Professional Organization Checklist for the Computer Science Curriculum Updates. Association of Computing Machinery Computing Curricula 2008

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Professional Organization Checklist for the Computer Science Curriculum Updates

Association of Computing Machinery Computing Curricula 2008

The curriculum guidelines can be found in Appendix C of the report Computer Science Curriculum 2008: An Interim Revision of CS 2001. The report can be found at:

http://www.acm.org//education/curricula/ComputerScience2008.pdf.

Standard Course Number

Course Title Discrete Structures

• Functions, relations and sets

• Basic logic

• Proof techniques

• Basics of counting

• Graphs and trees

• Discrete Probability

CSC 254 CSC 354

MTH 164 MTH 174 MTH 343 MTH 144 MTH 131

MTH 274*

MTH 203*

MTH 233*

MTH 312*

MTH 373*

MTH 382*

MTH 392*

Data Structures and Algorithms Algorithm Analysis and Theory of

Computation Calculus I Calculus II

Discrete Mathematics

Calculus with Applications (BA option only)

Computer Aided Calculus (BA option only)

Calculus III

Introduction to Statistics Linear Algebra

Advanced Linear Algebra Mathematical Modeling Mathematical Statistics Mathematical Probability Programming Fundamentals

• Fundamental constructs

• Algorithmic problem solving

• Data structures

• Recursion

• Event driven programming

• Object oriented

• Foundations information security

• Secure programming

CSC 133 CSC 143

CSC 154 CSC 254 CSC 354

Introduction to Computer Science and Information Systems

Introduction to Computer Programming

Fundamentals of Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Algorithm Analysis and Theory of

Computation

Algorithms and Complexity

• Basic analysis

• Algorithmic strategies

• Fundamental algorithms

• Distributed algorithms

• Basic computability

• P versus NP (elective)

• Automata theory (elective)

• Advanced analysis (elective)

• Cryptographic algorithms (elective)

• Geometric algorithms (elective)

• Parallel algorithms (elective)

CSC 133 CSC 143

CSC 154 CSC 254 CSC 354

CSC 394 CSC 412 CSC 422

Computation Programming Languages Topics in Computer Science Theory of Computation

Deleted: MTH 344

Deleted: 34

Deleted: Applied Mathematics Deleted: CSC 132

Deleted: CSC 142 Deleted: CSC 154

Deleted: Introduction to Computer Science

Deleted: CSC 132

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Architecture and Organization

• Digital logic and data representation

• Computer architecture and organization

• Interfacing and I/O strategies

• Memory architecture

• Functional organization

• Multiprocessing

• Performance enhancements (elective)

• Distributed architectures (elective)

• Devices (elective)

• Directions in computing (elective)

CSC 133

CSC 314 CSC 354 CSC 454

Operating Systems

Algorithm Analysis and Theory of Computation

Computer Architecture and Assembly Language

Operating Systems

• Overview of operating systems

• Operating system principles

• Concurrency

• Scheduling and dispatch

• Memory management

• Device management (elective)

• Security and protection (elective)

• File systems (elective)

• Real time and embedded systems (elective)

• Fault tolerance (elective)

• System performance evaluation (elective)

• Scripting (elective)

• Digital forensics (elective)

• Security models (elective)

CSC 133

CSC 314 CSC 354

CSC 394 CSC 454 CSC 412

Operating Systems

Programming Languages

Topics in Computer Science

Net Centric Computing

• Introduction

• Network communications

• Network security

• Web organization (elective)

• Networked applications (elective)

• Network management (elective)

• Compression (elective)

• Multimedia technologies (elective)

• Mobile computing (elective)

CSC 133

CSC 314 CSC 374 CSC 412

Operating Systems

Computer Networking and Security Topics in Computer Science

Programming Languages

• Overview

• Virtual machines

• Basic language translation

• Declarations and types

• Abstraction mechanisms

• Object oriented programming

• Functional programming (elective)

• Language translation systems (elective)

• Type systems (elective)

• Programming language semantics (elective)

• Programming language design (elective)

