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CHE 2217 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
A systematic study of the compounds of carbon based upon functional reactivity with emphasis on the physicochemical approach to reaction mechanisms. In addition to a treatment of basic molecular structure, stereochemistry, equilibria, kinetics and nomenclature, the chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, and alkyl halides is studied. A coordinated laboratory incorporates classical techniques (recrystallization, distillation, and extraction), analytical methods (chromatography and IR spectroscopy), and molecular modeling. Course includes a 4-hr laboratory.
Prerequisites Chemistry 1102 or 1104
Co-requisite Chemistry 2017
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CHE 2218 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4
A systematic study of the compounds of carbon based upon functional reactivity with emphasis on the physicochemical approach to reaction mechanisms. With continued emphasis upon mechanisms, the chemistry of alcohols, ethers, phenols, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, carbohydrates, and amino acids is studied. A coordinated laboratory incorporates NMR spectroscopy, molecular modeling, micro and macro scale synthesis, and scientific writing. Course includes a 4-hr laboratory.
Prerequisites Chemistry 2217
Co-requisite Chemistry 2018
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CHE 2265 - Special Topics in Chemistry Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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CHE 2295 - Internships in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CHE 2298 - Independent Studies in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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CHE 3007 - Physical Chemistry Lab Credits: 0
Laboratory for Physical Chemistry course.
Co-requisite CHE-3307
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CHE 3021 - Biochemistry I Lab Credits: 0
Laboratory for Biochemistry I course.
Prerequisites CHE-3321
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CHE 3022 - Biochemistry II Lab Credits: 0
Laboratory for Biochemistry II course.
Co-requisite CHE-3322
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CHE 3205 - The Chemical Literature Credits: 2.00
An introduction to modern searching of the scientific literature using electronic databases, including Chemical Abstracts. Specific instruction is given in the techniques and strategies used in searching subjects, authors, and substances in retrospective, forward, and relational databases. As a culminating experience in this course, students will perform a comprehensive literature search on a subject and then produce a concise review of the topic.
This course contributes to the departmental writing requirement for all major programs of study offered by the Department of Chemistry.
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CHE 3301 - Medicinal Chemistry Credits: 4.00
This course focuses on the fundamental aspects and current methodologies involved in the drug discovery process. The fundamental aspects include the physical, chemical and pharmaceutical properties of drugs and their mechanism of action. The methodologies include lead discovery strategies, statistically based QSAR optimization methods, structure-based and mechanism-based design methods, and combinatorial techniques. Categories of drugs and the application to the chemotherapy of cancer, viral and microbial diseases will be examined.
Prerequisites Chemistry 2218 required, Chemistry 3321 recommended
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry
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CHE 3307 - Physical Chemistry for Bio Credits: 4
This course introduces the fundamental theories of physical chemistry within the context of biological systems and highlights how physical chemistry can be used to gain insight into biochemical and biological systems. The topics discussed include thermodynamics and its application to energy flow in biological cells, kinetics of life processes, quantum mechanics and how it explains the structure of atoms, molecules, and macromolecules such as proteins, and finally biochemical spectroscopy that is used to reveal the molecular structure. The associated laboratory will utilize biological systems to explore the concepts covered in lecture.This course covers the fundamental theories of physical chemistry and their application to chemical and biological systems. Specifically, students will be exposed to three different sets of theories including the theories of quantum mechanics and their application to electronic and molecule structure and spectroscopy; thermodynamics theories and their application to energy transfer and chemical and physical equilibrium; and finally kinetic theories and their application to molecular motion, transport properties and chemical reaction rates.
Prerequisites CHE-1102 or CHE-1104 and MAT-1117
Co-requisite CHE-3007
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CHE 3308 - Advanced Physical Chemistry Credits: 4
An in-depth study of the theories of physical chemistry that extends beyond that covered in the Foundations of Physical Chemistry course. The important theories of physical chemistry are presented in a more detailed mathematical context. The core theoretical relationships are then derived from fundamental expressions to provide insight into the strengths and limitations inherent in each set of theories. Students will also benefit from exposure to experiments through integrated laboratory exercises designed to assess the applicability of these theories in describing the behavior of real chemical and biological systems.
