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CHEM 696D - Project Research Units: 4
Work on project research for graduate students who are conducting research at, or in collaboration with, a company. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 696A-696F). May be repeated, but no more than twelve (12) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 696E - Project Research Units: 5
Work on project research for graduate students who are conducting research at, or in collaboration with, a company. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 696A-696F). May be repeated, but no more than twelve (12) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 696F - Project Research Units: 6
Work on project research for graduate students who are conducting research at, or in collaboration with, a company. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 696A-696F). May be repeated, but no more than twelve (12) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697A - Directed Studies Units: 1
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697B - Directed Studies Units: 2
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697C - Directed Studies Units: 3
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697D - Directed Studies Units: 4
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697E - Directed Studies Units: 5
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 697F - Directed Studies Units: 6
Designed to teach techniques in the research laboratory and developing preliminary data prior to advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 697A-697F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 698A - Thesis Research Units: 1
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 698B - Thesis Research Units: 2
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 698C - Thesis Research Units: 3
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 698D - Thesis Research Units: 4
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 698E - Thesis Research Units: 5
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 698F - Thesis Research Units: 6
Thesis research to be completed after advancement to candidacy. May be taken for 1-6 units per semester (CHEM 698A-698F). May be repeated, but no more than six (6) units of credit may be applied toward the major. Enrollment Requirements: Advancement to candidacy.
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CHEM 699A - Thesis Research Extension Units: 1
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699. May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 699B - Thesis Research Extension Units: 2
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699. May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 699C - Thesis Research Extension Units: 3
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699. May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 699D - Thesis Research Extension Units: 4
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699. May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 699E - Thesis Research Extension Units: 5
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699 May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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CHEM 699F - Thesis Research Extension Units: 6
Designed to allow students to remain matriculated, and to use the facilities and resources of the University, while they complete their thesis writing or finish lab work after exhausting all CHEM 698 units. Students should be actively writing the thesis while taking CHEM 699. May be repeated as needed (CHEM 699A-699F) but must be completed no later than 5 years after entry into the program. Units may not be applied to the required units for the master’s degree. Grading Basis: Registration is limited to students who have received a Satisfactory Progress (SP) in CHEM 698. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have received consent of instructor.
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ENGB 300 - From Sumer to San Diego: The Evolution of Beer Across Time and Space Units: 2
Introduces the evolution of beer across history and geography, from its origins in Sumer and Iran to its contemporary manifestations in San Diego. Through readings and discussion, students are introduced to the evolution of beer, the ethical debates about beer, the varieties that exist and the ongoing operation of the contemporary San Diego Craft Brewing Industry.
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ENGB 301 - Craft Beer Recipe Development Lab Units: 1
Introduces the ingredients and materials needed to brew beer on a small scale. Includes introduction to hops, grain, and yeast and how they are used in the brewing process. Students will learn about the entire brewing process and which ingredients are used at each stage of the brewing process. Note: Students must be 21 years or older to enroll.
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ENGB 310 - Sensory Evaluation of Beer Units: 3
Overview of beer styles, their origins, and associated flavors. Provides students with a continuing analysis and deeper understanding of the brewing process connected with the various beer styles. Further helps prepare students for a number of certification exams such as the Beer Judge Certification Program, an exam that enables people to begin evaluating craft beers at brewers’ competitions, and the Cicerone Program, which certifies beer professionals in much the same way as sommeliers are certified for wine. Develops a deeper appreciation and understanding of one of the world’s most popular drinks. Note: Students must be 21 years or order to enroll.
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ENGB 350 - Process EngiBeering™ I Units: 3
First in a two-course sequence designed to familiarize students with large-scale/commercial brewing production, including equipment and techniques. Includes brewery design and layout, equipment acquisition and use, ingredients, creating and adjusting recipes, along with basic sanitation, brewery safety and legal requirements. Students enrolling in this course should have prior knowledge of beer-making and the brewing process.
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 300 and ENGB 301 , or substantial brewing experience with consent of instructor.
