Courses
CS 311 DATABASE DESIGN 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores fundamentals of database design theory and applications. Includes data models with emphasis on the relational model. Prerequisite: Take CS-112;
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
CS 312 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of software development methodology, both procedural and object oriented. This is a team project-based design course where teams develop software projects from requirements analysis through detailed design and testing. Umbrella activities such as configuration management, quality assurance, writing documentation, ethics, and costing are covered. Automated software design tools are used and oral and written presentations required. Prerequisite: Take CS-112
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CS 319 COMPUTER ETHICS:SOCIETY & TECH 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the ethical and social and legal issues associated with computer technology and its context in society. It is a writing seminar that focuses on ethical issues such as privacy, hacking, intellectual property, accountability, identity, whistleblowing, virtual communities, social networking, codes of ethics and professional responsibility. Students use philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant and Mill, to support their positions through papers, ethical debate and dialogue. This course is a senior level capstone course. It emphasizes both oral and written communication as students discuss and examine their own ethical beliefs in relation to society and technology. Prerequisite: Take one course from PH department
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CS 339 NETWORKING, DATA COMMUNICATION 3.0 Credit(s)
Students study networks and data communication concentrating on the Internet model. This is a laboratory-based course that includes projects implemented on both Unix and Windows machines. Topics such as the Internet protocol stack, hardware, routing, circuit-switching and packet-switching networks, multiplexing, error handling and wifi are among those studied. Students use packet sniffing tools to design and simulate networks Prerequisite: Take CS-112
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CS 341 ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS 3.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis on theory and techniques underlying the analysis of algorithms including big/little-Oh, graphs and networks, searching, sorting, recursion, and classical algorithms. Prerequisite: Take CS-241
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CS 349 OPERATING SYSTEMS 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines resource management (including memory allocation and management, virtual memory), process scheduling, protection, deadlocks, concurrency, file systems, I/O systems, distributed OS. Prerequisite: Take CS-215
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
CS 368 CYBER SECURITY PRINCIPLES 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on networking security topics, firewalls (using Linux), packet filters, NAT and PAT, public key infrastructure (using Microsoft Certification Server), encryption algorithms, decrypting passwords, dictionary decryption, brute force decryption, certificate servers, vulnerability assessment, identifying security holes, forensics, Layer 5 vulnerabilities, and packet monitoring.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CS 390 INTERNSHIP 1.0-3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides students with real world internship experience. Mandatory for CS, IT, GDD majors.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
CS 398 SPECIAL TOPICS II 3.0 Credit(s)
Students in this course will learn how to design and develop applications for mobile devices.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
CS 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
EC 302 GLOBAL FINANCIAL MKTS & INSTITUTIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides a comprehensive review of the global financial markets, instruments, and institutions. It is designed to expand students' awareness and understanding of the conceptual background for financial decision-making related to corporate finance, banking, and international finance. The first part provides an introduction to financial markets, the attributes of financial assets, and the characteristics of the market participants. The second part includes chapters dedicated to various financial markets, some of which include debt, stock, foreign exchange, real estate, derivatives. Finally, the course discusses the risks faced by investors when they are participating in financial markets. In this course, we will stress practical applications and the impact of current events on financial markets. Prerequisite: Take EC- 203
Offered: As Needed All Years
EC 303 US ECON & MONETARY POLICY 1.0 Credit(s)
This is a one-credit course to learn about U.S. macroeconomics aspects and monetary policy implementation by the Federal Reserve Bank. Selected students will participate in the Fed Challenge competition held in November by the Eastern Economic Association with partnership of New York Federal Reserve Bank. Students learn to work in a team environment, conduct research in macroeconomics, write short papers on economic topics, and conduct data analysis to make graphs and tables. In addition, they also learn how to make PowerPoint presentations and give presentations in front of audience. The course is open to Business Economics and/or Finance majors only. Prerequisite: Take EC-203
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
EC 313 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Analyzes the structure of industry, business firms, and the application of analytical tools of economics to decision-making. Topics include the determination of relevant costs for decisions within the business firm, pricing and capital budgeting problems, risk and uncertainty, and cases involving actual managerial situations that require the use of economic analysis. Prerequisite: Take EC-202 and MA-131 and one of the following:ýMA-101, MA-105, MA-107, MA-109, MA-110, MA-151
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
EC 320 HEALTH ECONOMICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the application of economic theory to the production of health and healthcare services. Students will investigate the demand for medical care and the roles of moral hazard and adverse selection in the health insurance market. They will analyze the differences in pricing and utilization across healthcare systems (HMO, PPO, POS), markets for physicians, hospital and pharmaceutical services, as well as the role of the government in the regulation and administration of healthcare. Students will also learn the decision-making tools used in the economic evaluation of healthcare interventions. Prerequisite: Take MA-131 or higher, or EX-230
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
EC 321 LABOR ECONOMICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Applies the fundamentals of microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis to important decisions that people make in labor markets. Topics include the understanding of the wage and employment determination in the labor market, the wage differential, investing in human capital (i.e., education and training), labor mobility (including immigration), discrimination, unions, and unemployment. The course will cover both theoretical and empirical aspects of these issues. Prerequisite: TAKE EC-203
Offered: As Needed Contact Department