Requirements, Software Design, Code, Test Plan and User Manual. A team programming project is included. Prerequisites: CS SI2420 and ENGL 3100 or TBE 3250. Recommended prerequisite: CS 3100. CS 3805. Computer and Network Security (4) F, S 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. Prerequisites: CS SI2420, ENGL 3100 or TBE 3250, and CS 3705. Recommended prerequisite: CS 3100. CS 3830. Writing Secure Code (4) This course focuses on how to develop software systems that are robust and can withstand repeated attacks from malicious intruders. The course coverage includes the need for secure systems, basic security principles and strategies, designing secure applications, secure coding techniques, dangerous APIs, data input issues, network security problems, testing secure applications, security code reviews, secure software installation, and writing security documentation. Prerequisite: CS 2420. CS 3840. Computer Architecture for Security Assurance (4) This course is a foundational course in file system analysis, digital forensics and computer media analysis. A combination of lectures and labs will give students a strong understanding of low-level file system knowledge to prepare them for involvement in digital forensic analysis, data recovery and other related tasks. Students will examine widely used file systems such as Windows NTFS and FAT32, UFS, EXT2 and UFS2. Students will also become familiar with software tools used in computer forensic work. Prerequisites: CS SI2420 and CS 3040. Recommended prerequisite: CS 3100. CS 4110. Concepts of Formal Languages and Algorithms for Computing (4) 5 Concepts of formal language definition, automata theory, Turing theory, and solvability, with an introduction of algorithms and computational methods used in advanced computer science courses. Prerequisite: CS SI2420 and MATH 1630. CS 4230. Java Application Development (4) S This course is a continuation of CS 3230 and examines the development of Java applications intended for an enterprise environment. The course is programming intensive and concentrates on designing and implementing multi-tier and Web applications based on the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specification. Topics include JavaBeans, Java Database Connectivily, client/server interactions, servlets, session tracking, JavaServer Pages, JavaServer Faces, struts, the Model-View-Controller approach, remote method invocation, Enterprise JavaBeans, and application servers. Lab exercises will emphasize how Java Enterprise programming supports the operation of robust, distributed object architectures. Prerequisite: CS 3230. CS 4280. Computer Graphics (4) 5 Selected algorithms and computational methods used in the design of graphical software and applications developed for UNIX and Windows NT based machines. Topics will include the use of OpenGL, 3D Studio MAX, Auto-Cad, Adobe PhotoShop, and other popular graphics software. The course will include X-Window programming and the use of Sun, SGI, and PC (Intel/Cyrx) machines. Prerequisite: CS SI2420. CS 4350. Advanced Internet Programming (4) This course builds on the knowledge of CS 2350 to go deeper into the areas of eBusiness, multimedia, HTML, DHTML, XML, Javascript, Java, ASP, PHP, Python, Perl, Flash, and other technologies focusing on the server-side coding and database manipulation 75 required for enterprise level web applications. It requires a high level of programming skill and knowledge of databases. Prerequisites: CS 2350, CS 2550. CS 4500. Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (4) F, S This course covers basic artificial intelligence principles and introduces students to AI languages. Concepts of programming parallel architecture machines are introduced and developed. The neural network design of parallel computing is studied, along with its implications in Artificial Intelligence software development. Prerequisites: CS SI2420 and MATH 1630. CS 4610. 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, playfields, and the mathematics and physics that are involved with game development. Prerequisites: CS 2420 and MATH 1630. CS 4640. Game Development I (4) This course introduces students to 2D game development using a programming language, scripting, and a gaming engine. The work includes team work project, graphical programming, GUI, and all other aspects of creating a game program associated with a game design document. Pre/Co-requisites: PHYS PS/SI2010 or PHYS PS/SI2210, MATH SI1210. Prerequisite: CS 4610. CS 4650. Game Development II (4) Senior project Game Development II course focuses on 3D game programming in a team work project environment using a game engine. At conclusion student should be able to add the resulting program into their game portfolio. Pre/Co-requisites: MATH 2270 or MATH 2250, CS 4280, CS 4500, CS 4750, CS 4820. Prerequisite: CS 4640. CS 4730. Applied Cryptography (4) F This course provides an introduction to the principles of number theory and how they are applied to cryptographic algorithms. Different topics that will be examined are: several classic ciphers, modem cryptographic methods, symmetric encryption, public key cryptography, hash functions, key management, digital signatures, certificates, electronic mail security, steganography and recent developments affecting security and privacy on the Internet. The focus will be on how cryptography and their application can maintain privacy and security in computer networks. Prerequisites: CS 2420 and MATH 1630. CS 4740. Security Vulnerabilities and Attack Prevention (4) F, S A treatment of security issues related to computers and computer networking. This course is designed for advanced users, system administrators and network administrators. The course covers TCP/ IP security issues, security policies, packet filtering, Internet firewall architecture and theory, detecting and monitoring unauthorized activity, password authentication, intrusion detection and prevention and other security issues involving Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems. A team project is included. Prerequisites: MATH QL1040 or MATH SI1220, ENGL 3100 or TBE 3250, CS 3100 and CS 3705. CS 4750. Advanced Software Engineering (4) S This is the second of a two-part series, with CS SI3750 being the first class. Rapid programming techniques and issues in distributed systems are examined. Includes issues relating to large programming projects such as software metrics. A large team programming project is included. Prerequisite: CS SI3750. 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