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CMSD 430 - PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: CMSD 380
An examination of education and health care policies, certifications and licensing pertaining to the field of communication disorders with an emphasis on current ethical and legal statutes. Current professional issues not limited to re-certification requirements, scope of practice, and special interest groups will be introduced.
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CMSD 490 - CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Credits: One
Prerequisite: Senior Standing
The purpose of the Capstone Experience is to allow students the opportunity to creatively integrate and demonstrate learning objectives of the program while exploring an area of interest. Capstone projects must be approved by the course instructor or chair to be sure they encapsulate sufficient depth, reflection, critical thinking and communication skills. The Capstone is required by all seniors. Enrollment is for 1 credit hour in the fall and 2 credit hours in the spring of senior year. Options for the Capstone project include writing a literature review on a topic of interest in communication disorders, completing a research project with a faculty mentor, writing a reflective analysis of a clinical experience or volunteer experience related to communication disorders, completing a creative project such as a video or CD demonstrating critical thinking in the realm of communication disorders or exploring various professional environments in the field (via interviews/observations/ research) and writing a reflection or presenting a creative project comparing and contrasting at least 3 settings available to speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists. The capstone experience will culminate with presenting of projects in the spring semester.
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CMSD 495 - CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: Senior Standing
The purpose of the Capstone Experience is to allow students the opportunity to creatively integrate and demonstrate learning objectives of the program while exploring an area of interest. Capstone projects must be approved by the course instructor or chair to be sure they encapsulate sufficient depth, reflection, critical thinking and communication skills. The Capstone is required by all seniors. Enrollment is for 1 credit hour in the fall and 2 credit hours in the spring of senior year. Options for the Capstone project include writing a literature review on a topic of interest in communication disorders, completing a research project with a faculty mentor, writing a reflective analysis of a clinical experience or volunteer experience related to communication disorders, completing a creative project such as a video or CD demonstrating critical thinking in the realm of communication disorders or exploring various professional environments in the field (via interviews/observations/ research) and writing a reflection or presenting a creative project comparing and contrasting at least 3 settings available to speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists. The capstone experience will culminate with presenting of projects in the spring semester.
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COMM 121 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course is a survey of communication from interpersonal to mass media, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment created by communication and technology. Assignments help students understand the media influence in their own lives regardless of major as well as explore communication as a career.
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COMM 141 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA WRITING
Credits: Three
Students will learn the basics of writing, rewriting, editing, and proofreading news copy, as well as understand how to identify and write for different audiences. This practical, hands-on course also emphasizes the real world applicability of the different types of writing to media jobs and communication careers.
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COMM 181 - Pawprint: Digital Writing
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
Prerequisite: COMM 141
Students participate in on-campus media, including the online Pawprint news site, as reporters, editors, advertising sales representatives, and promotions coordinators. Opportunities are also available to work with podcasting and production. Students select their work from a number of activities, including writing and reporting, editing, digital photography, and graphic illustrations.
Note: This course is open to all Maryville students, who may participate for as many semesters as they wish, but cannot be repeated for credit
Cross-listed: See COMM 281, COMM 381
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COMM 201H - COMMUNICATION HONORS
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in the Bascom Honors Program
Current topics in communication will vary each semester.
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COMM 203H - THIRD PLACES IN COMMUNICATION
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In contrast to one’s home (first places) and work (second places), third places, which are public places on neutral ground where people can gather and interact, allow people to develop a strong community and enjoy the company and conversation around them (Oldenburg, 1991). Oldenburg (1991) suggests that baseball fields, beer gardens, main streets, pubs, cafis, coffeehouses, and other third places are the heart of a community?s social vitality and the foundation of a functioning democracy. In this course, students will practice the art of qualitative methods such as participant observation and ethnography as they tour, spend time in, and study the rich collection of third places that make up the St. Louis culture. Students will each select a location in the St. Louis area to study and assignments will include written essays and documents developed from primary data collection using qualitative methods. Field trips to 2-3 student-selected third places will be part of this course. The primary idea driving this course is the question of how language, shared meaning, and community are enacted in third places compared to other spaces in a society.
