May 19, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Communication Sciences and Disorders

  
  • COMD 6489 - Clinical Procedures

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in COMD and consent from the instructor.

    Capstone course for COMD, practical application of clinical skills, guided clinical observation of certified speech language pathologists and/or audiologists.
  
  • COMD 7170 - Graduate Seminar in Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Communication Sciences and Disorders and consent of instructor.

    Seminar will cover issues that impact the practice of speech-language pathology. Sample topics include cultural competence, use of technology, and use of interpreters and translators.
    Course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7192 - Advanced Practicum in Speech & Language Disorders

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: completion of 175 hours of graduate practicum & consent of instructor.

    Supervised practicum in the diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in an off-campus setting. Clinical clock hours are not awarded for grades below a “B”.
    May be repeated (two terms required for completion of the program requirement).

  
  • COMD 7199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COMD 7221 - Fluency Disorders

    Credit Hours: 2.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ComD or consent of the instructor.

    Investigates the nature, assessment and treatment of fluency disorders in children and adults. Prevention and cultural considerations are addressed. An emphasis on evidence-based practice underlies the treatment portion.
  
  • COMD 7270 - Graduate Seminar in Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) and consent of instructor.

    Seminar will cover issues that impact the practice of speech-language pathology. Sample topics include cultural competence, use of technology, and use of interpreters and translators.
    Course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7281 - Seminar in Medical Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    In-depth discussion and analysis of issues in medical speech-language pathology.
    Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • COMD 7282 - Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Issues in Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Typical and disordered communication in people who use languages, dialects, and cultural communication practices other than Standard American English. Specific topics may vary.
    Course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7283 - Seminar in Pediatric Speech Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    In-depth discussion and analysis of issues in pediatric speech-language pathology across a range of disorders and service delivery models. Specific topics will vary.
    Course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7322 - Speech Sound Disorders

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ComD or consent of instructor.

    Differential diagnosis and evidence-based intervention approaches for speech sound disorders in children.
  
  • COMD 7381 - Seminar in Medical Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    In-depth discussion and analysis of issues in medical speech-language pathology.
    Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • COMD 7382 - Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Issues in Speech-Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.

    Typical and disordered communication in people who use languages, dialects, and cultural communication practices other than Standard American English. Specific topics may vary.
    Course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7383 - Seminar in Pediatric Speech Language Pathology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor

    In-depth discussion and analysis of issues in pediatric speech-language pathology across a range of disorders and service delivery models. Specific topics will vary.
    Course may be repeated for credit

  
  • COMD 7391 - Clinic in Speech-Language Disorders

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Supervised practicum in the diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders. Clinical clock hours are not awarded for grades below a “B”.
    May be repeated (three terms required for completion of the program requirement).

  
  • COMD 7392 - Adv Pract Sp & Lang Dis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: completion of 175 hours of graduate practicum & consent of instructor.

    Supervised practicum in the diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in an off-campus setting. Clinical clock hours are not awarded for grades below a “B”.
    May be repeated (two terms required for completion of the program requirement).

  
  • COMD 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Master’s Thesis.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMD 7692 - Advanced Practicum in Speech & Language Disorders

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 6
    Prerequisite: completion of 175 hours of graduate practicum & consent of instructor.

    Supervised practicum in the diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in an off-campus setting. Clinical clock hours are not awarded for grades below a “B”.
    May be repeated (two terms required for completion of the program requirement).

  
  • COMD 7992 - Advanced Practicum in Speech & Language Disorders

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 9
    Prerequisite: completion of 175 hours of graduate practicum & consent of instructor.

    Supervised practicum in the diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in an off-campus setting. Clinical clock hours are not awarded for grades below a “B”.
    May be repeated (two terms required for completion of the program requirement).


Communication

  
  • COMM 6198 - Comprehensive Exams

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Approval of associate director for graduate studies.

    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • COMM 6199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COMM 6300 - Quantitative Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: COMM 6300 - Research Methodology.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Techniques of gathering, analyzing, and reporting quantitative research data within the communication discipline.
  
  • COMM 6302 - Communication Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Theories and research findings regarding communication processes in interpersonal, organizational, and mass-mediated contexts.
  
  • COMM 6305 - Qualitative Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: COMM 6305 - Applied Research Techniques in Communication.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Introduction to qualitative research inquiry, data collection, and interpretive analysis in communication research with emphasis on underlying epistemologies, design issues, and explanations of knowledge claims.
  
  • COMM 6306 - Legal,Regulatory & Eth Issues

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of instructor.

    Examination of legal, regulatory, and ethical principles and controversies affecting print, film, and electronic media, and the new communication technologies.
  
