Courses

This course is a continuation of CIS 146 in which students utilize the advanced features of topics covered in CIS 146. Advanced functions and integration of word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation packages among other topics are generally incorporated into the course and are to be applied to situations found in society and business.

This course will demonstrate advanced functions and integration of word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software. Upon completion, students should be able to apply advanced features of the selected software to typical problems found in society and business. This course will prepare students for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification.

Data manipulation, merging, selection, filtering and querying in Microsoft Office primarily using large real data sets. Introduction to GIS, MatLab and other software relevant to science and/or business applications. Discussion of algorithm development in structured and object oriented programming languages.

Design and analysis of the structure and function of modern computing systems. Topics studied include combinational and sequential logic, number systems and computer arithmetic, hardware design and organization of CPU, I/O systems and memory systems, instruction set and assembly language design, performance characterization and measurement, and current trends and developments in computer architecture and organization.

Advanced computer architectures including memory designs, pipeline techniques, and parallel structures such as vector computers and multiprocessors.

Advanced computer architectures including memory designs, pipeline techniques, and parallel structures such as vector computers and multiprocessors.

A rigorous exploration of modern computer architecture with a focus on quantitative instruction set architecture and microarchitecture, memory hierarchies, superscalar Students will examine architectural trade-offs involving several metrics, including performance, and cost. Includes real-world case studies, coding projects, and literature reviews.

Modern instruction level parallel computer design, including superscalar and very-long instruction word processor design.

This course teaches design and analysis of high-performance computer systems, focusing on quantitative analysis of the latest processors and compilers. Current processor architectures are surveyed for system design. Topics include instruction sets, parallelizing architectures, pipelining, I/O, memory and cache organization, parallel/vector processing, fast arithmetic units design, and implementation using HDL.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with computer graphics. Topics include illustration and image manipulation. Upon completion, students should be able to apply design principles to computer graphics.