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COMM 219 - PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course explores how visual images are used and manipulated to generate responses by various audiences. The written assignments, readings, and discussions will focus on the analysis and critique of visual communication, as well as how to create meaningful visual messages for mass audiences. Students will also study the role and the function of visual media in a variety of environments. This course will cover aesthetic aspects of both print-based and electronic media production.
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COMM 223 - PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course has two objectives: (1) to help students understand organizations’ cultures and structures as places of employment and work; and (2) to give students guidance in developing their resumes and portfolios, and mapping out their individual job searching and interviewing networks and strategies. Students will develop their own resumes and portfolios in the class.
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COMM 231 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA
Credits: Three
Students are introduced to the computer as a tool for producing digital media and imagery. Students will gain basic software skills to produce illustrations, edit photographs, and create documents. They will learn the basics about three programs: Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator; as well as basic design principles.
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COMM 232 - INTRODUCTION TO NEW & SOCIAL MEDIA
Credits: Three
This class explores what is new about the new media landscape and why we should care about these changes in the media landscape. Starting with social implications of the new media, the course will delve into how the new media landscape influences aspects of public relations, advertising, and journalism. New and social media are transforming communication for individuals, organizations, and society and this course focuses on the way language, discourses, and meaning have been and continue to be created and altered within the interdisciplinary area of social media. Students will become familiar with many current social media tools during the course of the class and they will also learn to think critically about how individuals and organizations talk about and create meanings within the world of new and social media.
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COMM 241 - NEWS WRITING & EDITING
Credits: Three
This course focuses on reporting and news writing for print, broadcast, and online media, including newspaper, radio, television, and the Internet. Students will learn the basics of writing, rewriting, editing, and proofreading news copy, as well as how to identify and write for different audiences.
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COMM 251 - PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This course concentrates on the principles, evolution, functions, and applied theories of public relations, including the social, ethical, and legal issues that impact the public relations function. The strategic practice of public relations in different contexts and environments, from corporate to non-profit, is discussed, as are careers in the profession.
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COMM 281 - Pawprint: Digital Writing
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
Prerequisite: COMM 181
Students participate in on-campus media, including the online Pawprint news site, as reporters, editors, advertising sales representatives, and promotions coordinators. Opportunities are also available to work with podcasting and production. Students select their work from a number of activities, including writing and reporting, editing, digital photography, and graphic illustrations.
Note: This course is open to all Maryville students who may participate for as many semesters as they wish, but cannot be repeated for credit.
Cross-listed: See COMM 181, COMM 381
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COMM 296 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Independant study courses are developed with the professor and requries Program Director’s approval.
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COMM 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
This topics course is offered periodically based on student demand, interest, and needs. The course content is developed by the individual course instructor and is based on topics of special interest to communication majors. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptons at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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COMM 321 - COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
Students in this course will understand and evaluate basic quantitative and qualitative research approaches common to different kinds of communication practice, including research used in strategic communication, applied media projects, and contemporary journalism. Common topics include learning how to conduct and evaluate formal and informal research from surveys, focus groups, and content analysis.
Cross-listed: See COMM 521
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COMM 322 - COMMUNICATION LAW AND ETHICS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This course will cover contemporary communication issues that apply to journalism, public relations, advertising, and broadcasting. Topics include copyright & privacy law, media ownership rules & regulations, libel & privacy issues, news and national security, and use of the Freedom of Information Act. Throughout the course, ethical issues are considered, as well as the “why” of the law.
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COMM 324 - WOMEN IN MEDIA
Credits: Three
This course surveys the changing ways women and the women’s movement have been depicted by the media over the years. Special focus is placed on the media’s treatment of women as consumers, employees, and advertising targets. The course also examines the vital roles that women have played in the development and popularization of newspapers, magazines, film, radio, and television. Lectures, discussions, readings, research, videotapes, movies, and guest appearances by women currently working in media are part of the course content.
