2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

DD 100 Technical Drafting with Introduction to CAD 4 cr.  (2-1-2)

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Introductory course to computer aided drafting and design (CAD), using SolidWorks solid modeling software. Students will create parts, assemblies, and detail drawings using orthographic projection, section views, and auxiliary views. Emphasis on design intent and industry practices, such as title block use and part numbers. Course is designed for students with little or no previous mechanical drafting or CAD experience.

CS 498 Directed Studies in Computer Science 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Available only with consent of department head.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Individual investigations of a special topic in computer science.

CS 497 Directed Studies in Computer Science 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Prerequisites: Available only with consent of department head.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Individual investigations of a special topic in computer science.

CS 496 Special Topics in Computer Science 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Prerequisites: For upper division students and majors and minors.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Topics reflecting special interest of students and staff.

Notes:

May be repeated if topic differs with instructor permission.

CS 495 Special Topics in Computer Science 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: For upper division students and majors and minors.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Topics reflecting special interest of students and staff.

Notes:

May be repeated if topic differs with instructor permission.

CS 491 Internship in Computer Science 1-8 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Graded: S/U
• Prerequisites: Junior standing, minimum grade point average of 3.00 and departmental approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The course provides on-the-job experience in the application of computer science principles. Internship positions are coordinated with the JOBSearch Center and the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.

Notes:

May be repeated for credit, not to exceed eight credits total. Only four credits may be applied to a computer science minor.

CS 490 Special Projects in Computer Science 1-4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: Prior arrangement with instructor and junior standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course provides students with a chance to work independently on topics of special interest. Students are required to create a pre-approved plan of study with an adviser.

Notes:

May be repeated if project differs.

CS 480 Senior Project in Computer Science 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: CS 222, CS 228, junior standing and permission of adviser.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course involves creating a significant software and/or hardware project. Work is supervised by an adviser. Topics must be approved first by an evaluation committee, which will later review and grade the completed project.

For details, examples, and procedure, see http://cs.nmu.edu/~SeniorProjects. 

CS 470 Artificial Intelligence 4 cr.

• Offered: On demand
• Prerequisites: CS 222, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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, starting Fall 2023
• Prerequisites: Six credit hours of computer science courses at the 200 level or above.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 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.