Prerequisites Chemistry 3307, Mathematics 1118, Physics 1102
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CHE 3321 - Biochemistry I Credits: 4
This course provides an exploration of cellular function on a molecular level. The major focus of the course is on protein chemistry; topics include protein structure, folding, synthesis, and function. Skills such as technical writing, database information retrieval, data analysis, and critical thinking are highlighted. The laboratory is research-based and will primarily explore the relationship between protein misfolding and human disease. Techniques include protein purification, electrophoresis, and spectroscopic characterization.
Course includes a 4-hr laboratory.
Prerequisites Chemistry 2217 and Biology 1111;
Co-requisite Chemistry 3021
Recommended Chemistry 2218 and 3205
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CHE 3322 - Biochemistry II Credits: 4
This advanced biochemistry course will highlight important topics at the interface of biology and chemistry. Topics may include an in-depth examination or extension of topics covered in CHE 3321 (Biochemistry I), new cutting-edge topics and techniques, and/or historical perspectives of important developments in biochemistry. Past topics have included rational drug design, complementary and alternative medicine, biomineralization, and the protein-folding problem. Oral presentation skills and critical analysis of the primary literature are emphasized.
Prerequisites CHE-3321
Co-requisite CHE-3022
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CHE 3365 - Special Topics in Chemistry Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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CHE 3395 - Internships in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CHE 3398 - Independent Studies in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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CHE 4465 - Special Topics in Chemistry Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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CHE 4493 - Chemistry Seminar Credits: 2
Presentation of laboratory or literature findings on current topics of chemical interest by students, faculty, and visiting lecturers. This course is the Capstone Experience in Chemistry and is required of all senior Chemistry and Biochemistry majors and Exercise Chemistry dual majors. Juniors and non-majors may be admitted by permission of the department.
This course satisfies the capstone requirement for all major programs of study offered by the Department of Chemistry.
Prerequisites Chemistry 3205
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CHE 4495 - Internships in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CHE 4498 - Independent Studies in Chemistry Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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CHI 1101 - Elementary Chinese I Credits: 4.0
This is an introductory course in Modern Standard Chinese Mandarin. Students will learn the basic skills (writing, reading, listening and speaking) needed to function in Chinese. They develop communicative competence through consideration of cultural themes, language functions, and authentic situations as they acquire the structures and lexicon to work with written language, conversations, and compositions.
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CHI 1102 - Elementary Chinese II Credits: 4.0
Constitutes the second (continuation) semester of Elementary Chinese (1101). In this course, students continue to develop the ability to communicate in Chinese through the consideration of cultural themes, language functions, and authentic situations as they acquire the structures and lexicon to work with written language, conversation, and composition.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Chinese 1101 or by placement
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CHI 2211 - Intermediate Chinese I Credits: 4.0
This course is designed to build on the foundation created in the first two elementary Chinese courses and to help students achieve greater fluency in oral expression while learning to read short texts in Chinese. Grammar will be taught through the use of sentence patterns, and character writing will be practiced. Traditional and contemporary aspects of Chinese culture will be taught.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Chinese 1102 or by placement
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CIN 1101 - Introduction to Cinema Credits: 4.00
A survey of film history, theory, and aesthetics designed to introduce students to the language of motion pictures - including critical analyses of image, sound, montage, and narrative – and to the fundamental ideas of cinema theorists such as Arnheim, Bazin, Eisenstein, Kuleshov, Mulvey, Munsterberg, and Sarris [relevant film theorists]. This course includes a weekly three-hour film viewing session.
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CIN 2201 - Television Production Credits: 4
This course focuses on the pre-production, production, and post-production aspects of television. Specific emphasis is on lighting, filming, editing, and writing. Students are included in the creation of a weekly television show.