Cross-listed: WS 324
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COMM 327 - SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS
Credits: Three
Designing and creating innovative social media campaigns is a powerful process in contemporary society and an essential tool for helping organizations craft a public narrative about their value in society. In this course, students will learn to evaluate organizational social media efforts, create and design social media campaigns for a variety of purposes, and provide recommendations to organizations about how to improve their social media efforts. Additionally, students in this course will be able to articulate, find, and digest the latest academic research that lies at the intersection of how technology is impacting organizations.
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COMM 328 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course prepares students to improve their understanding of and responses to the nonverbal messages used by individuals as they relate to personal and professional contexts. We will cover key issues, theories, and research findings in the field of nonverbal communication. While we will study the codes people so often refer to as “body language”, we will also investigate appearance, the environment, perceptions of time and the application of nonverbal theories to persuasion and interpersonal interactions. Other interesting topics will include how to use nonverbal communication in: spotting a lie, interviewing, dating, and by prominent speakers such as the president.
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COMM 329 - HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
Health Communication may be defined as “the way we seek, process, and share health information” (Thorton & Thorton, 1992, p. 2). The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the systematic study of the field of health communication including its history, current issues, patient-caregiver communication, cultural constructions of health and illness, health messages in the media, and how to plan a health promotion campaign.
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COMM 332 - DIGITAL VIDEO AND AUDIO I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 231 or ADGD 265
This course explores storytelling through the use of digital video and audio, including the use of digital video cameras and equipment, capturing and editing footage with the computer, recording and editing audio, story boarding, titling, and effects. It will also cover editing, shooting techniques, compression, and optimization.
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COMM 333 - WEB DESIGN I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This course focuses on the technical and aesthetic considerations for designing web sites using HTML, CSS and Flash Animation. Usability, basic graphical user interface design, navigation, production of web graphics, web aesthetics and web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and wikis will be topics of discussion.
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COMM 342 - ADVANCED MEDIA WRITING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 141
This course concentrates on advanced reporting, writing, and editing skills for a variety of journalism environments from traditional to online applications. Special attention is given to interviewing techniques and in-depth background research.
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COMM 344 - E-MEDIA & DIGITAL WRITING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 141
Students will learn how to develop, create, write, and evaluate messages for online and digital channels and environments from traditional web sites to social media applications. Students will also learn to determine the most effective mix of digital and media messages for different audiences and situations.
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COMM 345 - CRITICAL APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This class explores the foundational concepts in the field of communication, with a specific focus on the history, theories, and models that have and continue to guide the discipline. Additionally, this course focuses on broader philosophical concepts that communication students must be exposed to for a strong and solid education.
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COMM 347 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION: WRITING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 141
Students will learn the basics of developing and writing persuasive and creative messages as part of achieving an organization’s strategic communication goals and objectives. Emphasis is placed on using research to develop strategic platforms for message production, evaluating message writing and message effectivness in achieving communication goals and objectives.
Cross-listed: See COMM 547
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COMM 363 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION: RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 251
This course focuses on developing research-based strategy and tactics that form the basis of an organization’s internal and external communication to create new campaigns or solve organizational problems. Course topics include understanding the best practice models and case studies and how to manage communication situations. The course provides opportunities to develop strategy for a class client.
Cross-listed: See COMM 563
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COMM 381 - Pawprint: Digital Writing
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
Prerequisite: COMM 281
A continuation of COMM 281. Students participate in on-campus media, including the online Pawprint news site, as reporters, editors, advertising sales representatives, and promotions coordinators. Opportunities are also available to work with podcasting and production. Students select their work from a number of activities, including writing and reporting, editing, digital photography, and graphic illustrations.
Note: This course is open to all Maryville students who have completed COMM 281.
