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CHEM 515 - Food Additives
This course consists of two lectures and one laboratory session per week. The course will present the principles and discuss various aspects of food additive utilization. It will train students on how to use analytical techniques to distinguish between “natural” and “artificial” additives. Regulation and approval of additives for use in foods will be covered.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 516 - Food Fermentation
Food fermentations by microorganisms play central roles in the processing and preservation of foodstuffs. The typical flavor and other sensory characteristics of fermented foods depend on the formation of specific fermentation products. This course covers the study of microorganisms responsible for fermentation, the biochemistry of microbial fermentations and the industrial aspects of the fermentation process. It also seeks to deliver up-to-date knowledge and practical training on various technologies of food fermentation.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 517 - Sensory Evaluation of Food Products
This course consists of two lectures and one laboratory session per week. It investigates the nutritional, chemical, physical, and sensory properties of foods in relation to preparation procedures. It will present sensory characteristics of foods and assessment of color, texture, and flavor. The course will give the student the ability to apply sensory testing of foods, practice different types of sensory tests, and understand errors in sensory testing. It will assess the best environment for sensory testing and procedures of sensory testing, measurements and scales. Statistical analysis of sensory data such as discrimination tests, descriptive tests, hedonic tests, affective tests will also be discussed.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 518 - Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Functional foods & nutraceuticals (FFN) and herbal products present some potential to improve the long-term health of the population through disease prevention. The move of FFN into the mainstream is part of the shift towards a preventative approach to health and disease and a move away from relying on pharmaceuticals to treat disease. This course introduces students to the FFN industry with its diversity of natural health products (NHP). Topics will cover classes of FFN and their connection to foods and drugs. Aspects of the development, production, quality control and assurance of FFN will be discussed. The safety and efficacy of individual FFN products are emphasized. Issues regarding the unique regulatory environment of natural heath products and their influence on the development and commercialization of these products in global markets will be presented.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 519 - Practical Approaches to Food Analysis
This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and application of chemical, physical and instrumental methods of food analysis. Modern separation and instrumental analysis techniques that are used for detection of food constituents (e.g. moisture, ash, nitrogen, protein, lipid, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, etc) as well as contaminants (e.g. mycotoxins, pesticide residues, antimicrobial agents, heavy metals, etc) are stressed. Topics will include sample handling, preparation and analysis as well as the evaluation and reporting of data. Key analytical and separation techniques such as spectroscopy, titration, potentiometry, atomic absorption, chromatography and mass spectrometry will also be presented.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 551 - Selected Topics in Chemistry
Topics include: polymer science, quantum chemistry and spectroscopy, and molecular symmetry and applications.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 552 - Independent Study in Chemistry
Independent study in various problem areas of biotechnology may be assigned to individual students or to groups. Readings are assigned and frequent consultation held. Students may sign for up to 3 credits towards fulfilling M.Sc. requirements.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
(3 cr.)
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CHEM 590 - Graduate Seminar I
Seminars on research topics, research methodology, and thesis writing and presentations given by invited speakers.
(2 cr.)
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CHEM 591 - Graduate Seminar II
Seminars on research topics given by invited speakers and on research plans given by students to discuss their thesis topics and the results obtained in their work.
Prerequisites
BIOT 590.
(1 cr.)
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CHEM 599 - Research Guidance and Thesis
Consultation on problems related to student thesis. Must be taken twice for a total of 6 credits.
(3 cr. + 3 cr.)
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CREL 135 - Dimensions of the Sacred: Exploring Religious Experience
What defines religion? What might explain the practically universal impulse to recognize the divine? This course investigates a variety of religions, according to common dimensions held by them that run across cultures: the social; the ethical; the doctrinal; the ritual; the mythic; the experiential; and the artistic.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 210 - Religions of the World
An introduction to the academic study of religion. By looking at the history, beliefs, practices, institutions and cultural expressions of a number of different religions, students will broaden their understanding of religions other than their own, and of the diversity of the human religious experience. Students will learn to appreciate the variety of the religions of the world, and the similarities and differences between them.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 212 - The Quest for the Historical Jesus
Investigates the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth within the context of Second Temple Judaism and Greco-Roman culture. Considers a range of pre-modern and modern interpretations of Jesus and the emergence of Christianity.