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CIN 2265 - Special Topics in Cinema Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
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CIN 2295 - Internship In Cinema Credits: 0 - 4.00
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CIN 2301 - Basic Video Editing Credits: 4
This course is designed to teach the theory and practice of digital video editing including capturing images and sound; manipulating them on a time line; designing titles, transitions, and effects; and finally outputting the project tape, web or DVD. Each student is required to script, shot-list, cast, and shoot a short, original narrative, and then electronically manipulate the sound and images to explore the vast flexibility of the medium, gain a greater understanding of how an editor generates causality, and develop a recognition of the connection between one’s own edit technique and successful story telling.
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CIN 2401 - Audio Production Credits: 4.0
This lecture/lab is an introduction to the concepts and techniques necessary to record, edit, mix, and master quality audio for cinema, radio, television, and the web. Emphasis on basic audio signal flow; the evolution of audio art and technology; and how dialog, sound effects, ambience, and music serve the narrative process.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Second-semester first-year standing, or above
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CIN 3201 - Narrative Film Production Credits: 4
Students, working collaboratively on small teams, will complete a series of short-form (3- to 7-minute) films from concept through execution. In the process, students will learn the art of shooting and assembling a dramatic/fiction film through gaining a mastery of story development, scene visualization, visual storytelling, character identification, emotional impact, screen composition, cinematography and editing, and sound. The course will examine how such techniques create an illusion of reality for film watchers, as well as how these methods of shooting and editing continue to evolve in our modern-day film and television environment.
Prerequisites CIN-2201 or CIN-2301
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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CIN 3301 - Film Analysis Credits: 4
An advanced formal analysis of image, sound, montage and narrative of cinematic artifacts from a particular region, movement, era, auteur, or genre using a variety of theoretical, critical, and socio-historical perspectives. This course includes a weekly three-hour film viewing session.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Communication 1104; Junior or Senior standing
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CIN 3302 - Fiction Into Film Credits: 4
The process by which film adapts literary works. The course considers adaptations from short fiction, novels, and dramatic literature; exploring the formal traits unique to each individual genre, the formal traits shared by more than one genre, and the capacity of film adaptation to retain and transform narrative content. Students will write critical essays and a film script adapted from a piece of short fiction. The course includes a weekly three-hour film viewing session.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
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CIN 3303 - European Film Art Credits: 4
Theoretical approaches to the study of film, the analysis of film making techniques and styles with reference to the roots of European film (Fritz Lang, Eisenstein, and the early work of Bunuel), but focusing on the important schools and trends of European cinema in the post-war period. Subjects include the major works of leading film directors, such as Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Bunuel, Truffaut, Godard, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, and Tarkovsky.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
(taught only on the Budapest Campus)
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
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CIN 3365 - Special Topics in Cinema Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
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CIN 3395 - Internship In Cinema Credits: 0 - 4.00
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CIN 3401 - Scriptwriting Credits: 4
The principles, techniques, and requirements of scriptwriting. These are developed through the analysis of existing materials and through the construction and composition of original scripts.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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CIN 4465 - Special Topics in Cinema Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
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CIN 4495 - Internship In Cinema Credits: 0 - 4.00
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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CIN 4901 - Cinema Capstone Credits: 4
This Capstone experience requires each student to write, direct, edit, produce, promote, and publicly screen an original 20-30 minute digital feature (fiction or documentary) which showcases the cinematic storytelling skills acquired in the major.
Prerequisites CIN 1101, CIN 2201, CIN 2301, CIN 3401 and one additional 3000-level CIN course
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COM 1101 - Introduction to Communication: Media Credits: 4
This course studies how individuals use media to communicate, and how such media use affects public communication. Students will explore media’s economic, political, and cultural roles; media’s informative, persuasive, and entertainment functions; 1st amendment issues; and key theories.
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COM 1102 - Introduction to Communication: Interpersonal Credits: 4
A broad historical and theoretical introduction to the study of human communication in the context of face-to-face and small group interaction. Homework and classroom participation put a strong emphasis on writing and speaking.