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COMM 395 - MODEL UNITED NATIONS
Credits: Three
This course consists of a study of the politics and constitutions of selected international organizations. Students will acquire advanced practical training as public speakers and rhetors, and refine their skills in parliamentary procedure, issue advocacy, persuasion, argumentation, and consensus building. Students may not repeat the course for credit.
Cross-listed: PSCI 395
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COMM 397 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
These courses are offered periodically based on student needs and interests. The courses may focus on skill development, special interest topics, or current events. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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COMM 402 - FOUNDATION: THEORIES & APPLICATIONS
Credits: Three
This course provides an intensive examination of a variety of strategic communication theories in public relations, advertising, and marketing communication; the background and perspectives of scholars who developed the strategic communication theories; and the application of these theories in academic and professional work.
Cross-listed: See COMM 502
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COMM 403 - BEST PRACTICES: MODELS & SYSTEMS
Credits: Three
This course focuses on the systems and models of communication practice that have been studied and developed by academics and applied by practitioners in their work. The emphasis in this course is understanding the synergy created when academic knowledge and scholarship are incorporated in strategic decision making as illustrated by case studies and other practical-world analysis.
Cross-listed: See COMM 503
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COMM 416 - ISSUES & CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
Based in the scholarship of issues and crisis management, this course prepares students to fulfill the vigilant communication role important to dealing with issues in a timely fashion to prevent crises, as well as managing and/or mitigating a crises in its various stages.
Cross-listed: See COMM 516
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COMM 422 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This course focuses on communication systems in world cultures with an emphasis on understanding the social, cultural, political, and economic effects on different systems. Students will also explore intercultural communication and the challenges of communicating in a global environment.
Cross-listed: See COMM 522
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COMM 423 - PROFESSIONAL & ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 121
This course has two objectives: (1) to help students understand organizations’ cultures and structures as places of employment and work; and (2) to give students guidance in developing their resumes and portfolios, and mapping out their individual job searching and interviewing networks and strategies. Students will develop their own resumes and portfolios in the class.
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COMM 471 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COMM 347
This capstone experience course gives students the opportunity to use all of their previous coursework to develop, create, implement, and evaluate a communication campaign for a client/organization. Key elements of this course include the ability to apply theoretical concepts to a real-world situation, to negotiate and advise the client on best courses of action, and to experience how the professional communication world works.
Cross-listed: See COMM 571
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COMM 494 - PORTFOLIO DEFENSE
Credits: Zero
All students completing a communication major are required to complete a portfolio defense in their final Spring semester of enrollment. This portfolio defense will occur on an afternoon towards the end of the semester and students will be required to develop an online portfolio and an electronic portfolio to display on the day of the portfolio defense.
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COMM 496 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Application to, and approval by, the Communication Program Director and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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COMM 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Director
These courses are offered periodically based on student needs and interests. The courses may focus on skill development, special interest topics, or current events. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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COMM 498 - COMMUNICATION SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Permission of Program Director
These courses focus on various cultural, political, economic, technological, sociological, commercial, behavioral, or functional aspects of Communication.
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COMM 499 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 6
Prerequisite: Application to and approval by the Communication Internship Coordinator.
Note: Cannot repeat course for credit
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COMM 501 - FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
This course explores the process of leadership through the framework of contemporary leadership research and theory. Emphasis is placed on integrating theory and practice through a variety of methods, including student case studies and experiential learning. Drawing on current leadership research and tools, students explore options to practice leadership and affect positive change from any position in an organization, community, or society.
Cross-listed: See ORGL 501.
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COMM 502 - FOUNDATIONS: THEORIES & APPLICATION
Credits: Three
This course provides an intensive examination of a variety of strategic communication theories in public relations, advertising, and marketing communication; the background & perspectives of scholars who developed the strategic communication theories; & the application of these theories in academic & professional work.
Cross-listed: See COMM 402
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COMM 503 - BEST PRACTICES: MODELS & SYSTEMS
Credits: Three
This course focuses on the systems and models of communication practice that have been studied and developed by academics and applied by practitioners in their work. The emphasis in this course is understanding the synergy created when academic knowledge and scholarship are incorporated in strategic decision making as illustrated by case studies and other practical-world analysis.