Cross-listed
Same as HIST 212.
When Offered
Offered occasionally
(3 cr.)
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CREL 220 - Hinduism and Buddhism in India
This course will explore the major dimensions of the two most important religions in India from 1500 BCE to 1000 CE. Along with providing an introduction to these two traditions, the course will give particular attention to the ways in which these religions have interacted historically.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 230 - Pilgrimage Traditions in the World’s Religions
This course examines pilgrimage as a unifying theme in exploration of human religiosity. While we will focus on what are called “ritual pilgrimages”, such as the Islamic hajj, we will also explore pilgrimage more metaphorically, by looking at the allegorical, mythological, and visionary journeys. As frameworks for our analyses, we will also look at humanistic and social scientific interpretive and theoretical models concerning pilgrimage.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 299 - Selected Topics for Core Curriculum
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: RHET 101.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 320 - Masters, Saints, and Saviors: Sacred Biography in the World’s Religions
This course will explore one of the most important subjects in religious literature, the lives of great spiritual figures. We will investigate a variety of biographical and autobiographical materials from several different religious traditions, examining both form and function and testing whether or not we can make useful cross-cultural comparisons.
(3 cr.)
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CREL 333 - Zionism and Modern Judaism
The Zionist ideology and movement in its own terms, and in the context of modern Judaism. The course places Zionism in its historical and religious contexts, and examines its varieties. The Zionist movement is followed from its origins to the establishment of Israel. Related aspects of Israeli politics are then examined, with especial reference to ideological and religious debates
Cross-listed
Same as HIST 333.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 102 - Introduction to Computers and their Applications
Introduction to computer-related terms and concepts. Scope limitations of the computer capabilities. Ethics and social impact of using computers. Basic skills related to the familiarity and efficient use of computer input/output devices, operating systems and computer communications. Training on popular computer applications (e.g. word processing, spread sheet, database and presentation graphics). Limited programming experience in a high-level language.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
This course is intended for arts students.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 106 - Fundamentals of Computer Science
Introduction to the discipline of computing. Computer systems, number systems, data representation and basic computer organization. Basic Math concepts, functions and propositional logic. Problem solving, abstraction, design and programming. Selection structures, repetition and loop statements. Modular programming. Basic testing and debugging of programs. Introduction to programming in C++. Professional Ethics for computer professionals.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: College level preparation course in Mathematics or MACT 100.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 110 - Programming Fundamentals
Overview of basic programming constructs. Functions, parameter passing and files. Data modeling with arrays, structures and classes. Pointers and linked lists. Recursion. Basic program design and analysis, testing and debugging techniques. Programming in C++. Program development using modern APIs.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 106.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 201 - Information Technology
Module 1: The Components of Information Technology: data technology, processing technology, and networking technology. Module 2: Computer Ethics and Social Issues. Module 3: Business, Economic and Development Impacts of Information Technology. Module 4: Computer Applications (in which students will be given the chance to create, modify and interact with sophisticated computer applications.)
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
When Offered
Offered once every year.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 210 - Data Structures and Algorithms
The role of data structures in software engineering and algorithm design. Abstract data types and classes: concepts, data models, and levels of abstraction. Recursion. Analysis of algorithms. Elementary data structures and their implementation: arrays, strings, structures and files. Specification, implementation and application of stacks, queues, lists, trees and graphs. Searching and sorting algorithms.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 110.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 230 - Digital Logic Design
The nature of digital logic and numbering systems. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh map, decision-making elements, memory elements, latches, flip-flops, design of combinational and sequential circuits, integrated circuits and logic families, shift registers, counters and combinational circuits, adders, subtracters, multiplication and division circuits, memory types. Exposure to Logic Design automation software. The laboratory component will cover experiments in digital electronics.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 106.