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COM 1112 - Comic Strips and the Communication of Culture; An International Perspective Credits: 2
The course is an opportunity for students to learn the history and cultural significance of comic strips from an international perspective. Countries of interest will include Hungary, Germany, France, and Russia. Emphasis is placed on the cultural impact of comics and the analysis of themes evident within the strips (e.g., politics, pop culture, class, gender, etc.). The course will also explore the influence of U.S. comic strips in Europe. Additionally, the course will explore how Hungarian comic strips were controlled in post-war Hungary. Film and television representations of comic strips will be discussed. Students will learn the process and techniques of creating a comic strip.
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COM 2201 - Quantitative Research Methods Credits: 4
The purposes and methods of formal researching the study of human communication. The main focus of this course is the communication research process from a quantitative perspective. Specific topics include philosophy of science, research design, data collection, data analysis, statistics, and reasoning.
Prerequisites Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in COM-1101 and COM 1102.
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COM 2202 - Qualitative Procedures Credits: 4
The focus of this course is to learn qualitative research procedures, specifically ethnography, phenomenology and grounded theory. By performing a semester-long qualitative research study on the communication dynamics in a small group, students learn experientially how to perform qualitative procedures as well as library research. They also come away with increased insight into small group communication. The course places a strong emphasis on writing.
Prerequisites Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in COM-1101 and COM-1102
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COM 2206 - Communication Design Credits: 4
This course focuses on the persuasive elements of social marketing campaigns, advertising campaigns, and public relations campaigns within various communication contexts. Emphasis is placed on the visual and textual elements as they apply to message design.
Prerequisites COM-1101 and COM-1102
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COM 2207 - COM in the Digital Age Credits: 4
Students learn to compose and deliver messages across media by selecting and organizing ideas, supporting ideas logically, backing claims with research, adapting to specific audiences and cultural constraints, and delivering messages effectively using appropriate channels. The course is informed by Communication theory, practice, and research. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in persuasion and message design.
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COM 2265 - Special Topics in Communication Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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COM 2295 - Internship in Communication Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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COM 2298 - Independent Studies in Communication Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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COM 3105 - Relational Communication Credits: 4.00
This course explores how we affect, and are affected by, the personal relationships that we create, maintain, and sometimes terminate. Specific topics include significant others, the media, sexuality, social support, abusive
relationships, romance, friendships, family.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
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COM 3150 - Organizational Communication Credits: 4
An examination of the communicative practices employed by organizations in their internal and external activities. Topics include: historical and current approaches to the study of organization communication; the development and application of theory to organizational communication problems; research methods used to evaluate organizations and their communicative practices. Students conduct on-site field studies and prepare written and oral presentations of their findings.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
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COM 3160 - Health Communication Credits: 4
The communication of health care with a focus on physicians and other providers, health care organizations, special interest groups, and government agencies. Particular issues include social support, gender, agenda setting, persuasive health campaigns, health policy, and media.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
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COM 3220 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 4
This course presents an overview of current issues in communicating across cultures. The course examines how people from various ethnic, gender, generational, racial, cultural, national and religious backgrounds exchange meaning. Study will focus on many of the cultural variables in communication as well as how those variables work holistically within cultural systems. Topics include how the interaction between language,
thinking patterns and culture affect communication, the nature of culture, issues of power, verbal and nonverbal codes.
Prerequisites COM-1102 and 57 or more credit hours
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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COM 3221 - Gender in Communication Credits: 4
This course examines current research from a critical cultural theoretical perspective on the role gender plays in communication, and how communication works to construct the notions of masculinity and femininity. Considering gender construction particularly in relation to power, we look at, for example, how language helps enshrine ways we talk and think about the sexes, how gendered behaviors like masculine violence and feminine submission become institutionalized, how pop culture and advertising circulate the messages of appropriate gendered behaviors throughout the media, and how cultural institutions like family, schools, sports, religion and the workplace reinforce gendered communication.