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ENGB 351 - Process EngiBeering™ II Units: 3
Second in a two-course sequence designed to familiarize students with large-scale/commercial brewing production. Emphasizes equipment maintenance and advanced sanitation, water management, use of laboratory techniques for monitoring the brewing process, bottling/packaging techniques, and further investigation of brewery cost analysis and design. Builds on ENGB 350 by providing further learning pertaining to the management and/or ownership of a craft brewery.
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 350 .
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ENGB 401 - Brewing Materials Units: 3
Introduces the chemistry of water, hops, barley, and other ingredients in the context of brewing. Emphasizes water quality, testing, and purification and includes discussions of polarity and pH as well the basics of functional groups in organic chemistry followed by the application of these topics to brewing.
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 301 , or suitable brewing experience.
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ENGB 402 - Beyond Brewing: Specialty Beverage Production Units: 2
Extends subjects covered in ENGB 401 with application to specialty beverage production. Introduces the history, physiology, microbiology and flavor contributions of wood to specialty beverages, and also the maintenance of wooden vessels. Explores the fundamental differences in fermentation and production of barrel-aged beer, cider, perry, and saké. Principles of distillation and its application to brandy will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 401 .
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ENGB 490 - Innovation in Brewing Science and Technology Units: 2
Capstone course in the EngiBeering™ program. Introduces students to the latest challenges at the small, medium, and large sizes of brewery operations and requires students to work in a brewery or brewing business.
Prerequisite(s): ENTR 400 and ENGB 401 , both with a grade of B (3.0) or better.
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ENGB 500 - Brewing Science I Units: 3
Explores the physical, chemical, and biochemical changes that occur during the following stages of the brewing process: malting (steeping, germination, kilning, roasting), milling, mashing, lautering/extracting, boiling/sterilizing, adding hops, and fermentation.
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 401 .
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ENGB 501 - Brewing Science II Units: 3
Continuation of the brewing process from fermentation to final production. Presents a comprehensive study of the microbiology of beverage production, including microbial growth, fermentation processes and procedures, beverage finishing in addition to food safety and scientific hazard analysis
Prerequisite(s): ENGB 500 .
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CHAD 339 - Exceptional Children and Adolescents Units: 3
Examines the developmental trajectories of exceptional children and adolescents in the contexts of the family, school, and community. Focuses on disabling conditions and diversity in young people including the causes and characteristics of physical and mental disabilities and giftedness, the identification of individuals as exceptional, and interventions provided for these individuals. Includes an examination of discrimination and the efforts undertaken to protect the rights of exceptional children and adolescents. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirements: PSYC 100 , PSYC 331 or PSYC 349 with a grade of a C (2.0) or better.
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CHAD 345 - Perspectives on Child-Rearing Units: 3
Examines the different perspectives on child-rearing, focusing on parenting over the life span, cultural aspects of parenting, child rearing in special circumstances, parents and children with special needs, and the role of the entire family in child-rearing.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 .
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CHAD 347 - Peer Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence Units: 3
Considers the reciprocal relationship between children’s and adolescent’s peer interactions and their individual development. Includes how individual characteristics (e.g., temperament, personality, gender), social behaviors (e.g., prosocial behaviors, aggression), and peer networks interact. Investigates the roles of families, schools, and culture. Explores the development and effects of normal and abnormal peer interactions.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 .
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CHAD 365 - Socioemotional Development Units: 3
Study of socioemotional development from birth through adolescence viewed through a biosocial perspective. Includes philosophical, historical, evolutionary, psychobiological, and psychological perspectives on the development of emotions, emotional regulation, understanding self and others, empathy, peer relationships, identity, and emotional competence.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
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CHAD 370 - Risk and Resiliency in Childhood and Adolescence Units: 3
Explores the stressful life events experienced by children and adolescents and the ways in which they cope. The course begins with consideration of theoretical models of stress and coping. These models are used to address various topics including child abuse, marital dissolution, poverty, homelessness, natural disasters, teen pregnancy, depression, war, and death. Additionally, positive aspects of stress are considered. Students gain hands-on experience working in settings that contain children and adolescents dealing with major life stressors. Enrollment Requirements: Enrollment Requirements: PSYC 100 , PSYC 331 , PSYC 349 and PSYC 328 or CHAD 339 with a grade of a C (2.0) or better.