Cross-listed: See COMM 403
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COMM 516 - ISSUES & CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Credits: Three
Based in the scholarship of issues and crisis management, this course prepares students to fulfill the vigilant communication role important to dealing with issues in a timely fashion to prevent crises, as well as managing and/or mitigating a crisis in its various stages.
Cross-listed: See COMM 416
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COMM 520 - EVIDENCE BASED LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
A core competency of strategic leadership is the ability to gather information, analyze and critically evaluate that information, and then use that information to make important decisions. In this course, students will learn to become effective consumers of research and data, as well as learn to use traditional methods of research and analysis, such as surveys, focus groups, field experiments, program evaluations, and descriptive and inferential statistics to evaluate organizations, communication strategies, products, services, processes, and performance. Special emphasis will be placed on the methods of research used in fields of Organizational Leadership and Strategic Communication.
Cross-listed: See ORGL 520
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COMM 521 - COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
Credits: Three
Students in this course will understand and evaluate basic quantitative and qualitative research approaches common to different kinds of communication practice, including research used in strategic communication, applied media projects, and contemporary journalism. Common topics include learning how to conduct and evaluate formal and informal research from surveys, focus groups, and content analysis.
Cross-listed: See COMM 321
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COMM 522 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course focuses on communication systems in world cultures with an emphasis on understanding the social, cultural, political, and economic effects on different systems. Students will also explore intercultural communication, and the challenges of communicating in a global environment.
Cross-listed: See COMM 321
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COMM 525 - PROFESSIONAL & ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS
Credits: Three
This course examines ethical decision making and issues in the organizational context using a framework that is empirically informed and consistent with best practices and regulations. Emphasis is placed on understanding how interpersonal and group relations and values impact individual and corporate responsibility and ethical issues in relation to internal and external stakeholders.
Cross-listed: See ORGL 525
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COMM 547 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION: WRITING
Credits: Three
Students will learn the basics of developing and writing persuasive and creative messages as part of achieving an organization’s strategic communication goals and objectives. Emphasis is placed on using research to develop strategic platforms for message production, evaluating message writing and message effectivness in achieving communication goals and objectives.
Cross-listed: See COMM 347
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COMM 563 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION: RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Credits: Three
This course focuses on developing research-based strategy and tactics that form the basis of an organization’s internal and external communication to create new campaigns or solve organizational problems with the stakeholders upon whom the organization depends. The emphasis in this course is on understanding the best practice models through case studies, and students will have opportunities to develop strategy for a class client.
Cross-listed: See COMM 363
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COMM 571 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
Credits: Three
This capstone experience course gives students the opportunity to use all of their previous coursework to develop, create, implement, and evaluate a communication campaign for a client/organization. Key elements of this course include the ability to apply theoretical concepts to a real-world situation, to negotiate and advise the client on best courses of action, and to experience how the professional communication world works.
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COMM 580 - CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND NEGOTIATIONS
Credits: Three
In this course, students will learn theoretical models and frameworks to help you better understand the differing types of conflict that can arise within an organization, why conflict arises, when conflict can help versus hurt an organization, and how conflict can be negotiated and resolved. In addition, students will learn specific negotiation and mediation strategies and techniques.
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COMM 685 - CAPSTONE: COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Approval by Program Director requried
Note: Comprehensive examination must be taken in the last semester of coursework before graduation.
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COMM 698 - STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION CAPSTONE
Credits: Three
Students will choose between a thesis and a project. Thesis: Students completing a thesis will identify a topic on which to conduct original research with the goal of adding to the theoretical body of knowledge in strategic communication. Project: Students completing a project will use applied research and theory to construct a comprehensive plan to address a problem/opportunity in a selected setting, such as the student’s place of work or an organization or cause the student is interested in.