Cross-listed
Same as PHYS 319, EENG 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 231 - Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming
Description of a hypothetical computer system, the CPU main memory, I/O subsystem and all related components. In-depth discussion of the architecture of the Intel 80x86 based microprocessors and of available assemblers, linkers, library managers and debugging tools. Macro assembler programming techniques involving building, incorporating and maintaining libraries, and using assembler pseudo-ops and directives. Debugging and testing techniques. Interfacing a high level language with an assembly language. Chip level programming of microprocessor type systems. Topics covered include I/O ports, I/O devices and controllers, DMA channels, priority interrupts.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 110.
Cross-listed
Same as EENG 352.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 239L - Digital Logic Design Lab
The laboratory will cover experiments in digital design and experiments illustrating material of course CSCE 230.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Concurrent with CSCE 230.
Cross-listed
Same as EENG 218L and PHYS 309L.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 253 - Fundamentals of Database Systems
Basic concepts, database system environment, DBMS. Components and architecture access structures, indexing and hashing, high-level data models, ER and EER model, the relational model, relational languages, relational algebra, relational calculus, SQL, introduction to functional dependencies and normalization, social and ethical context of databases.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 315 - Programming Language
A programming language different from those studied in CSCE 106 and 110 will be presented according to the interest of both students and faculty.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
Repeatable
Students may repeat this course with different languages but only a maximum of four credits can be counted toward the concentration requirements.
(1-2 cr.)
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CSCE 316 - Programming in Java
This course offers intermediate programming concepts in the Java programming language to include virtual machines, dynamic type checking, object serialization, inheritance and polymorphism, file manipulation, interfaces and packages. Java Applets, event handling, multithreading and network-based application development in Java are also covered along with a set of selected topics such as remote method invocation and remote database access using the language.
Prerequisites
CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 317 - Object Oriented Programming
In-depth study of a typical object-oriented programming language (C++) from a software engineering perspective, with emphasis on features supporting the development of large, efficient and reusable object-oriented applications. Principles and practice of three software development paradigms: developing classes from scratch, reuse of existing classes, incremental extension of frameworks. Encapsulation, templates, polymorphism, dynamic binding and virtual methods, operator’s overloading, complex associations, dynamic aggregation, inheritance (single and multiple), exception handling, the standard template library. Introduction to UML for describing program designs.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered Occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 321 - Analysis and Design of Algorithms
Design and analysis of basic classes of algorithms: Divide and conquer, greedy methods, tree and graph traversals, and backtracking. Applications to problems such as sorting and searching, traveling salesperson, and knapsack. Theory of complexity.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 210 and MACT 200.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 325 - Concepts of Programming Languages
Comparative study of abstraction, syntax, semantics, binding times, data and sequence control, run-time resources, translators, and storage of programming languages. Programming projects using selected programming languages to enhance practical aspects.
Prerequisites
CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 330 - Computer Architecture
The objectives of this course are to introduce the principles of Modern Computer Architecture and design. Topics to be discussed include Instruction Set Architectures, Arithmetic Logic Unit design, CPU data path design, CPU pipelining, memory hierarchy, cache and virtual memory, and introduction to I/O.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 230 and 231.
Cross-listed
Same as EENG 455.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 333 - Data and Computer Communications
Data transmissions. Transmission media, data encoding, data link control, and multiplexing. Introduction to wide area networks and local area networks technology and systems.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 210 and PHYS 215.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 339L - Computer Architecture Lab
The laboratory will cover experiments in computer architecture and hardware design and experiments illustrating material of course CSCE 330.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: Concurrent with CSCE 330.
Cross-listed
Same as EENG 458.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 341 - Software Engineering
Basic concepts of software engineering project management, ethical and social issues as well as the software development life cycle. Techniques for software specification, design, implementation, validation, verification and documentation. State-of-the art tools for computer-aided software engineering (CASE tools) are used to support term projects.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 210.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 345 - Operating Systems
Operating systems concepts and structure. The Kernel, interrupts, system calls. Process concepts, operations, and implementation. Threads. Concurrency, interprocess communication and synchronization. Process scheduling. Resources and deadlocks. Memory management: swapping, paging, segmentation, virtual memory. File system interface, protection. Case studies: Windows, Linux, and MINIX.