  • COMM 6308 - Persuasion

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Theories and research findings significant to the processes of social influence in interpersonal, organizational, and mass-mediated contexts.
  
  • COMM 6309 - Propaganda

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Study of the history, theory, strategies, and social impact of propaganda.
  
  • COMM 6310 - Mass Comm Theory and Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of instructor.

    Examination of mass communications’ theories and research.
  
  • COMM 6314 - Issues in Intern’l Mass Comm

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    A comparative analysis of political, social and economic issues that affect the operation of media industries in the industrialized world.
  
  • COMM 6315 - History of Mass Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    The development, diffusion and evolution of mass communication emphasizing relationships between media technology, economics and aesthetics.
  
  • COMM 6316 - Television and the Family

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor.

    Examines both television portrayals of the family and the processes and relational consequences associated with family use of television.
  
  • COMM 6317 - Media Effects

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 andCOMM 6302 or consent of instructor.

    Examination of media exposure.
  
  • COMM 6318 - Media Corporations and Media Content

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Explores how media oligopolies portray, prioritize, or underplay aspects of social reality and content; examines corporations, class ownership, management culture, markets, work routines, agenda setting, framing, news values, bias and ideology.
  
  • COMM 6320 - Organizational Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Investigates theoretical and pragmatic issues in complex organizations relevant to communication such as serial transmission, networks and communication climate.
  
  • COMM 6322 - Org. Communication Symbolism

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor.

    The impact of symbolic aspects of organizational culture on communication processes.
  
  • COMM 6324 - Human Relations in Organizatns

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 or consent of the instructor.

    Analysis of communication behaviors and activities in developmental and maintenance processes of supervisory, mentoring, peer, romantic, and customer relationships in organizations.
  
  • COMM 6325 - Intercultural Communication and Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    This course examines culture, ethnicity/race, stereotypes and prejudice, attitudes, attributions, differences in verbal and nonverbal behaviors, theories of cultural differences, diversity, managerial leadership, and intercultural management and practices in organization.
  
  • COMM 6326 - Leadership Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

    This course examines leadership communication in organizational contexts. Topics include various theories and types of leadership, power, influence, diversity, ethics, leadership development, and related communication behaviors and activities.
  
  • COMM 6330 - Interpersonal Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Theory and research relating to communication within established interpersonal relationships; such as friends, spouses, and coworkers.
  
  • COMM 6331 - Interpersonal Conflict

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    A study of communication that is characteristic of conflict and conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships.
  
  • COMM 6333 - Relational Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Communication research and theory regarding the variables that affect relationship formation and dissolution.
  
  • COMM 6334 - Family Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 or consent of the instructor.

    Theories and research covering communication in the development and change of family relationships.
  
  • COMM 6335 - Health Comm. Theory & Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research shaping health communication inquiry.
  
  • COMM 6336 - Communication in Healthcare Contexts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: COMM 6336 - Provider-Patient Interaction.
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Communication processes, issues, and meanings in the organization of healthcare within social, political, economic, and cultural structures; emphasis on theories, perspectives, and practices of patients, providers, and other health citizens in team-based interactions.
  
  • COMM 6337 - E-Health and Telemedicine

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research concerning the roles of mediated health communication via various information technologies.
  
  • COMM 6338 - Health Literacy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research concerning how individuals’ communication and decision making skills shape health care interaction.
  
  • COMM 6339 - Multicultural Health Communica

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research examining host and assimilating cultural influences on health care interaction and decision making.
  
  • COMM 6340 - Comm & Catastrophic Conditions

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research concerning how catastrophic conditions, such as advanced cancer, Alzheimer’s, and HIV/AIDS, influence interaction among health care providers, consumers, and family members.
  
  • COMM 6341 - Comm & Crisis Across Lifespan

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and research concerning how maturational, situational, and moral crises influence health outcomes among health care providers and consumers.
  
  • COMM 6345 - Health Campaigns

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Systematic conceptual critique across successful, mixed, and unsuccessful public health campaigns focusing on lifestyle behaviors linked to health outcomes across diverse populations.
  
  • COMM 6350 - Social Media Impact and Implications

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: COMM 6350 - Communication Technology and Society.
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 .

    Investigates enduring issues concerning digital culture and the rise of social media and explores the role social media plays in shaping human sociology and the mass communications landscape.
  
  • COMM 6360 - Crit Theory in Media & Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    An introduction to critical cultural theory as it applies to the study of media and culture.
  
  • COMM 6361 - Case Studies in Media Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Application of various theoretical approaches to specific case studies of media and culture.
  
  • COMM 6362 - Twentieth Cent Popular Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Major theories explaining the impact of communication media on popular culture.
  