CSC 143 CSC 154 CSC 254 CSC 354 CSC 394

Computation Programming Languages

Deleted: CSC 373*

Deleted: Computer Networking

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Human-Computer Interactions

• Building GUI interfaces

• User centered software evaluation (elective)

• User centered software development (elective)

• GUI design (elective)

• GUI programming (elective)

• Multimedia and multimodal systems (elective)

• Collaboration and communication (elective)

• Interaction design for new environments (elective)

• Human factors and security (elective)

CSC 154 ISS 242*

ISS 424*

Fundamentals of Computer Science Visual Programming for Business

Applications

Internet Applications Development

Graphics and Visual Computing

• Fundamental techniques

• Graphic systems

• Graphic communication (elective)

• Geometric modeling (elective)

• Basic rendering (elective)

• Advanced rendering (elective)

• Advanced techniques (elective)

• Computer animation (elective)

• Visualization (elective)

• Virtual reality (elective)

• Computer vision (elective)

• Computational geometry (elective)

• Game engine programming (elective)

CSC 154 CSC 412

Fundamentals of Computer Science Topics in Computer Science

Intelligent Systems

• Fundamental issues

• Basic search strategies

• Knowledge based reasoning

• Advanced search (elective)

• Advanced reasoning (elective)

• Agents (elective)

• Natural language processing (elective)

• Machine learning (elective)

• Planning systems (elective)

• Robotics (elective)

• Perception (elective)

CSC 143

CSC 154 CSC 254 CSC 324 CSC 354

CSC 412 MTH 343

Fundamentals of Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Software Engineering

Topics in Computer Science Discrete Mathematics

Deleted: (consider adding as elective

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Information Management

• Information models

• Database systems

• Data modeling

• Indexing (elective)

• Relational databases (elective)

• Query languages (elective)

• Relational database design (elective)

• Transaction processing (elective)

• Distributed databases (elective)

• Physical database design (elective)

• Data mining (elective)

• Information storage and retrieval (elective)

• Hypermedia (elective)

• Multimedia systems (elective)

• Digital libraries (elective)

CSC 133 I SS 414*

Database Management Systems

Social and Professional Issues

• History of computing

• Social context

• Analytical tools

• Professional ethics

• Risks

• Security operations (elective)

• Intellectual property (elective)

• Privacy and civil liberties (elective)

• Computer crime (elective)

• Economics of computing (elective)

• Philosophical frameworks (elective)

CSC 133

CSC 314 CSC 354

CSC 394 CSC 412 ISS 242*

ISS 472^

CSC496^ &

CSC 497 CSC 498^ &

CSC 499 HON 498^ &

HON 499

Operating Systems

Programming Languages Topics in Computer Science Visual Programming for Business

Applications

Internship in Computer Information Systems

Service Learning in Computer Science I and II

Independent Research in Computer Science I and II

Honors Research I and II Software Engineering

• Software design

• Using APIs

• Tools and environments

• Software processes

• Requirements specifications

• Software verification validation

• Software evolution

• Software project management

• Component based computing (elective)

• Formal methods (elective)

• Software reliability (elective)

• Specialized systems (elective)

• Risk assessment (elective)

• Robust and security-enhanced programming (elective)

CSC 143

CSC 154 CSC 254 CSC 324 CSC 394 CSC 493

Fundamentals of Computer Science Data Structures and Algorithms Software Engineering

Programming Languages Software Project

Deleted: ¶ ISS 232*¶

Deleted: ¶

Introduction to Computer Information Systems (consider adding)

Deleted: (consider adding)

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Computational Science

• Modeling and simulation (elective)

• Operations research (elective)

• Parallel computation (elective)

CSC 354

CSC 422 CSC 454

Theory of Computation

*Class is an elective

^We believe that an integrative experience is an essential part of a student’s preparation as a professional. These experiences involve several of the standards above. Each student must choose one of:

ISS 472 Internship in Computer Information Systems

CSC496 & CSC 497 Service Learning in Computer Science I and II CSC 498 &CSC 499 Independent Research in Computer Science I and II HON 498 & HON 499 Honors Project I and II