Uses a modern structured, object-oriented language to introduce the design, implementation, modification, and verification of computer programs. Includes an introduction to program structure, data types, object-oriented design, graphical user interfaces, and event-driven programming.

Develops fundamental concepts and techniques for analysis, design, and implementation of computer programs using an object-oriented language. Includes graphical user interfaces, event-driven programming, recursive techniques, and simple data structures.

Develops professional technical writing skills. Includes methods for writing effective technical specifications, user documentation, and requests for proposals. Examines techniques, writing plans, proposals, marketing documentation, and customer communications.

Focuses on oral and written communication skills in an organizational environment. Provides opportunities to communicate clearly and concisely in writing, make persuasive presentations, negotiate effectively, listen to the ideas and opinions of others, provide and receive constructive feedback, explore new communication technologies, and understand the impact that globalization has on organizational communication.

Introduces the major principles and practices that are used by marketing managers in analyzing marketing problems and developing appropriate solutions. Examines how marketing operates within the global, social, and economic environment.

Introduces definitions and tools for reasoning about discrete mathematical objects useful for computer professionals. Includes set theory, propositions and predicates, Boolean algebra, sequences, enumeration, algorithms, methods of proof, permutaions, combinations, probability, with applications in computing.

Covers social issues involving functioning as effective computer professional, diverse professional/technical literature, representation of controversies, understanding ethical frameworks/value systems underlying views, determining professional impacts on co-workers, employers, clients, systems users, and society. Emphasizes written, verbal, electronic communications skills necessary in diverse workplace.

Integrates mathematical principles with detailed program development. Covers mathematical reasoning, abstract data types, and data structures. Explores efficiency of algorithms, sequential and linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, hashing, heaps, searching, sorting, directed graphs, and depth-first algorithms.

Develops competencies associated with problem-solving, algorithms, and computational models. Explores algorithms analysis and design, and computational complexity. Includes efficient algorithms, models of computation, correctness, time and space complexity, NP-complete problems, and undecidable problems.

The study and practice of staged development and project team management. Model projects through the discovery, invention and implementation cycle while learning and experiencing group dynamics, collaborative relationships, conflict management, and feedback.

Software design methodologies and Unified Modeling Language (UML). Includes software development life cycle, managing design in a team environment, top-down bottom-up processes, incremental development, rapid prototyping, abstraction, complexity, hierarchy, composition-decomposition, concurrency, software metrics, statistical process control, case tools, and formal analysis and verification.

Develops the hardware basis for computing systems, and the relationship between hardware and software. Covers number representations, digital logic, machine organization, instruction set architecture and assembly language. Includes an introduction to high-level languages and the translation of such languages into machine instructions.

Enhances problem-solving skills. Topics and approaches vary. Includes lectures and problem sessions in mathematics, programming, problem solving, and CSS applications.

Examines the fundamental concepts of operating systems and how they function. Includes process management, file systems, concurrency, interprocess communication, graphical interfaces, and security.

Investigates human-computer interface design concepts and related ergonomic and cognitive issues with respect to a broad range of hardware interface modalities, including traditional computers, tablet devices, handheld computers, mobile phone devices, and 3-D displays. Also covers interface design and testing methods.

Examines the languages and techniques for internet client/server application programming. Includes languages like CGI, Perl, XML, JavaScript, and DHTML, and topics like scripts, queries, forms, data access, redirection, firewalls, proxies, hypermedia, cookies, and gateways.

Study of the process of developing a product or service in the field of computing and software systems, preparing a plan for commercialization, and implementing that plan.