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COSC 105 - COMPUTER GAMES & GRAPHICS
Credits: Three
With entertainment of 2D and 3D video games, this course aims at
enhancing students’ critical thinking, creativity, and problem
solving strategy and methods. Visual Basic programming is included
to re-create legacy computer games and design new games. Additional
graphics software are introduced, such as Flash MX, 3D Studio Max,
Poser, and Adobe Photoshop.
Note: No previous computer experience is required.
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COSC 106 - Computer Multimedia Application
Credits: 3
With entertainment of 2D and 3D video games, this course aims at enhancing students’ critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving strategy and methods. Visual Basic programming is included to re-create legacy computer games and design new games. Additional graphics software are introduced, such as Flash MX, 3D Studio Max, Poser, and Adobe Photoshop. No previous computer experience is required.
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COSC 110 - INTRO TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Credits: Three
This course is an introduction to computer hardware and software.
Students will learn how to build a simple computer from scratch. It
includes step-by-step hands-on learning of system components,
organization, configuration and troubleshooting. Topics also
include building computer networks, land-line and wireless,
installing system software, such as WINDOWS XP and LINUX, and
configuring and testing various application software.
Note: No previous computer experience is required.
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COSC 120 - INTRO TO WEB PAGE TECHNOLOGY
Credits: Three
This is an introductory-to- intermediate level HTML programming
course. Students will learn how to build efficient, data-driven Web
pages using embedded PHP scripts, JaveScript, and Java applets.
Topics range from Web page design and HTML fundamentals to basic
commands, functions, data type, calculations, and control structure
in PHP and JavaScript. As an option it may include the basics of
ASP and VBScript, and using XML data in ASP applications.
Note: No previous programming experience is required.
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COSC 150 - INTRO TO JAVA PROGRAMMING
Credits: Three
This is an introductory to intermediate level hands-on programming
course intended primarily for students who have interests in Java
programming. WINDOWS-based JBuilder is used.
Note: No previous programming experience is required.
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COSC 151 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I: C++
Credits: Three
This is an introduction to computer programming in C/C++ language.
The course covers structural programming concepts, simple data
types and algorithms in addition to basic C++ syntax, operators,
control structures, arrays, pointers, and function parameter
passing. Lab assignments are required for coding techniques,
program design, and debugging.
Note: No previous programming experience is required.
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COSC 152 - COMPUTER SCIENCE II (C++OOP)
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC-151, Minimum grade C-
This course covers the concepts of encapsulation and Object
Oriented Programming. Topics include the OOP fundamentals such as
inheritance, polymorphism, and in addition overloading and
exception handling. OOP programming environment in JAVA may be
presented at the later part of the course.
Note: Lab assignments are required at the intermediate level of OOP design.
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COSC 170 - VISUAL STUDIO.NET & C# PRG
Credits: Three
This is an introductory to intermediate level programming course
intended for students who have interests in Microsoft Visual Basic
.Net and C# programming. Topics include numerical data and string
handling, forms and text file processing in VB.Net application, and
object-oriented programming in C# language. Additional topics
include ASP.Net application with Web and HTML forms.
Note: No previous programming experience is required.
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COSC 180 - INTRO TO UNIX/LINUX
Credits: Three
This course provides an introduction to UNIX/LINUX operating
system. Topics include UNIX/LINUX file and directory, Bourne shell
and C- shell commands and scripts, using vi and sed editors, simple
awk programming, and programming environment for C/C++ and perl.
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COSC 190 - WEB PROGRAMMING & PERL
Credits: Three
This course is an introduction to programming in Perl and CGI
scripts. Topics include Perl fundamentals such as data types and
operations, lists, patterns, subroutines, string and file handing,
and modules.
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COSC 230 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES
Credits: Three
This is an introductory course in logic and discrete methods
intended for students who have interests in digital devices and
computers. The course provides necessary foundational concepts and
formal logic. Topics include binary number systems, formal logic,
algorithms, relations, graphs, Boolean algebra, and computer logic.