Prerequisites COM-1101 and COM-1102 and 57 or more credit hours
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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COM 3304 - History of Animation Credits: 4
Critical and historical survey of animation as a form of communication and cultural expression. Emphasis is placed on the process and forms of animation, influential animators and animation studios, and noteworthy animated films. The course covers both U.S. and foreign animation.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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COM 3334 - Semiotics Credits: 4
Symbols and signs occur in systems and relate to each other within those systems. Film editing techniques and television schedules provide structures in which symbols appear. Viewers interpret the signs and symbols in television and film, usually outside their conscious awareness. Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and structures in which they appear, and how we make sense of them.
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COM 3352 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 4
This course presents in an overview of current issues in communicating across cultures. The course examines how people from various ethnic, gender, generational, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds exchange meaning. Study will focus on many of the cultural variables in communication as well as how those variables work holistically within cultural systems. Topics include how the interaction between language, thinking patterns and culture affect communication, the nature of culture, issues of power, verbal and nonverbal codes.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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COM 3365 - Special Topics in Communication Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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COM 3371 - Communication Systems Credits: 4.0
A communication system is a collection of individuals who relate to one another by means of shared messages and media networks. This course investigates the fundamental methods of thinking about such systems by intermixing a basic theoretical description of system theory (Weinberg) with case studies of its practical application (Lakoff). Topics include interaction in connected systems, the role of the environment, networks, complexity and self-reference.
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COM 3395 - Internship in Communication Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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COM 3398 - Independent Studies in Communication Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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COM 3410 - Critical Theories and Popular Culture Credits: 4
This course examines the relationship between pop culture texts, the media used to propagate them and the dominant culture in which both exist. Using critical theoretical tools, students examine media content and pop culture formations. Topics include an historical overview of critical social theory, and the ways identities are formed in and in reaction to popular music, film, and television.
Prerequisites COM-1101 and COM-1102 and 57 or more credit hours
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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COM 3420 - Media Analysis and Criticism Credits: 4
Rather than passive spectators, audiences actively interpret media messages. This class examines the complex dialogue in the U.S. corporate commercial media system among media producers telling their fiction and nonfiction stories, commercial interests looking to make a profit, and individuals seeking information, entertainment and identity. We examine the social role of media with a focus on the symbolic nature of media messages. Rooted in a political economy theory of media and drawing from critical theories and postmodernist perspectives, approaches include semiotics, structuralist, narrative, and ideological analyses.
Prerequisites COM-1101 and COM-1102 and 57 or more credit hours
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COM 3501 - Communication and Interactive Media Credits: 4
Communication and Interactive Media examines how information and communication technology affect the nature and the quality of human communication. The course specifically addresses how use of technology influences the free flow of information, access to and construction of information, online relational development, and online community development. The course is theory and research based and students will be expected to reflect and draw upon their own experiences with technology.
Prerequisites Communication 2203 and 2204
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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COM 3610 - Visual Communication Credits: 4.00
We live in an increasingly visual world. It is important to understand how visuals can be used to communicate information and meaning, and how visuals influence sense making and subsequent behavior. This course explores visual means of
representation, aspects of visual design, and methods used for visual communication research.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Experiential
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COM 3901 - Research Proposal Credits: 1.00
During junior year, students work one-on-one with faculty, developing a proposal and gaining faculty approval for their senior seminar research project.
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COM 4465 - Special Topics in Communication Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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COM 4495 - Internship in Communication Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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COM 4498 - Independent Studies in Communication Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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COM 4901 - Senior Seminar Credits: 4.00
This Capstone seminar requires each student to design, execute, and present a significant research project, which focuses on a specific Communication phenomenon and uses either a quantitative or qualitative methodology.
Prerequisites COM-2201, COM-2202 and COM-3901
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CSC 1106 - The Art of Programming Credits: 4
An introduction to the use of algorithms for problem solving. The course will focus on finding algorithmic solutions for a given problem and expressing these solutions in a programming language.
This course includes a laboratory.
