414 Course Descriptions CS 3250 - Advanced Object Oriented P rog ra m 111 i ng ( 4) Develop and expand abilities in solving lengthy, advanced problems, multiple parallel tasks, generic packages, and other object-oriented techniques using selected languages. Prerequisite: CS 2420. CS 3260 - Mobile Development for the iPhone (4) Sp Introduction to developing applications for mobile iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) using the iPhone SDK, in conjunction with the Xcode/Cocoa development environment. Students will learn the basics of the Objective-C programming language and use it to develop applications for the iPhone family of devices. Students will also gain experience in working in a team environment. Prerequisite: CS 1410, CS 2350 and CS 2550. CS 3270 - Mobile Development for Android (4) F Introduction to developing applications for Android mobile devices. Students will use the Eclipse IDE in conjunction with the Android SDK. Students will gain advanced experience in Java and XML as they develop mobile applications both individually and as members of a development team. Prerequisite: CS 2350, CS 2550 and CS 3230. CS 3540 - Database Administration (4) F, Sp This course describes the role of the Database Administrator in managing an organization's most valuable asset - its data. Topics covered include DBMS architecture, database layout, database development, data fragmentation, rollback segments, database tuning, database security, backup and recovery, database networking, and distributed databases. Special emphasis is given to working with current database management systems such as Oracle, SQL Server and DB2. Prerequisite: CS 2550. CS 3550 - Distributed Database Architecture Management and Application (4) F, Sp This course is designed to teach students to design, implement, and maintain a distributed database application. Applications development using database programming techniques emphasizing database structures, such as stored procedures, user defined functions, cursors, triggers, and distributed queries will be covered. Other topics will include: advanced transaction processing as well as distributed database problems and solutions using enhanced SQL and XML. Prerequisite: CS 2550. CS 3610 - Introduction to Game Industry (4) This is course is an introduction to the game industry and the skills and best practices needed in order to become a game developer. The course will evaluate different gaming hardware, genre, skills, tools, and roles. Students will also understand the elements in creating a game including the game design document, story line, vision, virtual worlds, play fields, and the mathematics and physics that are involved with game development. Prerequisite: CS 1400. CS 3620 - Server-Side Web Development (4) An introduction to server-side Web development using the most current Web server technologies. General Web development principles such as usability, reliability, maintainability and scalability will be applied to current Web development environments such as ASP.NET, PHP, Python, Ruby and Java. Students will gain real-world experience in creating Websites for multiple Web platforms. Prerequisite: CS 2350 and CS 2550. CS 3630 - Rich Internet Application Development (4) An introduction to developing and deploying rich Internet applications (RIAs) using technologies such as Flex, ActionScript, and Silverlight. Students will develop engaging websites by incorporating RIAs in the web application development process. Prerequisite: CS 2350 and CS 2550. CS 3705 - Protocol Analysis (4) F, Sp This course provides an in depth look at the fundamentals of what protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used to move data through the network, and how information is exchanged over the Internet. In depth analysis of network traffic packets will include normal traffic as well as protocol attack patterns. Topics include: DNS, Apache, email, Samba, PPP, DHCP, TCP, IP, and UDP troubleshooting, and security. Prerequisite: CS 2705 or NTM 2435. CS 3720 - Network Architectures and Protocols (4) not currently offered A practical applications course designed to teach the basic concepts associated with local and wide area networks and protocols. The course will concentrate on the TCP/IP and other protocols in the UNIX and Windows NT environments. Covers TCP/IP extensively, NFS, Sockets, RPC and TLI interfaces. The course also covers the use of Domain Name Servers, remote system calls, ports, services, configuration, IP addressing, and UNIX and Windows NT monitoring commands. Prerequisite: CS 3705. CS 3730 - Client/Server Network Prog ramming (4) not currently offered Covers client/server architecture and application development using TCP/IP and other protocols. The course covers client/server operations on a single machine and across an Ethernet network to multiple machines. The course will also cover distributed processing concepts and applications. Applications include the use of STREAMS, Sockets, TLI, network listener facility, drivers, RPC, and ONC. The course will concentrate mainly on UNIX but will cover some concepts and applications using Windows NT. Prerequisite: CS 2705 and CS 3210. CS 3750 - Software Engineering II (4) F (Community Based Learning Designation) This course emphasizes teamwork in small groups on a substantial software engineering project that will be performed for a real customer in the community. It is the intent of the course to provide a capstone experience that integrates the material contained in the CS curriculum through work on a software project that applies this material. Projects are chosen so as to provide an interdisciplinary service learning component with project proposals being solicited from the community at large. Projects that integrate students and faculty from other disciplines are also encouraged. Lectures will be directed towards the software development lifecycle, requirements gathering and design documentation, as well as software project management. Each team member will contribute to all phases of the project as well as the development of a project prototype. Prerequisite: CS 2450, CS 2420, MGMT 2400, and ENGL 3100 or NTM 3250. CS 3805 - Computer and Network Security (4) F, Sp This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in network security including a treatment of security issues related to computers and computer networking. The primary emphasis is on developing security policies, security auditing, security models and laws related to security. Prerequisite: CS 2420, ENGL 3100 or NTM 3250, and CS 3705- Weber State University 2012-2013 Catalog