  • COMM 6363 - Media, Globalization & Social Change

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    A comparative analysis of political, social and economic issues that affect the operation of media industries.
  
  • COMM 6364 - Media & Politics in a Digital Age

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This course explores the relationship between mass media, political institutions and entities, and the public agenda. Students will explore how elected officials, political candidates and strategists, journalists, media pundits, and citizens construct, transmit, and understand political messages, including how news, entertainment, new media, strategic communication, and advertising contribute to the shaping of political perceptions, emotions, and behaviors.
  
  • COMM 6370 - Public Relations Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Examination of staffing, planning, budgeting, and campaign management requirements in corporate, association, union, and nonprofit public relations.
  
  • COMM 6371 - Public Relations Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COMM 6300 and COMM 6302 , or consent of instructor.

    Comparative analysis of public relations theories and research.
  
  • COMM 6376 - Seminar in Crisis Communicatn

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Study of the theory, research, and best practices of organizational planning, training, and communication response to crises.
  
  • COMM 6377 - Understanding Publics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    This course is designed to enable students to study, report on, understand, and apply current research, theory, and principles of identifying, segmenting, and working with publics. It helps students understand principles of segmenting publics as applied to the practice of public relations and other disciplines in communication; understand current research and theory related to different contexts of public relations practices such as activist public relations and conflict resolution; and learn different research methods of effective segmentation of publics in order to apply the results of such segmentation to future public relations campaigns.
  
  • COMM 6390 - Applied Project

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: None.

    Course is an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills developed in graduate study to professional practice.
  
  • COMM 6397 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COMM 6398 - Comprehensive Examination

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly/Same as: COMM 6398 - Special Problems.
    Prerequisite: Completion of degree coursework.

    Comprehensive Examination.
    May be repeated with permission of graduate director.

  
  • COMM 6399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COMM 7199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COMM 7397 - Selected Topics - Comm

    Credit Hours: 3.00
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0   Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
  
  • COMM 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0

Computer Science

  
  • COSC 6110 - Graduate Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: approval of chair.

    May be repeated for a maximum of three semester hours of credit.

  
  • COSC 6111 - Graduate Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Graduate Seminar; cannot be substituted for COSC 6110 .
  
  • COSC 6196 - Internship in Computer Science

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: 18 hours of graduate course work and consent of the department.

    To include real world experience complementing the academic education. Internship is initiated by the student, approved and monitored by graduate director. Requires a written report submitted by the student after internship. May be repeated for credit a maximum of 3 times.
  
  • COSC 6198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COSC 6199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COSC 6298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • COSC 6305 - Introduction to Computer Science II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Object-oriented programming, elementary data structures and the C++ programming language. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6306 - Data Structures

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree. Introduction to various data structures; sorting and searching; design, analysis and comparison of algorithms. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6308 - Computer Architecture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree in Computer Science. Principles and operation of digital computers, analyzing their component parts: arithmetic, memory, control and input/output units. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6309 - Introduction to Automata and Computability

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree in Computer Science. Introduction to automata theory (finite state automata, pushdown automata, Turning machines; formal systems; computability, Church-Turing thesis. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6310 - Fundamentals of Operating Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree in Computer Science. Purpose of an operating systems; sequential processes, concurrent processes, deadlock, mutual exclusion, semaphores; memory management, processor management, peripheral device management. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6311 - Fundamentals of Software Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the Director of Graduate Studies.

    Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree in Computer Science. Introduction to the concepts of software engineering. Identification of problems related to the development of large software systems. Software project planning, requirements analysis, design, implementation, quality assurance and maintenance. Students must make an oral presentation on aspects of the course content.
    Note: Credit may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
  
  • COSC 6318 - Obj-Oriented Analysis & Design

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 4351 or consent of instructor.

    Software life cycle, object-oriented paradigm, classes, object relationship, software architecture, use-case analysis, object modeling technique, design metrics, object-oriented design principles, design patterns.
  
  • COSC 6320 - Data Structures & Algorithms

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 2320 or COSC 6304 .

    Mathematical techniques for algorithm analysis; advanced data structures including sets, graphs, tree structures and hashing; algorithm design techniques including dynamic programming, greedy methods, divide-and conquer; selected classes of algorithms; lower bounds.
  
  • COSC 6321 - Research Methods in COSC

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Ph.D. or M.S. thesis student status.

    Topics cover experiment design, reading, writing and evaluating, papers and presentation. Semester projects include selecting, designing, completing and presenting a research project.
  
  • COSC 6323 - Statistical Methods in Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    The course covers statistical methods in technology and human studies or experiments.
  
