DISCS Electives 2013 2

7/27/2019 DISCS Electives 2013 2

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Electives forCS and MIS Majors

Second SemesterSY 2013-2014

Department of Information Systemsand Computer Science


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CS 119.2 : Enterprise SystemsProgramming [ES]

Enterprise systems are large-scale informationsystems that support and integrate multiplebusiness functions in an organization. This coursedeals with the implementation of enterprise

systems using the Java EE (Enterprise Edition)technology together with development tools suchas the Spring framework, Hibernate, Maven andMySQL. It covers the various concepts of thedevelopment of enterprise systems and how it is

implemented using software.


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CS 129.3 : ST in SoftwareEngineering: Web Programming(Ruby on Rails) [BI]

This course is an introduction to the developmentof web database applications using Ruby onRails. It discusses the reasons for creating suchtypes of applications as well as some commonproblems encountered in their implementation.


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CS 129.15 : Business Intelligence[BI]

Business intelligence is dealing with system andtechniques to query, analyze, and report businessdata to help businesses and organizations in theirdecision making. The course introduces students

to the area of business intelligence and its valuein an organization. Data warehouse and datamining are discussed including algorithms andsoftware, to enable actual application in businesssettings.


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CS 171 : Artificial Intelligence [BI]

This course is an introduction to the basicprinciples techniques and applications ofprinciples, techniques, and applications ofartificial intelligence. The focus of the course is

on the design and course is on the design andimplementation of intelligent agents - systemsthat perceive and act systems that perceive andact autonomously on an environment throughreasoning solving problems and through

reasoning, solving problems, and drawinginferences. Topics include searching motionplanning and learning searching, motionplanning, and learning.


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CS 179.11 : Introduction to FlashScripting [IM]

This is an introductory course to learning how toprogram in Flash using ActionScript. It will coverthe fundamentals of the ActionScript 3.0language including introductory topics such as

declaring variables, writing functions, workingwith operators and using conditional statementsas well as the essentials on more commonly usedActionScript classes such as the MovieClip class,Sound class, Loader class and Array class.


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CS 179.15b : Introduction toGames and Game Design II [IM]

This course aims to further discuss the essentialconcepts behind game design learned from lastsemester. It emphasizes game balance, theexercise of creativity, and technical execution. All

of these concepts, as well as the storylinecreated from last semester, will be practiced,applied, and executed, resulting in a completegame.


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CS 189.2 : Financial InformationSystems [ES]

Information systems play a major role in thefinancial services industry. Firms in banking,investments and insurance are among the mostextensive and innovative users of information

technology. The course introduces the differenttypes of information systems used by financialinstitutions. It also examines the role ofinformation systems/technology in financialmarkets, financial services and corporate finance.


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CS 195.O1 : Computers andSociety [IM]

This seminar course tackles contemporary issuessurrounding the ways in which informationtechnology affects, enables, and changesourselves, our relationships, and our ways of life.This semester, we focus our attention on digital

games. Despite their pervasiveness and theircommercial success, however, digital games stillstruggle for acceptance as more than just trivialpursuits. At best, critics regard games as

distractions that perform no social or culturalfunction. At worst, games are thought to raise ageneration of socially inept and morallyquestionable game addicts. The purpose of thiscourse is to address some of these questions andconcerns.


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CS 199 : Software/HardwareProjects [BI, IM]

Gone are the days when we only interacted withcomputers using keyboards and mice. Ourcurrent computer interfaces capitalize on touch,motion, and gesture. The next wave of interfacesis going to expand the bandwidth of interaction

further to include thoughts, feelings, emotions,and behaviors. Working in teams of two to three,students must familiarize themselves with thesoftware development kits and/or data formats of

two or more of these devices. Teams must thendesign an application that fully explores thecapabilities and limitations of the devices. Finally,teams must implement and test the design.


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MIS 181.9 : Service OrientedArchitecture [ES]

This course teaches students how to implementthe business processes they designed, using aparticular technology. Service-OrientedArchitecture (SOA) is an architectural platformthat divides business processes into logical units,

called services, in order to reduce redundancyand increase agility. It capitalizes on currentinformation technologyweb services, and theliketo bolster companies strategic advantage.


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MIS 189.2 : IT ServiceManagement and ITIL [ES]

This course is designed as an introductoryoverview for students who want to understandhow IT services are managed in the real world.The course involves a discussion of the key

concepts underlying IT Service Management andthe best practices documented in the ITInfrastructure Library (ITIL). It introducesstudents to the different processes under theITSM framework and covers how these processes

should be implemented in different companies.


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MIS 189.3 : ICT for Development[ES]

This is a course on information, knowledge, andthe technologies that help us gain access tothem. The role of information and informationand communication technologies in development

are discussed focusing on computers, internet,radio, TV, telephone, and other indigenousinformation systems.


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MIS 189.4 : Applied Technologiesin Digital Marketing [BI]

This course invites students to know, understand,and appreciate the basic concepts of digitalmarketing and its benefits in brand awarenessand brand building. It introduces students to the

different digital marketing channels, such assearch engines, e-mail, blogs, mobile, and more,and how to apply it to various campaigns. It alsoencourages them to discover emerging trends indigital marketing and to prepare them for the

imminent digital revolution.

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FA 172.11 : Special Topics inDesign Production :iOS Development [ES, IM]

This is an introductory course in MobileApplications Development, designed for bothcomputer science and non-computer sciencemajors. A particular mobile applicationdevelopment platform and environment (such asiOS and Xcode) will be employed for the courseand students will be taught basic programmingconcepts and development techniques using the

chosen platform. The course will also tackleinterface design and project managementconcepts to enable students to develop completeapplications.


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