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COSC 240 - DATABASE APPLICATIONS (ORACLE)
Credits: Three
This is an introductory database application course for students who intend to use database techniques in business applications or other various researches. Topics include database concepts, data definition and manipulation, structured query language, and introductory programming skills of PL/SQL using Oracle8i or 9i, and Microsoft SQL Server.
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COSC 241 - DATABASE APPLICATION (IBM DB2)
Credits: Three
This is an introductory database programming and application course for students who intend to use database applications in business, economics, and a variety of other research-related environments. Topics include DB2 UDB (Universal Database) basics, DB2’s SQL (Structured Query Language), and DB2’s SQL PL (Procedural Language) including database application objects such as procedures, functions, and triggers. Software for the course is DB2 UDB for LUW (UNIX/LINUX and WINDOWS).
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COSC 250 - ADV JAVA PROGRAMMING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 150
This is an intermediate to advanced level programming course
suitable for students who intend to learn advanced Java programming
language in business applications and various researches. Topics
include object- oriented data structures, exception handling,
networking, JavaBeans, swing components and swing- based graphical
user interfaces, and other related topics.
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COSC 260 - ADV C++ PROGRAMMING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 152, Minimum grade C-
This is an advanced programming course in C++ language. Topics
include pointer references, string handling, dynamic allocation,
bit-wise operations, function and operator overloading, template,
and virtual functions. Lab work in C++ programming is included.
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COSC 270 - LOGIC & COMP CIRCUIT DESIGN
Credits: Three
This is an introductory course of computer architecture and circuit
logic for students who are interested in computer hardware design
and electrical engineering. Topics include logic gates, Boolean
algebra, combinational and sequential circuits, and other
theoretical aspects of computer organization.
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COSC 280 - UNIX/LINUX SYSTEM PROG
Credits: Three
This course is a survey of UNIX / LINUX operating system
environment. Topics include the scripting in C Shell, Bourne Shell,
and Korn Shell. Additional programming topics include I/O
scheduling, functions, job and process control such as pipes,
forks, semaphores, and inter-process communication.
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COSC 330 - COMPUTER LOGIC & THEORY
Credits: Three
This is a foundational logic theory course for students who are
interested in digital devices and computers. Topics include Boolean
algebra, formal logic theory, algorithms, finite automata, group
theory, and elements of formal language theory.
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COSC 350 - DATA STRUC & ALGORITHMS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 250, Minimum grade C-
This is a study of abstract data type and object-oriented design
principles. Topics include applications of data structures such as
stacks, queues and linked-lists, analysis of algorithms, and
algorithmic tools and techniques, including sorting and searching
methods.
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COSC 360 - PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 152 or COSC 270, Minimum grade C-
The course covers the theoretical aspects of operating systems
including system structures, scheduling, threads and concurrent
processes, deadlock detection and prevention, storage and file
management, virtual memory, system protection and security.
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COSC 370 - COMP ARCH & ASMBLY LANGUAGE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 270, Minimum grade C-
The course is based on Boolean algebra and logic circuit theory,
and it extends to the overall aspect of computer architecture and
application of digital circuits design. Topics include circuits
design, registers and memory, instruction set architecture, CPU,
and peripherals. Lab work in a 8086 assembly language is included.
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COSC 371 - DATA COMM & NETWORKING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 270
The course covers the fundamental principles in telecommunication
and computer networking. Topics include data communication media,
network topologies, protocols, Internet and client/server
operations, and data security and recovery.
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COSC 380 - SOFTWARE DEVEL PRACTICUM
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: COSC 150 or COSC 151, Permission of instructor
The course covers basic techniques and methods of software
development applying to student’s employment experience or
practical training. Completion of a report of software development
experience is part of the course requirement.
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COSC 381 - SOFTWARE DEVEL PROJECT
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: COSC 152 or COSC-250, Permission of instructor
Continuation of COSC 380. Completion of a project summary or report
relevant to student’s employment experience or practical training
is part of the course requirement.