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CHAD 450 - Practicum in Early Childhood Education Units: 3
Examines caregiving and educational settings (background check, TB, and MMR required) for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families, focusing on developmentally-appropriate practices, ethical issues, and legal requirements as they pertain to young children. Students will work at least 45 hours in an appropriate educational setting serving young children and their families. This work will be supplemented by course readings, class discussions, and reflection papers.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and Consent of instructor.
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CHAD 491 - Children, Adolescents, and Social Policy Units: 3
Explores the role of social policy in children’s and adolescent’s lives. A main goal for the course is to promote students’ understanding of how social policies shape development and how the current state of families influences policy. Subject matter includes child care, education, family values, work and family, legal policies affecting children and adolescents, welfare reform, sexuality issues (e.g., teen pregnancy and sex education) and family violence. Impact of policies on disadvantaged groups and diverse family types will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 , PSYC 210 , PSYC 215 , PSYC 331 , PSYC 349 and PSYC 395 or CHAD 496 with a grade of C (2.0) or better as well as Senior standing.
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CHAD 496 - Observation and Assessment Laboratory in Child and Adolescent Development Units: 3
Advanced research methods course covering assessments used in research on infants, children, and adolescents, including observation, event- and time-sampling, and standardized tests of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Course will culminate in a written research report on the student’s own empirical study. Students must successfully complete a background check, a TB test, and provide proof of full immunization to measles, mumps and rubella. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to CHAD majors, or by consent of instructor. Two hours of lecture. Three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 100 , PSYC 220 , PSYC 230 , PSYC 331 , and PSYC 349 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
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CHIN 101 - Beginning Chinese I Units: 3
An introduction to the Chinese language and Chinese speaking cultures with emphasis on the development of communicative skills and grammar structures. Though no prior knowledge of Chinese is assumed, to promote language acquisition, this course is conducted in Chinese. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for MLAN 101 -1.
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CHIN 102 - Beginning Chinese II Units: 3
Further study of the Chinese language and Chinese speaking cultures, with an emphasis on the development of communicative skills and grammatical structures. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for MLAN 102 -1. Enrollment Requirements: Two (2) years of high school Chinese with one (1) year of high school Chinese taken and passed within the last two (2) years, or completion of CHIN 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better, or placement test.
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COMM 100 - Introduction to Communication Units: 3
Introduction to fundamental concepts of communication with emphasis on the centrality of communication across a wide variety of contexts and its relevance in society. Focuses on the structures and processes of communication, including how messages are produced and received in interpersonal and intercultural relations, institutional life, and the world of mediated culture and politics.
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COMM 200 - Argumentation and Dialogue Units: 3
Study of and practice in the methods of critical thinking, argumentation and dialogue. Involves using reasoning, both inductive and deductive, and evidence to advance original theses; recognizing and avoiding fallacies; learning to develop and argue propositions of value; comprehending the role of standpoint and context in relation to audience reception of persuasive arguments.
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COMM 300 - Communication Theory Units: 3
Introduces students to the major 20th Century frameworks for understanding the field of communication and their respective influences in the areas of social and political practice as well as cultural understanding. May include semiotic, phenomenological, cybernetic, socio-psychological, socio-cultural, rhetorical, and critical traditions. (CTM)
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COMM 310 - Group Interaction and Problem Solving Methods Units: 3
Examines how groups work as they conduct inquiry, solve problems, and make decisions; procedures for organizing group interaction, processes of symbolic convergence, and influences over group success. Special emphasis is placed on reflective thinking, teamwork/collaboration, leadership, creativity, and intergroup conflict. Methods for facilitating small group discussion, use of group methods in instruction, and use of new media to augment group discussion practices are also addressed. (CCSC)
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COMM 320 - Conflict and Communication Units: 3
Conflicts are situations in which individuals and groups with differing assumptions about reality clash with one another about right and wrong. Discusses the nature of communication in such situations, the strengths and weaknesses of the various types of discourse employed in dealing with them, and visions for transcending conflicts. (CCSC) Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: Junior or Senior status or consent of instructor.