Prerequisites MAT-1001 and MAT-1002 or MAT-1100
Offered: All Years - Fall Semester
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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CSC 1108 - Raspberry Pi Maker Credits: 2
Learn to make a mini computer system from the ground up using Raspberry Pi. Exam computational thinking by hands-on operations with the Pi, and design automatic interactions by scripts to drive digital devices. Explore many technology possibilities by converting the Pi to be an autonomous agent. The course offers opportunities for everyone to discover fundamentals of computers and practices of engineering. It also offers introductory computer science excursions with maker experiences.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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CSC 1109 - Discrete Mathematics Credits: 4
An introduction to mathematical reasoning, discrete structures, and foundations of algorithm analysis. Possible topics include propositional and predicate logic, proof techniques including mathematical induction, recurrences, sets, relations, pigeonhole principle, combinatorics, graphs, discrete probability, and number theory.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites Computer Science 1106 and Mathematics 1107 or placement
Offered: All Years - Spring Semester
McDaniel Plan: Quantitative Reasoning.
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CSC 1141 - Computer Ethics Credits: 2
This course provides students the opportunity to consider, and reflect upon, various topics concerning the humanitarian, social, and professional use of computer technology. Ethical decision-making issues related to the use of computers and the responsibilities of those who work with computers are of special concern. This is a discussion based course with required readings, personal research and written expression of ideas.
Prerequisites CSC-1106
McDaniel Plan: Jan Term
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CSC 2206 - Intermediate Java Credits: 4
This course introduces students to intermediate features of the Java programming language. Students will learn about object-oriented programming concepts such asencapsulation, inheritance, interfaces, abstract classes, abstract methods, exception handling, and polymorphism; will learn how to write and read Java primitive types to and from files; other topics as time allows.
Prerequisites CSC-1106 with a grade of C or better
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CSC 2209 - Computer Organization Credits: 4
Introduction to interaction between software and hardware levels in modern computers. Possible topics include Moore’s law, von Neumann architecture, data representation, error correction, digital circuits, CPU design, memory, input/output, file systems, data compression, operating systems, virtual machines, and programming tools.
Prerequisites Computer Science 1106.
Recommended Computer Science/Mathematics 1109.
Offered: All Years - Spring Semester
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CSC 2217 - Data Structures Credits: 4
Study of data structures, recursion, searching and sorting algorithms. Introduction to complexity analysis of algorithms using Big-Oh notations.
Prerequisites Computer Science 1106 and Computer Science/Mathematics 1109.
Offered: All Years - Fall Semester
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CSC 2222 - Database Design Credits: 4
An introduction to database management systems that examines both the relational and semi-structured data models. Topics will include design principles, query languages, data dependencies, and optimization techniques.
Prerequisites Computer Science 1106 and either Computer Science/Mathematics 1109 or Mathematics 2224.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 2265 - Special Topics in Computer Science Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering.
Prerequisites permission of the instructor.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 3305 - Artificial Intelligence Credits: 4
The study of computer algorithms inspired by nature and algorithms imitating human reasoning. Possible topics include: heuristic search, neural networks, genetic algorithms, expert systems, fuzzy logic, automated theorem proving, and data mining.
Prerequisites Computer Science 2217.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 3314 - Theory of Computation Credits: 4
This course studies the abstract models of machines and languages recognized by them, and introduces the concept of computability. This course not only serves as the theoretical foundation of computer science, but also has wide application to programming languages linguistics, natural language processing, compiler design, and software design. Topics include finite automata and regular languages, pushdown automata and context-free grammars, grammar transformations and normal forms, Turing machines and computable functions, and unsolvable problems including the halting problem.
Prerequisites Computer Science/Mathematics 1109 or Mathematics 2224.
Recommended Computer Science 2217.
Offered: All Years - Fall Semester
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CSC 3317 - Algorithms Credits: 4
Advanced study of tree and graph algorithms and algorithm complexity. Introduction to computational complexity classes P and NP.
Prerequisites Computer Science 2217.
Offered: All Years - Spring Semester
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CSC 3365 - Special Topics in Computer Science Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering.
Prerequisites permission of the instructor.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 3395 - Internships in Computer Science Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 3398 - Independent Studies in Computer Science Credits: 0-4
Directed study for qualified students in more advanced topics in computer science theory, systems, or application areas.