Prerequisites
CSCE 210 and 330.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 401 - Internet-based Information Systems
The World Wide Web as a business domain, E-Business and E-Commerce, Network Options and Infrastructure, HTML/XML and WWW Site Design, Emerging technologies, WWW Tools, Internet Issues and Implications (Security issues, social and ethical issues, legal issues), Costs and Resources, Internet Services Providers.
Prerequisites
Pre-requisite: MOIS 305.
Cross-listed
Same as MOIS 402.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 422 - Theory of Computing
Finite automata and regular expressions, context-free grammars and push-down automata, nondeterminism. Context-sensitive grammars and the Chomsky hierarchy of grammars. Turing machine and the halting problem. Undecidable problems. Church’s Conjecture and its implications.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: MACT 200 and Senior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 427 - Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks
An introduction to basic concepts in the design, analysis, and application for computational neural networks. Mathematical models of biological neurons. Multilayer perceptrons backward error propagation. Hopfield networks and Boltzmann machines. Radial-basis function networks. Kohonen self-organizing feature maps. Adaptive Resonance Theory networks.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 210, MACT 231 and MACT 240.
When Offered
Offered Occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 430 - Computer Hardware Design and Applications
FPGs. CPLDs. Processor design philosophy (CISC vs RISC). Advanced pipelining. Super scaler. Instruction-level parallelism. Designing I/O systems. System buses. Cache design. Reconfigurable computer machines. Systolic architectures. Micro controllers. Device interfacing and VHDL.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 330.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 432 - Embedded Systems
Embedded processor architecture and programming, I/O and device driver interfaces to embedded processors with networks, video cards and disk drives. Using operating systems primitives for concurrency, timeouts, scheduling, communication and synchronization, Real-time resource management techniques, and application-level embedded system design concepts such as basic signal processing and feedback control.
Prerequisites
CSCE 345.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 435 - Wide Area Networks
Communication architecture and protocols. Networks, internetworking and transport protocols. Issues of mobile computing, network security, and network applications.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 210 and PHYS 215.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 436L - Local Area Networks Lab
The laboratory will cover experiments in Local Area Networks to support and illustrate the material of the course CSCE 437.
Prerequisites
Concurrent with CSCE 437.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 437 - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
Introduction to LAN, MAN and WAN. Topologies and transmission media. Protocol Architecture and Logical Link Control. Traditional LANs. High-Speed Ethernet-Like LANs, FDDI. ATM LANs. Wireless LANs. Network performance and management.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 333.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 438L - Embedded Systems Lab
The laboratory will cover experiments in embedded systems illustrating material of course CSCE 432.
Prerequisites
Concurrent with CSCE 432.
When Offered
Offered in spring.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 439L - Wide Area Networks Lab
The laboratory will cover experiments in computer networks illustrating material of course CSCE 435.
Prerequisites
Concurrent with CSCE 435.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 441 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
The structure of complex systems. The evolution and elements of the object model. The nature of objects and classes. Relationships among classes and objects. Object-oriented analysis and design. Putting key object-oriented techniques to work in constructing large-scale software systems. Case studies covered to demonstrate the use of an object-oriented development process in the construction of software systems. Object-oriented metrics. Testing object-oriented software. Performance evaluation. Advanced topics including design patterns and component-based software development.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 341.
When Offered
Offered occasionally
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 445 - Fundamentals of Distributed Systems
Introduction to distributed systems. Modeling, specifications, consistency, fault tolerance, interprocess communication, network and distributed operating systems, distributed mutual exclusion, distributed deadlock detection, load balancing and process migration.
Prerequisites
CSCE 345.
