2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

CS 470 Artificial Intelligence 4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: CS 222, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students learn techniques for making computers behave more intelligently and adaptively. The course includes a survey of the broad field of computer intelligence, including newer areas of adaptive systems, such as neural networks and genetic algorithms. Specific methodologies will be explored through implementation and application to real-world problems.

CS 465 Server-Side Web Programming 3 cr.

• Offered: Every third semester
• Prerequisites: Six credit hours of computer science courses at the 200 level or above.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course teaches students how to program client/server applications for the web, focusing mainly on the server side. Topics cover scripting languages such as Perl, PHP, or other current alternatives, using them to read input from Web forms and produce Web output. SQL will be used to interface with databases as the backend technology.

CS 446 Computer Graphics 4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: MA 115 and CS 222, or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An introduction to the concepts and techniques of computer graphics. Topics include geometric transformations, viewing, object hierarchy, input and interaction, curves and surfaces, illumination and shading. In this course students will design graphics applications.

CS 442 Advanced Networking 4 cr.

• Offered: Every third semester
• Prerequisites: CS 228.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Topics include threaded programming, locking, network routing, parallel processing, and peer-to-peer computing and related subjects such as packet sniffers, parallel mathematical algorithms and web server proxies. 

CS 426 Operating Systems 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: CS 228.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores the concepts of modern operating systems. Topics include memory management, processor scheduling, security management, and file system design. Examples are drawn from Windows NT, UNIX and Linux. Students without CS 330 may enter with consent of instructor.

CS 424 Compilers: Theory and Practice 4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: CS 222 and either CS 322 or CS 330 and junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

A compiler is a program that translates one computer language to another. In this course, students will learn how compilers work, what makes some languages easier to compile than others and different approaches to compiler design. Over the course of the semester, students will build their own compilers.

CS 422 Algorithms Design and Analysis 3 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: CS 222 and MA 161.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Overview of algorithm design strategies. Topics: asymptotic notation, induction, recurrence relations, sorting, searching, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, number-theoretic algorithms, NP-completeness and complexity.

CS 370 Intelligent Mobile Robots 4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: CS 201 or CS 330, or equivalent software or hardware experience.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course teaches how to design, build, and program autonomous robots. Topics include robot architecture (sensors, effectors, processors, and platforms), and adaptive behavior (navigation, machine learning, and evolutionary robotics). Course incorporates significant hands-on experience with real robots and simulators. The second half of the course involves team-based projects with a final demonstration.

CS 330 Microcomputer Architecture 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: CS 122 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of how computer hardware responds to stored instructions. Construction projects with logic circuits lead to the conceptual designs of microprocessors. Assembly language programming is introduced in the context of the logic circuitry being controlled. Projects emphasize the software needed in common interfacing tasks.

CS 326 Object-Oriented Design 3 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: CS 222 or consent of instructor.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The aim of this course is to develop a thorough understanding of software engineering principles that support the development of large projects. Object-oriented design patterns will be emphasized in this course.