Courses

Object-oriented algorithmic problem solving in Java, with attention to general as well as language-specific issues including applications, event-driven programming; elements of graphical user interfaces (GUIs); linked lists, recursion, inheritance and polymorphism; file I/O; exception handling; packages; applications of simple data structures; applets; concept of multi-threading; testing and debugging.

Evaluated individual performance in officiating techniques. Ratings are available to interested and qualified students.

A study of the internal structures of a particular operating system such as UNIX, or another chosen by the department. (The operating system to be studied is announced at registration time.) Projects are assigned that involve system calls, use of the I/O and file systems, memory management, and process communication and scheduling. Projects may also involve developing new or replacement modules for the operating system, such as the command interpreter or a device driver.

Principles of the design and implementation of operating systems. Concurrency, multithreading, synchronization, CPU scheduling, interrupt handling, deadlocks, memory management, secondary storage management, file systems. Programming projects to illustrate portions of an operating system.

Opera To 1900

Geometric optics; periodic and non-periodic waves; Doppler effect; interference and diffraction, diffraction gratings; theory of polarization of light; fiber optics; introduction to lasers.

The economic role of options and futures markets is examined. Specific topics include: determinants of forward and futures prices, option valuation using binominal trees and Monte Carlo simulation, implied binomial trees, relation between puts and calls, uses of options in investment strategies, hedging techniques, exotic options, applications to corporate securities and other financial instruments.

Introduces the best methods and practices in conducting oral history projects. Students will gain experience in creating interviews that will be preserved and collected for use by later generations of researchers. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

An introduction to the theory of the operation and behavior of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. Students will be introduced to the works of theorists such as Woodrow Wilson, Max Weber, Frederick Taylor, Chester Barnard, Robert Merton, Abraham Maslow, Douglas MacGregor, Frederick Moshier, Robert Dahl, and Charles Lindblom. Students will examine selected aspects of organizational operation including organizational decision-making, organizational culture, motivation and politics.

In this course, students develop solutions to organizational problems from a behavioral perspective. Some of the topics covered include: organizational diagnosis, identification of antecedents and consequences, development of a measurement and feedback system, goals and performance evaluation.