When Offered
Offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 446 - Computer Security
Fundamentals of computer security. Identification and authentication. Access control, different approaches for inclusion of a security kernel. Security in UNIX and Windows. How security is broken and how it is evaluated. Distributed systems security, World Wide Web security, and network security. Practical experience to be gained through an assigned project to evaluate the security of a real operational system.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 345.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 447 - Compiler Design
Principles and practices in the design of compilers. Lexical analysis. Syntax analysis, top-down and bottom-up parsing. Syntax-directed translation and syntax trees. Declarations, types, and symbol management. Run-time environments, storage organization, parameter passing, dynamic storage allocation. Intermediate languages and intermediate code generation. Code generation and optimization.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 325 and 422.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Project: students construct a simple compiler that generates unoptimized code.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 448 - Secure Systems Engineering
This course introduces the main security problems found in contemporary systems and addresses how such problems are introduced and how we may work towards their eradication. The course enables students to treat security issues as an important and integral part of system design and development. It also provides them with a solid understanding of the basic ideas and techniques used in assessing and addressing security risks.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 341 and 345.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 453 - Database Systems
Advanced relational database theory: functional dependencies, multivalued dependencies, join dependencies, inclusion dependencies. System catalog implementation, query optimization techniques, transaction processing, concurrency control, database security, backup and recovery strategies. Advanced data modeling (e.g. object-oriented databases), distributed and client server architectures, and further exposure to social and ethical issues in databases.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 253.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 455 - Computer Graphics
Overview of graphic systems and interactive devices. Output primitives and their attributes. Two-dimensional transformations, segments, windowing, and clipping. Introduction to three-dimensional representation and viewing.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 210 and MACT 240 or concurrent.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 456 - Design of Web-based Systems
Introduction to the Web as a platform, the Web as an n-tier client-server architecture, basic components of a web-based application, developing static and dynamic web pages. Enhancing Web pages using Scripting languages. Developing Web-based applications. Using Server-extension techniques and tools. Introduction to XML and its associated technologies. Emerging technologies and tools on the web. Wireless Web protocols and techniques.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 253.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 465 - Artificial Intelligence
Problem spaces and application areas in engineering and science. LISP or PROLOG programming. AI architecture, knowledge representation, hierarchical planning. Machine learning and Connectionist models. Parallel and distributed AI. Object-oriented Knowledge representations. Students will use an AI programming language to solve some of the famous AI problems.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 325 and MACT 200.
When Offered
Normally offered in fall.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 485 - Selected Topics in Computer Science and Engineering
Topics chosen according to special interests of faculty and students. May be repeated for credit more than once if content changes.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1-3 cr.)
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CSCE 490 - Industrial Training
Each student is required to spend a minimum of eight weeks in some related computer training in Egypt or abroad. A report followed by discussion is submitted to a departmental committee for evaluation.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: junior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
Notes
Graded pass or fail
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 491 - Senior Project I
Participating students select project topic according to their subject of interest and the availability of facilities and advisors. Students carry out necessary preliminary work and submit a progress report. Ethical responsibilities of a computing professional are covered by lectures and seminars and emphasized through the student’s team work.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: CSCE 341 or concurrent and Senior standing.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 492 - Senior Project II
Participating students carry on the plan of work they developed in CSCE 491. Each participant gives an oral presentation of his/her results. On the approval of the supervisor, each group prepares and presents a complete package. Further ethical issues of the computing profession are covered and emphasized all over the course work.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 491.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(2 cr.)
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CSCE 495 - Guided Studies in Computer Science and Engineering
Under the guidance of a faculty member, the student carries on a reading, research, or a project on a specific computer-science topic. The student will present his/her results by submitting a report or passing an examination as determined by the supervisor.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
When Offered
Offered in fall and spring.
(1-3 cr.)