Prerequisites permission of the instructor.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 4406 - Principles of Programming Languages Credits: 4
A survey of programming language concepts, functional languages, logical programming, and programming language semantics.
Prerequisites Computer Science 2217.
Recommended Computer Science/Mathematics 3314.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 4413 - Modern Cryptography Credits: 4
An introduction to data encryption and authentication in the modern age. The course covers both symmetric-key and asymmetric-key protocols. Topics may include block ciphers, pseudorandomness, message authentication codes, digital signatures, key distribution, and cryptanalysis. The course emphasizes mathematical rigor, including formal definitions of security goals and proofs of protocol security.
Prerequisites Computer Science 1106 and Computer Science/Mathematics 1109.
Recommended Computer Science/Mathematics 3314.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 4465 - Special Topics in Computer Science Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering.
Prerequisites permission of the instructor.
Offered: On Demand - As Needed
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CSC 4494 - Senior Project Credits: 4
A study of software development models, requirements specification, and GUI design. Student will propose, design, implement, test, and document a substantial application or write a thesis containing original work in theoretical computer science. Projects and theses will be presented in class.
Note: Senion standing required.
Offered: All Years - Spring Semester
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ECO 1101 - Introduction to Political Economy Credits: 4
An introduction to economic reasoning and its application in analyzing economic problems and institutions.
This course is not open to students who have taken Economics 2201. It is not normally taken by majors in Economics or Business Administration.
Prerequisites MAT-1001 or MAT-1100
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ECO 1102 - Economic Issues and Policy Credits: 4
Exploration of the contributions made by economic theory towards understanding and solving major policy issues of our times. The principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics are studied and applied to such timely topics as the environment, health care, international trade, the minimum wage, and a variety of similarly critical issues. Student interest will play a role in topic selection.
Prerequisites MAT-1001 or MAT-1100
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ECO 1103 - Introduction to Economics Credits: 4
The study of the economic foundations of any society: price theory - the market system and allocation of resources; and macroeconomic theory - national income, employment, inflation, business cycles, and international trade.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001, Mathematics 1002 or placement above Mathematics 1002.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ECO 2201 - Principles of Economics Credits: 4
The study of the economic foundations of any society: price theory-the market system, allocation of resources, and income distribution; macroeconomic theory- national income and employment, money and banking, growth, recession, inflation and international trade.
This course is offered at the Budapest campus.
Prerequisites MAT-1001 and MAT-1002 or MAT-1100
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ECO 2205 - Environmental Economics Credits: 4
The study of efficient use of natural resources and protection of the environment both in the short term and the long run. Basic economic principles are developed and applied to global topics such as biodiversity, global warming, ozone depletion and sustainable development and to more local and regional ones having to do with pollution of air and water.
Cross-listed with Environmental Policy Science 2205.
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ECO 2206 - Gender Roles in the Economy
This course surveys some of the major discussions in feminist economics. It explores the gender dimensions of paid labor and how gender roles in unpaid work and in care labor impact how men and women participate in the formal economy, informal economy, and shadow economy. It looks at ways the household is modeled in economics and some of the policy implications of these different models. It also explores new research on sex differences in asset ownership, savings, and bankruptcy and their implications.
Prerequisites ECO 1103 or ECO 2201
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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ECO 2265 - Special Topics in Economics Credits: 0-4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering.
Prerequisites Economics 2201 or permission of the instructor.
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ECO 2298 - Independent Studies in Economics Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors. Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ECO 3303 - Microeconomic Theory Credits: 4
The theory of demand, production, cost, and resource allocation in a market economy. Models of market structure are developed and various forms of market failure are analyzed. Also developed are models of risk and uncertainty and theories of factor pricing and income distribution.
Prerequisites ECO 1103 or ECO 2201
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ECO 3304 - International Economics Credits: 4
The principles of international trade and finance: study of classic trade theories, trade policy, exchange rate markets, balance of payments, trade and growth/development, open economy business cycles, international organizations, and exchange rate policy.
Prerequisites ECO 1103 or ECO 2201
Offered in 2008-2009 and alternate years.
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