  • COSC 6325 - Analysis of Algorithms

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 3336 or equivalent.

    Recurrences, number theory, enumeration methods, generating functions, probability and asymptotics, treated from the point of view of analysis of algorithms, with examples.
  
  • COSC 6326 - Distributed Algorithms

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 6320 or equivalent.

    Focusing on models, algorithms, and complexity; covers distributed network algorithms, basic issues arising in distributed network systems such as communication, synchronization, fault-tolerance, and resource allocation, including applications to real-world networks.
  
  • COSC 6327 - Shared Memory Programming

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Overview of hardware running shared memory programs, principles of parallel programs, and specific challenges of shared memory computing.
  
  • COSC 6328 - Cyber-Physical Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Make the principles of operation, applications, and development of cyber-physical systems accessible to computer scientists and engineers. Project: Implement and develop a CPS from first step to completion.
  
  • COSC 6330 - Computational Surgery: Modeling & Simulation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Fundamentals using breast/lung cancer disease and endovascular disease. Described at the cellular level with cellular automata/agent based model, at the macroscopic level with chemo taxis, fluid dynamic, soft tissue mechanic and bio-heat transfer. Include interaction with practicing radiologists and surgeons.
  
  • COSC 6332 - Medical Robots & Interventions

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Fundamentals of medical robotics as used in image guided interventions or surgeries. Includes robot registration, sensing, kinematics, safety and control, augmented reality and tele-surgeries, includes project.
  
  • COSC 6333 - Healthcare Informatics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Fundamentals of information technology in medicine. Interdisciplinary approach geared toward medical doctors and computer scientists to understand computational surgery and its conceptual and technical components.
  
  • COSC 6335 - Data Mining

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 2320.

    Data mining, data preprocessing, OLAP and data warehousing, exploratory data analysis, classification and prediction, cluster and outlier analysis, association analysis, data mining methods, and case studies.
  
  • COSC 6336 - Natural Language Processing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 3320 or equivalent.

    Introduction to Natural Language Processing. Topics covered include part-of-speech tagging, syntactic parsing, semantic analysis, machine translation, sequence labeling algorithms, language models, grammar formalisms, text clustering and categorization, and NLP applications.
  
  • COSC 6339 - Big Data Analytics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Analytics: OLTP, cubes, statistical modeling, relational DBMSs, file systems, query and parallel query processing, algorithim acceleration, .UDF programming, MapReduce programming, matrix factorizations. Problems in data warehouses, social networks, search engines.
  
  • COSC 6340 - Database Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.

    Database design with ER model, relational model and normalization. Relational algebra and SQL language. Database systems internals including storage, indexing, query optimizer, transaction processing, recovery, security.
  
  • COSC 6341 - Information Retrieval

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 2320 and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Representation, storage, organization and access to items of information (e.g., documents, images, audio and video clips). Topics include: information retrieval of text, human-computer interactions, multimedia, and applications such as the Web, digital libraries, genomic information retrieval, and bibliographic systems.
  
  • COSC 6342 - Machine Learning

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 3338 and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Concept learning, hypothesis spaces, decision trees, neural networks, Bayesian learning, computational learning theory, instance-based learning, genetic algorithms, rule-based learning, analytical learning, and reinforcement learning.
  
  • COSC 6343 - Topics in Pattern Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 6342 .

    Bayesian decision theory, maximum likelihood and Bayesian parameter estimation, nonparametric techniques, neural networks, evolutionary techniques, decision trees, clustering and unsupervised learning, foundations of machine learning.
  
  • COSC 6344 - Visualization

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 4370 or COSC 6372 or consent of instructor.

    Introduction to the concepts, pipeline, principles, and techniques of visualization for various data forms, including graphs, trees, tables, higher-dimensional data, scalar, and vector-valued data, stemming from various real-world applications.
  
  • COSC 6345 - Programming Languages and Paradigms

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 2320.

    Discussion and comparison of basic programming styles and their underlying paradigms, such as imperative programming, functional programming, logic programming and object-oriented programming. Study of languages based on these paradigms.
  
  • COSC 6346 - Security Analytics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: COSC 6347  , or consent of instructor.

    Review of security problems including malware, phishing and intrusions. Unique challenges of security domain. Introduction and Applications of Statistical, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques to security.
  
  • COSC 6347 - Foundations of Security

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 3336 ,and COSC 3360 and graduate standing or consent of instructor.

    Security goals and mechanisms. Overview of secret-key and public-key cryptography, authentication protocols, message integrity, access control, software security, Internet security, malware and intrusion detection. Firewalls, malware, and practical issues.
 

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