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CSCE 525 - Algorithms and Complexity Theory
Measures of the complexity of algorithms. Amortized complexity. Greedy algorithms. Dynamic programming. NP-Completeness and lower-bound theory. Cook’s Theorem. Techniques for proving problems NP-complete. Complexity of parallel algorithms. Well-parallelizable and hardly-parallelizable problems.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 527 - Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Basic concepts on artificial neural networks, non-symbolic vs symbolic information learning systems. Unsupervised learning networks, supervised learning networks, neural network hardware. Evolutionary computations, genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, genetic programming. Hybrid systems integrating classical AI techniques with biologically-based techniques, and some applications.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 529 - Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms
PRAM model and work-time presentation framework. Basic parallel algorithm design techniques: balanced problem decomposition, printer jumping, divide and conquer, partitioning, pipelining, accelerated cascading, symmetry breaking. Parallel searching and sorting. Parallel pattern matching. Randomized parallel algorithms.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 530 - Advanced Processor Architecture
Advanced topics in modern microprocessor microarchitecture especially as they relate to systems and applications software. Modern “core” CPU design: Instruction Level Parallelism, (ILP: Instruction Level Parallelism via software), Dynamic Instruction Level Parallelism by hardware (Dynamic scheduling, Superscaling, Reservation stations, Instruction Reordering buffers, Speculative instruction execution, Out-of-order instruction execution and retirement), Static and Dynamic Branch prediction techniques & VLIW technology. CMP (Chip Multiprocessing), Chip multithreading design and applications. Basics of parallel software design issues and how they interact with the architecture. All topics are illustrated by state of the art Microprocessors.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 330.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 532 - Parallel Computer Architecture
Analysis and design of high-performance computer systems, pipelining techniques, cache design, instruction level parallelism, parallel and vector architectures, shared memory multiprocessors, message passing multicomputers, data flow architectures, scalability and performance, software for parallelism.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 530.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 535 - High Speed Networks
Introduction to the need for Giga-bit networks and the technology support of that demand. Changes required to support this high rate of data, voice, and live video. Over view of IDN, ISDN, and B-ISDN. Fiber Optics Medium. Cell networking. ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode). Switching and switches. Traffic control in ATM networks. ATM Local Area Networks.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 435 or equivalent.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 541 - Advanced Software Engineering
Formal methods in software engineering, first-order logic, basic specification elements and rigorous proofs. Verification and validation. Testing and debugging techniques and tools. Reusability, modularity, top-down and bottom-up development approaches, object classification, support for concurrency and polymorphism.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 545 - Distributed Systems
Models of concurrency, specifications of distributed systems, consistent global states, fault tolerance and related problems, interprocess communication, distributed file systems, replication mechanisms, distributed operating systems, real-time distributed systems, transputers, and case studies of distributed systems.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 555 - Computer Graphics and Animation
Fundamental concepts and basic techniques of computer graphics. Algorithms and recent research in graphics and animation. A thorough survey of object modeling, realism, ray tracing, rendering, and light models. Modeling of animated objects, motion animation, and human animation.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 561 - Knowledge Engineering
Introduction to knowledge based system development life cycle, acquiring knowledge from domain experts, text, and data, machine learning techniques used to automate the knowledge acquisition process, knowledge modeling approaches, design and implementation of knowledge based systems, knowledge based systems verification and validation techniques.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 563 - Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Image transforms, enhancement and filtering, image restoration, compression and segmentation, pattern representation and description, pattern classification, recognition and interpretation.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 564 - Web Mining
Introduction to web data mining including web usage mining, structure mining, and content mining. Web mining techniques: data and text classification, data and text clustering, association, and path analysis. Applications of web mining: personalization, summarization, web page ranking, opinion mining, information extraction, topic tracking and others.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 565 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Concepts of logic-based Artificial Intelligence, logic programming, automated deduction, planning, speech recognition, machine learning, case-based reasoning, integrated AI architecture, distributed AI, common sense representation, and fuzzy systems.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 567 - Robotics and Computer Vision
Introduction to robotic applications and research, spatial representation, robot kinematics, jacobian matrix, motion trajectory, sensor and data fusion, sensor placement, imaging for robotics, object identification, wireless communication. Micro-controllers, real-time operating systems and computer interfacing.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 565.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 569 - Natural Language Processing and Machine Translation
Introduction to syntactic and semantic analysis of natural languages with emphasis on English and Arabic. Issues on word sense disambiguation, parsing formalism, and discourse analysis; machine translation techniques: transfer, knowledge based and statistical approaches.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 585 - Selected Topics in Computer Science
Topics chosen according to special interests of faculty and students.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit more than once if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 590 - Seminar
Seminars of research topics given by invited speakers as well as presentation and discussion of results obtained by graduate students during their research work.