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COSC 390 - SPECIAL TOPICS: COMP SCIENCE
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: COSC 350 or COSC 370, Permission of instructor
This is a study in a specialized area, which is not covered by
other computer science coursework. The course, to be arranged
according to student need and interest, and the extent of coverage
of contents, can be taken for one to four credit hours. The course
can include elements of independent study.
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COSC 400 - NUMERICAL METHODS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 330 or COSC 350, Minimum grade C-
This is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques
of numerical analysis and numerical methods for undergraduates.
Topics in this course include mathematical preliminaries, solutions
of equations in one variable, interpolation and polynomial/function
approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, and
direct methods for solving linear systems.
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COSC 410 - INTRO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 260
This is an introduction to fundamental principles of software
design, implementation, validation and management. The objective of
the course is to develop an understanding of the technical and
organizational requirements in system design and development.
Topics include the life-cycle phases of requirements generation,
formal specifications, data types, top-down and object-oriented
program design, parallel and real-time system development,
problem-solving strategies, and testing.
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COSC 420 - COMPUTER GRAPHICS & OPENGL
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 152
This is a study of interactive computer graphics using OpenGL. The
course explores the techniques of digital representation,
manipulation, and display of geometric figures. Topics include
raster display hardware, basic algorithms and data structures
rendering, scan conversion, clipping, anti-aliasing, 2D and 3D
transformations, parallel and perspective projections, hidden
surface, shading and animation. Lab work in C/C++ is included.
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COSC 430 - COMPUTATION THEORY & AUTOMATA
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 330
This course is an introduction to the mathematical theory of formal
languages and grammars. Topics include finite and push-down
automata; Turing machines; regular, context-free, context-sensitive
and recursive languages; deterministic and non-deterministic space;
polynomial time and space; and concepts of effectiveness and
computational complexity.
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COSC 440 - E-BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE JAVA
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 240 or COSC 241 and COSC 250
This is an advanced programming course. Its main purpose is to
learn the key classes and methods in the HTTP package that forms
the basis of the World Wide Web using URLs (Universal Resource
Locators) to locate resources and process information on the
internet. The goal is to teach students how to create
object-oriented e-commerce business applications in Java as quickly
and easily as possible. Topics include: web/internet programming
basics, JavaServer pages, JavaBeans, sessions and cookies, classes
such as HttpServlet, interfaces such as HttpServletRequest and
HttpServlet Response, and other related topics.
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COSC 450 - ALGORITHMS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 350, Minimum grade C-
This is a continuation of COSC 350 Data Structure and Algorithms.
The course covers graph algorithms and applications to optimization
problems. Topics include advanced data structures, connectivity
problems, circuit design, network flow, matching, scheduling,
transaction processing, resource allocation, and graph processing
algorithms.
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COSC 460 - SYST PROG & COMPILER THEORY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 330 and COSC 370, Minimum grade C-
The course provides an overview of interpretive systems and related
structural analysis. Topics include design issues of assemblers,
compilers, loaders and linkers, macro-processors, and job
scheduling mechanism of process control and multi-tasking.
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COSC 470 - INTRO TO ARTIFICIAL INTELL
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: COSC 152 or COSC 250, Minimum grade C-
The course introduces the basic concepts and methodology of
artificial intelligence, related to problem solving, knowledge
representation, machine learning, and knowledge-based systems.
Topics include simulated annealing, A-star pathfinding, ant colony
algorithms, classified systems, particle swamp optimization, fizzy
logic, and issues of heuristics. Programming project(s) in C++ or
Java are included
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COSC 480 - SENIOR PROJECT SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: MATH 316, Minimum grade C-, Permission of instructor
This is an in-depth study of selective topics in computer science
or related areas exclusively for graduating seniors of computer
science major or certification. The contents of the study generally
consist of programming components and reflect learning and research
experience in computer hardware and software.
Note: Completion of a written report or thesis is required.
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COSC 481 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
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COSC 493 - CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
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COSC 496 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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COSC 499 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 6
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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