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COMM 330 - Intercultural Communication Units: 3
Introduction to traditional and critical theories, concepts, and principles regarding communication between and about people of different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Takes a culture-general approach to examining the relationships among culture, communication, context (social, historical, political), and power. Emphasizes domestic issues with attention given to how they impact, and are impacted by, international communities. (CCSC)
Satisfies GE area: DD
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COMM 333 - Language and Social Interaction Units: 3
Introduction to theories of language and interaction. Addresses how language is used within social and institutional interaction. Special emphasis will be given to problematic situations and their resolution. Fosters cultural awareness through a concentration on the interactions in which culture is constructed and the cultural institutions by which interaction is governed. (CCSC)
Satisfies GE area: DD
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COMM 340 - Interviewing Principles and Practices Units: 3
Examines interviewing as a method for eliciting information, resolving problems, and building personal communities. Principles of effective interviewing in a variety of contexts are examined. Students learn about interviewing practices that will be useful to their everyday lives and careers. Requires students to conduct various types of interviews and self-appraisals of interviewing performance. (CTM)
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COMM 350 - Topics in Communication Units: 3
Explores topics in Communication. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units.
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COMM 355 - Communication and Collaboration Units: 3
Explores how individuals, group dynamics and technologies affect collaboration in a variety of professional settings. Readings and lectures draw upon international and interdisciplinary research on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, usability design theory and distributed cognition. Students apply course concepts in group projects including usability testing, and multimedia product evaluation and redesign. (MC) Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: Prior completion of COMM 360 or COMM 440 , or junior or senior status.
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COMM 360 - Mass Media and Society Units: 3
Introduction to theories, research methods, and empirical research findings related to the production and effects of mass communication on individuals and society. Surveys various forms of media, provides an overview of the historical formation of various media channels, and analyzes the impact of mass communication upon popular culture. (MC) Enrollment Requirements: COMM 100 .
Satisfies GE area: DD
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COMM 370 - World Wide Web as Mass Medium Units: 3
Examines the development of the World Wide Web and multimedia computing, as textual, graphic, video, and audio mass media. Students examine the personal, commercial, educational, and entertainment uses of the World Wide Web. They also examine the social and cultural contexts of the World Wide Web-particularly how the information it distributes reflects social, economic, and political power related to gender, race, social class, ethnicity, education, and other social groupings. Students will have the opportunity to develop their own web pages and to create audio and video segments for those pages. (MC)
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COMM 380 - Health Communication Units: 3
Explores health communication in various personal and public contexts. Emphasizes the role of communication theory and research in the development of effective health campaigns, understanding physician-patient interaction, assessing inequality in patient access and treatment, negotiating health care systems, and healthcare advocacy. Special emphasis is placed on assessing health problems, both globally and locally, and the communicative efforts to address those problems. (CCSC)
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COMM 390 - Research Methods and Design Units: 3
Introduction to qualitative research methods. Students will learn procedures for conducting various kinds of research (i.e., participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, ethnography, textual analysis, etc.) useful for understanding human problems and media texts and processes. Emphasis is on the implementation of a research project which encourages students to consider the usefulness of various ways of knowing and to apply the selected method(s) in a systematic way. Also considers the theoretical, practical, and ethical issues that arise in conducting research. (CTM) Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students with Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 100 and COMM 200 .
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COMM 400 - Discourse Analysis Units: 3
Various approaches to the study of discourse, including ethnography of communication, ethnomethodology, culturally focused approaches, speech act theory, and conversation analysis. Students are expected to acquire competency in analyzing recorded and transcribed data from various social settings. (CTM)
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COMM 401 - Rhetorical Theory Units: 3
Study of rhetorical theory that involves exploring periods in rhetorical theory, ranging from Greek antiquity to the present. Also examined is the relationship between rhetorical theory and practice, the purpose(s) and conceptions of rhetoric to the social world, issues of agency and voice, and the role of rhetoric in re/constituting identities and a sense of community. (CTM; CCSC)
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COMM 402 - Rhetorical Criticism Units: 3
Study of approaches to rhetorical inquiry that aid in the description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of human discourse in rhetorical situations. Applies various critical models to a chosen artifact. (CCTM) Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students with Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 100 and COMM 200 .
