviser approval. See CS 514 .
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CS 514 - Database Theory and Implementation
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and MATH 245 .
Database systems architecture. Storage structures and access techniques. Relational model, relational algebra and calculus, normalization of relations, hierarchical and network models. Current database systems.
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CS 520 - Advanced Programming Languages
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 237 , CS 310 , and CS 320 .
Object oriented programming, concurrent programming, logic programming. Implementation issues.
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CS 530 - Systems Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 237 and CS 310 .
Design and implementation of system software. Relationship between software design and machine architecture. Topics from assemblers, loaders and linkers, macro processors, compilers, debuggers, editors. Introduction to software engineering and review of programming fundamentals and object oriented concepts. Large project in object oriented programming is required.
Note: Not acceptable for the M.S. degree in computer science.
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CS 532 - Software Engineering
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 320 and CS 530 .
Theory and methodology of programming complex computer software. Analysis, design, and implementation of programs. Team projects required.
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CS 537 - Programming for GIS
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 or GEOG 484 .
Customization of Geographic Information Science application development platforms with emphasis on object oriented programming and component architecture. Prominent examples are Map Objects with Visual Basic, Map Objects with Java. Considerable programming effort required, especially in Graphical User Interface development.
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CS 540 - Software Internationalization
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 .
Principles, techniques, and resources for design and implementation of software localizable to multiple languages and/or cultures, including detailed examination of internationalization features provided by one or more widely used modern programming languages.
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CS 545 - Introduction to Web Application Development
Units: 3
Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 .
World Wide Web application development. XHTML, CSS, Javascript, client-side and server-side scripting, PHP and CGI programming with Perl. Application integration with SQL database systems.
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CS 546 - Human Computer Interfaces
Units: 3
Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and CS 320 .
Common interface idioms and support available for loose integration into aesthetically appealing and practical, efficient interaction between humans and machine. Editors, browsers, games, networking sites, posting boards, etc. Principles that are ubiquitous among tools for HCI development.
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CS 547 - Programming and Scripting Languages for Web Applications
Units: 3
Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and CS 320 .
Principles and practice of dynamic and scripting and functional languages used in web applications. Basic language concepts, data structures in dynamic languages, code structure, code quality, testing, string manipulation, dynamic code generation.
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CS 550 - Artificial Intelligence
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and either MATH 245 or MATH 523 .
Heuristic approaches to problem solving. Systematic methods of search of the problem state space. Theorem proving by machine. Resolution principle and its applications.
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CS 556 - Robotics: Mathematics, Programming, and Control
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 320 , MATH 254 , knowledge of the C programming language.
Robotic systems including manipulators, actuators, sensors, and controllers. Kinematics of planar robots. Design and implementation of robot joint controllers. Robot programming languages and environments, and robot command interfaces.
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CS 558 - Computer Simulation
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and STAT 550 .
Methodology of simulation for discrete and continuous dynamic systems. State-of-the-art programming techniques and languages. Statistical aspects of simulation. Students will design, program, execute, and document a simulation of their choice.
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CS 559 - Computer Vision
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and MATH 254 .
Algorithms and computer methods for processing of images. Visual perception as a computational problem, image formation, characterization of images, feature extraction, regional and edge detection, computer architectures for machine vision.
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CS 560 - Algorithms and Their Analysis
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 and MATH 245 .
Algorithms for solving frequently occurring problems. Analysis techniques and solutions to recurrence relations. Searching and sorting algorithms. Graph problems (shortest paths, minimal spanning trees, graph search, etc.). NP complete problems.
Note: Not acceptable for the M.S. degree in Computer Science.
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CS 562 - Automata Theory
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): MATH 245 .
Definition of finite automata. Classification of finite automaton definable languages. Minimization of finite automata. Nondeterministic finite automata. Sequential machines with output. Regular sets and expressions. Introduction to grammars.
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CS 570 - Operating Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 , CS 370 , and knowledge of the C programming language.
File systems, processes, CPU scheduling, concurrent programming, memory management, protection. Relationship between the operating system and underlying architecture.
Note: Not acceptable for the M.S. degree in Computer Science.
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CS 572 - Microprocessor Architecture
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 370 and knowledge of the C programming language.
Architecture of state-of-the-art microprocessor. Internal pipeline, internal cache, external cache, and memory management. Programming a uniprocessor. Communication among computers in a distributed environment. Architecture and programming of a multiprocessor system.
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CS 574 - Computer Security
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 , MATH 245 , and credit or concurrent registration in CS 570 .
Principles of computer security and application of principles to operating systems, database systems, and computer networks. Topics include encryption techniques, access controls, and information flow controls.
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CS 576 - Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CS 570 .
Basic networking concepts to include seven-layer reference model, transmission media, addressing, subnetting and supernetting, networking devices, LANs and WANs, internetworking, distributed processing, and client-server model. Basic concepts and protocols of TCP/IP protocol suite and basic Internet services.
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CS 581 - Computational Linguistics
Units: 3
Same As: LING 581
Prerequisite(s): CS 320 or LING 571 or LING 572 [or BDA 572 ].
Basic concepts in computational linguistics including regular expressions, finite-state automata, finite-state transducers, weighted finite-state automata, and n-gram language models. Applications to phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax. Probabilistic models. Statistical techniques for speech recognition.
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CS 582 - Introduction to Speech Processing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 .
Fundamentals of speech processing and speech recognition. Physical aspects of speech production and perception. Mathematical models for speech recognition. Corpus development: data collection, processing, and evaluation. Applications of speech processing and associated research topics.
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CS 583 - 3D Game Programming
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): CS 310 or equivalent programming background.
Development of programming skills using software environment of a game engine and its scripting language. 3D concepts for game play, modeling, and programming. Roles needed in software development team. Contrast creation of original 3D object models for game world with incorporation of pre-created generic models.
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CS 596 - Advanced Topics in Computer Science
Units: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Selected topics in computer science. May be repeated with the approval of the instructor. Maximum Credits: six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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CS 600 - Methods in Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, and Cheminformatics
Units: 3
Same As: BIOMI 600 .
Prerequisite(s): Three units of calculus and graduate standing.
Computer, mathematical, and engineering techniques for bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and medical informatics. Techniques used in microarray data analysis, gene and protein sequence alignment, and classification techniques in medical decision making.
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