Notes
Must be taken twice for credit. Graded pass or fail.
(1 cr.)
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CSCE 591 - Capstone Project in Computing
Under the guidance of a faculty member, the student carries out a research project on a specific computer science topic. The student will present his/her results by submitting a report or passing an examination as determined by the supervisor.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Notes
This course cannot be taken for credit by thesis-option M.Sc. students.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 599 - Graduate Thesis
Consultation on problems related to student thesis.
Notes
Must be taken twice for credit.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 664 - Advanced Data Mining
Theoretical aspects of data mining techniques including classification, association, predication, and cluster analysis. Related fields from which data mining draws, like database technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, will be emphasized. Data mining applications will also be introduced based on the interest of the students.
Prerequisites
CSCE 565.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 692 - Advanced Selected Topics in Computer Science
Topics chosen according to special interests of faculty and students. May be repeated for credit more than once if content changes.
(3 cr.)
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CSCE 699 - Research Guidance Dissertation
Consultation on problems related to student thesis. To be taken 11 times for credit.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 123 - Experiencing Creativity: Texts and Images
The course introduces short literary works juxtaposed to texts and visual material from different fields of knowledge in order to train students to read, differentiate, and interpret texts and images.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 199 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all first-year students as part of the Primary Level Core.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 200 - Introduction to Literature
For students interested in literature but not necessarily intending to major in the field, this course will enable the student to acquire the tools and learn the methods which would help him/her understand poetry, fiction and drama and develop a deeper appreciation of great literary texts from various places and times.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 201 - Survery of British Literature
The course introduces students to a selection of major works in British Literature from its beginnings to the present. It instructs students to analyze and interpret influential novels, plays, poems, and essays. The course presents the development of British literature historically while emphasizing the cultural and aesthetic dimensions of the texts.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 202 - Global Literature in English
The course concentrates on stylistic analysis of short literary texts and examines their aesthetic and ideological components as well as the varieties of reader response.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 209 - Introduction to American Studies
This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to key events and texts in the history and culture of the United States. Using films, literature and historical texts, the course will examine American culture within a historical context.
Cross-listed
Same as HIST 209.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 299 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum
Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: RHET 101.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 301 - Medieval Literature
The course introduces the student to the literary culture and counter-culture of the Middle Ages through reading selected autobiographical and fictional texts from St. Augustine, Abelard, Heloise, Dante, Chaucer, Attar and The Arabian Nights.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 302 - Literature of the Renaissance
A survey of Renaissance authors, beginning with Petrarch and the origins of the Renaissance in Italy. The course traces this cultural revolution as it spread from Italy to other parts of the European continent and finally to Tudor England.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 303 - Seventeenth-Century Literature
The literary developments that followed the Renaissance are explored, culminating in discussion of John Milton and his epic masterpiece, Paradise Lost.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 304 - Eighteenth-Century Literature
Dominant modes in European literature and thought between 1660 and 1760.
Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 305 - Romanticism
Major European and American ideas and literary works of the period 1760-1848.
Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 306 - Nineteenth-Century European Literature
Major European works of fiction, poetry and drama from the period between 1789-1914.
Works not originally written in English will be read in English translations.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 308 - Modern European and American Literature
Selected readings of American and European authors representing literary trends from 1900 to the present
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 310 - American Literature to 1900
Selected readings of literary works beginning with pre-Columbian oral traditions and moving from the colonial era to the early national period through to the late nineteenth century.
(3 cr.)
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ECLT 311 - Modern American Literature
Works of twentieth-century American writers. The reading list may be chosen to reflect changing ethnic and cultural phenomena and will vary from year to year.
(3 cr.)
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