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COMM 405 - Feminist Rhetorics Units: 3
Introduces students to the area of feminist rhetoric as independent and intertwined fields of study. Learned are diverse perspective of feminisms, and theories of feminist rhetoric that act as lenses for application and evaluation purposes. Also studied are varied social and political topics where feminisms, feminist thought, and rhetoric present themselves. (CCSC or CTM) Recommended Preparation: Recommended preparation: COMM 401 or COMM 402 .
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COMM 410 - Asian Americans and the Media Units: 3
Examines Asian Americans’ relationship to traditional and emerging media and studies these texts in relation to the history of Asian Americans, the historical imaging and imagination of Asian Americans, and Asian American subjectivities more generally. Through a rhetorical, media, and Asian American studies perspective, students will analyze media with the purpose of demonstrating how communities are created, identities are communicated, and persuasive elements are employed in producing and contesting the historical and cultural memory of Asian Americans. (CCSC or MC) May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for COMM 420-2.
Satisfies GE area: DD
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COMM 415 - Communication and Social Protest Units: 3
Examines collective efforts and attempts to produce social change via protest. Applies theory and criticism to understand contemporary and historical debates shaping popular and political culture; studies how social practices and protests enrich or hinder participation in public life; determines the effectiveness, ineffectiveness, and ethical dimensions of communicative/rhetorical acts that disrupt, provoke, encourage, and help mobilize social protests. May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for COMM 420-3. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students with Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 200 . (CCSC)
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COMM 425 - Communication and Mediation Units: 3
Examines the conceptualization of conflict and of mediation as an area of teaching, training and research in communication. Designed to guide students through a specific academic view of conflict and its relationship to communication as a point of departure. Examines dispute mediation as one way to approach conflict. Case studies as well as dispute mediation simulations will help in understanding the powers and limitations of the process. Demystifies conflict and dispute mediation and shows how to use “the tools” of dispute mediation ethically. (CCSC) Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: COMM 320 . Junior or Senior status is recommended.
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COMM 426 - Dialogic Communication Units: 3
An examination of communication theory and communicative practices such as listening, asking direct questions, presenting one’s ideas, arguing, and debating. Aim of study is to improve the quality of dialogues. Course uses case studies in a variety of settings among people with different social discourses and cultural experiences to model dialogic communication. (CCSC)
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior status and COMM 300 or COMM 320 or COMM 330 .
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COMM 430 - Power, Discourse and Social Identity Units: 3
Examines notions of identity in public discourse. Introduction to theories of discourse, identity, and power in public discourse (i.e., legal, mediated, policy, etc.) on current social issues. Focuses on the politics of identity, the ways in which identity politics play out in public debate, and in the formation of economic, political, and social policies and realities. (CCSC) Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: Completion of COMM 330 .
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COMM 435 - Communication and Gender Units: 3
Introduction to a number of conceptual and theoretical problematics that have a bearing on the study of communication and its relevance to questions of gender. Explores differences between males and females with respect to communication styles, the cultural motivations for these differences, how they are reproduced in ongoing socialization experiences, their social and political implications, and the stratagems speakers deploy in the course of exploiting, bridging, negotiating, or overcoming such differences. (CCSC)
Satisfies GE area: DD
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COMM 437 - Interpersonal Communication Units: 3
Introduction to the theory and research focused on interpersonal communication. Emphasis is on experientially acquired insights into the initiation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships across a wide range of socialization institutions (e.g., family, peer group, and workplace). (CCSC)
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COMM 440 - Organizational Communication Units: 3
Examination of theoretical and research literature on the interaction within organizations and its bearing on individuals and groups in society at large. Some of the themes stressed are: the function of organizations within complex technological, market and sociopolitical environments; the communicative challenges of organizing; social responsibility and responsiveness; conflict mediation between organizational groups and actors; corporate wrongdoing; issues management; corporate political activity; institutional ethics; and whistle blowing. (CCSC)
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COMM 441 - Organizational Communication Ethics Units: 3
Examines ethical questions that impact how organizations communicate and what they choose to relay and omit to their various audiences. Considers personal ethical decision-making processes taking place in workers’ everday lives. Explores ethics theories as well as approaches that engage important questions of power, equality, and justice. Emphasizes the connections between communication, social justice, and ethics. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for COMM 350 -3.
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COMM 444 - Narratives in Organizations Units: 3
Develops understanding of the role of narratives in contemporary workplaces and cultivates narrative appreciation. Students gain familiarity with concepts from organizational narratology such as action, motivation and morality; sequence and locale; character and identity; interest and memory; complexity and control; point of view and verisimilitude, and aesthetics. Students construct their own narratives describing organizational experience, analyze narratives, improve storytelling ability, and apply their knowledge of narratives to improve communication in organizations. (CCSC)
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COMM 445 - Communication Portfolio Units: 3
Students will learn to craft professional documents: résumés, reports, and proposals. Students learn how, as colleagues, to evaluate, revise, and edit as well as how to give and respond to criticism of oral and written work. Informed by case studies, students also learn how to highlight and articulate their skills, abilities and interests as Communication majors as part of a job search or in preparation for graduate or professional study. (CTM) Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to Communication majors with senior standing.
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COMM 450 - Topics in Intercultural Communication Units: 3
Focused study of a specific aspect of intercultural communication. Topics vary by instructor. (CCSC) Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics. May be repeated for credit as topics change for a total of six 6 units.
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COMM 453 - Communication and Transnationalism Units: 3
Examines the communication practices that occur across transnational borders as well as the multiple ties and interactions linking peoples and/or institutions across the borders of nation states in the context of globalization. Explores experiences of transnational subjects, and particularly identity performances that emerge as people become transnational and locate themselves in new imagined and/or real communities. Investigates a variety of transnational issues in intercultural communication and the power dynamics emerging from these issues. (CCSC) May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for COMM 450-1.
Prerequisite(s): COMM 330
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COMM 454 - The Communication of Whiteness Units: 3
Introduction to basic theories, concepts, and principles regarding the idea of whiteness as a discursive (communicative) construct, and the key role that communication plays in the construction of whiteness. Particular attention will be given to the important role of communication (face-to-face, mediated, discursive), context (social, cultural, and historical), and power as they relate to whiteness. (CCSC) Enrollment Requirements: Completion of COMM 330 or other course dealing with race.
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COMM 455 - Television and Culture Units: 3
Analyzes television programs in the context of communication and other social science research in order to examine representations of race, ethnicity, social class, gender, and sexual preference. Examines how television contributes resources of interpretation, discussion, and social activities that affect the ways people view society and social groups. Subjects will include: types of representation; how representations have changed over time; multiple interpretations of television representations; how viewers use them; the production practices and conventions that shape them; the relationship between representations and structured inequality. (MC)
Prerequisite(s): COMM 330 or COMM 360 .
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COMM 456 - Leadership and Social Change Units: 3
Introduction to leadership theories and practices from a communication perspective, with a particular emphasis on effectiveness in different cultures and contexts. Development of personal leadership skills through self-awareness exercises, and hands-on practice in class and in service learning. Explores emotional intelligence, examines exemplary leaders from different cultural contexts, and considers ethical questions for leaders in a multicultural society. Credit may not be counted toward a Business major. (CCSC)
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COMM 460 - Visual Communication and Rhetoric Units: 3
Introduction to theories of visual communication, practices of seeing and looking, and approaches to critically analyzing objects of visual culture that come from art, popular culture, and mass media images. Explores how representations and the visual play important roles in constructing images of groups, communities, cultures, nations, and identities. Focuses on the power of the visual in public discourse and intercultural relations. (CCSC; MC)
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COMM 461 - Scientific Communication in Biotechnology Units: 3
Study of the communication principles and rhetorical strategies employed to effectively communicate with intended audiences in the context of the biotechnology industry. Students will apply this knowledge to plan, prepare, construct, and evaluate communication situations in which they participate as both producers and consumers of communication in careers related to biotechnology. Cross-listed: COMM 461 and BIOT 460 are cross-listed. Students may not receive credit for both. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students with Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): BIOT 355 or BIOT 356 .
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COMM 465 - Communication and Popular Culture Units: 3
Popular culture is so much a part of our daily lives that it is all but invisible. To a great extent, popular culture defines the texture of our lives. Popular images not only mediate and define reality, but they also implicitly assert a set of values. Introduces students to a number of concepts and challenges that arise in the study of U.S. popular culture. Drawing on a variety of theories and perspectives, students will critically examine the role of popular culture within the context of current social, political, and economic realities in the United States. (MC)
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COMM 470 - Political Communication Units: 3
A survey of theories and research in the area of political communication which covers such issues and themes as political image, symbolic constructions of political reality, agenda setting, political and campaign rhetoric. Special emphasis is placed upon how such issues and themes are related to the modern mass media. (MC)
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COMM 485 - Chicana/os Latina/os in Film and T.V. Units: 3
Examines representations of Chicana/os and Latina/os in film and television. Students learn about the development of Chicana/o cinema as a means to communicate counter narratives of Chicana/os’ and Latina/os’ social experiences. Explores the ways that language, images, and symbols convey individual group, and social identity. Categories are examined using critical rhetorical, media, feminist approaches. Students analyze films or television shows with the purpose of demonstrating persuasive elements, identities communicated, and/or ideologies proffered. (MC) Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students with Junior or Senior standing.
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COMM 495 - Communication Internship Units: 3
Provides students with opportunities to examine organizational, intercultural, mediated, and other modes of communication during routine work activities in private and public enterprises outside of the classroom setting. Students complement classroom and laboratory learning with that of the work world. Internships may be paid or unpaid.
May be repeated for credit for a total of six (6) units toward the COMM major in any combination from 495 and 499. Students majoring in COMM strongly advised to enroll in COMM 495 (not MASS 495). Students may not receive credit for both. Cross-listed: COMM 495 and MDIA 495 are cross-listed. Students may not receive credit for both. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to Communication or Media Studies majors who have been placed in an internship. Recommended Preparation: COMM 330 or COMM 440 or COMM 441 or COMM 355 or COMM 456 .
Prerequisite(s): COMM 100 .
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COMM 499A - Independent Study Units: 1
May be used by students who desire to do special individualized projects with an instructor. Number of units to be decided between the student and the instructor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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COMM 499B - Independent Study Units: 2
May be used by students who desire to do special individualized projects with an instructor. Number of units to be decided between the student and the instructor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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COMM 499C - Independent Study Units: 3
May be used by students who desire to do special individualized projects with an instructor. Number of units to be decided between the student and the instructor. May be repeated for a total of six 6 units. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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CIS 300 - Computer Information Fluency Units: 3
Knowledge work productivity concepts; advanced software functionality to support personal and group productivity; organization and management of data via spreadsheets and database tools; accessing organizational and external data; information search strategies; algorithmic and critical thinking; Web page design and programming; effective presentation and delivery. Enrollment Restrictions: For students matriculating prior to Fall 2018, enrollment is restricted to students who have completed the Entry-Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. For students matriculating in Fall 2018 or later, enrollment is restricted to students in Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Placement Categories I and II, or who have completed MATH 101 or MATH 105 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
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CIS 341 - Computer System Analysis and Design Units: 3
Covers the systems development life cycle, compares traditional methods of systems development to newer, emerging methods, process and data models for an information system, user interface for an information system, feasibility study and cost benefit analysis.
Prerequisite(s): CS 211 .
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CIS 444 - Web Programming Units: 3
Methods, software architecture, and standards for Internet-scale software infrastructure (services and applications). Includes foundations of the Web; distributed systems; client server architectures from 2-tier to n-tier and through Web Applications Design; and distributed object-based systems and associated technologies.
Prerequisite(s): CS 443 .
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CIS 490 - Project Management and Practice Units: 3
Advanced CIS majors operating as a high-performance team will engage in and complete the design and implementation of a significant information system. Project management, management of the CIS function, and systems integration will be components of the project experience.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 444 .
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CS 100 - Computer Basics Units: 1
Serves as an introduction to the potential of microcomputers, social, historical perspectives, word processing, spreadsheets, communications, operating systems, editors, and networking. Grading Basis: Graded Credit/No Credit. Credit may not be counted toward the computer science major.
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CS 105 - Media-Propelled Computational Thinking Units: 3
A media-propelled introduction to computation. Programming languages such as Alice, Java, Python, or Jython are studied and programming techniques are used to examine first the basic functions that draw objects, including lines and curves, and later to explore familiar physical, biological, or other scientific processes. Mathematical competence necessary for academic success will be enhanced. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for CS 200 -2. Enrollment Restrictions: For students matriculating prior to Fall 2018, enrollment is restricted to students who have completed the Entry-Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. For students matriculating in Fall 2018 or later, enrollment is restricted to students in Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Placement Categories I and II, or who have completed MATH 101 or MATH 105 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Satisfies GE area: B4
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CS 111 - Computer Science I Units: 4
Emphasizes programming methodology and problem-solving. A high-level language such as C++ will be used for the specification and implementation of algorithms. Includes principles and applications of software engineering, numerical computing, artificial intelligence, databases and user interface. Students lacking basic computer literacy skills are encouraged to take CS 105 first prior to CS 111.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): MATH 160 .
Satisfies GE area: B4
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CS 200 - Selected Topics in Computing Units: 1-3
Selected topics in computing and information technology. Credit may not be counted toward the Computer Science major. May be repeated for a total of twelve (12) units as topics change. Students should check the Class Schedule for listing of actual topics. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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CS 211 - Computer Science II Units: 4
A continuation of program design and development. Introduction to data structures: stacks, queues, linear lists, trees, and sets. Includes pointers recursion, and implementation and analysis of sorting and searching algorithms. Extensive programming is required. Includes introduction to parallel models and algorithms, problem state space, relational database, and numerical approximation methods. Three hours of lecture. Three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): CS 111 and MATH 160 .
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CS 231 - Assembly Language and Digital Circuits Units: 4
The structure of computers, number and character representation, word and instruction formats, and flowcharting. Machine and assembly language programming, address modification, indexing, indirect addressing, subroutines, and mnemonic interpreting systems. Includes digital logic, analysis and synthesis of circuits, and circuits of commonly used computer components. Three hours of lecture
Prerequisite(s): CS 111 .
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CS 305 - Problem Solving with Java Programming Units: 3
An introduction to algorithmic and critical thinking through problem solving and Java programming. Various problems are solved through many case studies and computer solutions are produced to solve these problems through the platform of web programming on the Internet. Enrollment Restrictions: For students matriculating prior to Fall 2018, enrollment is restricted to students who have completed the Entry-Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. For students matriculating in Fall 2018 or later, enrollment is restricted to students in Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Placement Categories I and II, or who have completed MATH 101 or MATH 105 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Satisfies GE area: BB
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CS 306 - Introduction to Computer Animation Units: 3
Introduction to the design and implementation of computer animation. The technical and creative aspects of both linear and interactive animation are investigated. Special attention is paid to the design of and production of 2-D and 3-D animations for the Internet. Enrollment Restrictions: For students matriculating prior to Fall 2018, enrollment is restricted to students who have completed the Entry-Level Mathematics (ELM) requirement. For students matriculating in Fall 2018 or later, enrollment is restricted to students in Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Placement Categories I and II, or who have completed MATH 101 or MATH 105 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Satisfies GE area: BB
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CS 311 - Data Structures Units: 3
A thorough understanding of several advanced methods for implementing the abstract data types and the time used by each method. Includes abstract data types such as dictionary, priority queues, matrices, and relations, foundation of recursive algorithms, complexity analysis, complexity classes, sorting and searching, computability and undecidability, problem-solving strategies, heuristic search, modeling and components of database systems, and graphics software systems.
Prerequisite(s): CS 211 .
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): MATH 270 or 370.
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CS 331 - Computer Architecture Units: 3
A study of the functional organization and sequential operation of digital computers. The major components of a computer will be discussed. Introduction to machine instruction architecture and design. The study of the internal operations during program execution. Several computer architectures will be studied.
Prerequisite(s): CS 231 .
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CS 351 - Programming Languages Units: 3
Important features and concerns of implementation design on programming languages in common use today will be studied and analyzed. Includes data and control structures, run-time storage management, context-free grammars, language translation systems, programming paradigms, and distributed and parallel programming constructs.
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): CS 311 , and MATH 270 or 370.
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