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Nova Southeastern UniversityNSUWorksCollege of Engineering and Computing CourseCatalogs NSU Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions1990Master of Science in Computer ScienceNova Southeastern UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cec_coursecatalogsPart of the Computer Engineering CommonsThis Program Overview is brought to you for free and open access by the NSU Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions at NSUWorks. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For moreinformation, please contact nsuworks@nova.edu.NSUWorks CitationNova Southeastern University, "Master of Science in Computer Science" (1990). College of Engineering and Computing Course Catalogs.Paper 89.http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cec_coursecatalogs/89!D[E~Q)A~lMrEU\~i OIP C<OM[FlJ i[E~ SC~ lENC !E MASTER OF SC IENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE The Department of Computer Science offers a graduate program leading to the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. ' This program is designed to gi~e the student practical ex oerience and a~ in-depth knowledge of computer systems and some of thei r many ap plications. Current areas of specialization i~clude: operating systems de~ign , compiler construction, data base and data communications design, software engineeri ng and structured programming., appl ication software development and computer systems per-formance, and operations research and numerical analys i s . MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS : Two opti on5 1 eadi ng to the r1as ter of Sci ence degree in Computer Sci ence are offered . The requ irements for both the thesis and the non-thesis option are: (1) The completion of 36 semester hours of graduate credit of which 24 semester hours are required courses and must inclu de the foll owing courses: rcs 610 Comruter systems 3 cr. IeS 616 Theory and Principles of Programming 3 cr. ICS 630 Programming Languages 3 cr . ICS 634 Co mp iler Des i gn Theory 3 cr. ICS 635 Comp iler Implementation 3 cr. ICS 650 Operating Systems Theory and Des i g~ 3 cr. ICS 660 Data Base Management 3 cr . ICS 690 Software Engineering 3 cr . (2) The student must maintain a grade average of 3.0 (8) or better in all graduate lev-el courses . The additional requirements for the thesis option are the completion of s ix semester hours of approved elective courses in Computer Science, and 6 semester hours for a written thesis. The non-thesis option has the additional requirement of the completion of 12 se~es ter , hours of approved elective courses in Computer Science. ICS 620 ICS 622 ICS 624 IeS 625 ICS 626 ICS 632 lCS 640 IeS 651 ELECTIV ES Graph Theory Complexity Theo ry Operations Research Numerical Analys i s Mode lling and Simulation Language Theory and Au t omata Digi t al Co~puter Design Ope rating Syste!lls Impl ementation ICS 656 ICS 658 ICS 675 ICS 680 ICS 69 1 ICS 694 ICS 695 Ies 695 Network Design and Analysis Data Communications Systems Performance Evaluation Microprogra mming and Micro proces sors Software Engineering Impl ementa t ion Management in Data Processing Management in Da t d Processing Prac-ticum Management of Research and Development ADMISSION REQ UI REMENTS: The Compu ter Sc i ence Graduate Program has bee n des i gned for studen t s with under-graduate tra i nin g in compu te r sci ence , enginee ri ng, mathema tics or PhYSics . Applicants for the Master of Sci ence degree in Com pu t er Sc ience shou ld have an unde rgraduate maj or in one of the abo ve areas or a related area and must meet the following requirements : (1) A baccalaurate deg re e , gran ted by an ac credited institution repr esenting -comple-tion of a co urs e of s tudy wh i ch f ulfi ll s prereq uisites f or graduate work in the area of Computer Science. (2) A 2.5 undergraduate grade point average on a grading sca l e of 4.0 (A) . (3) The intellectual capacity and moti vation to pursue graduate work as determined by ~redenti a ls and an intervi ew. Th e interview can be ~ai ved if the applicant does not reside in the state of Florida . The applicant's official transcript must be submitted direct ly from the degree-granting institution. (4) Satisfaction of undergraduate prerequisites in: (a.) Data Structures (b.) Experience with higher level programming l anguages such as FORTRAN, COBOL, APl or Pl/I and with assembly l anguage programming (c.) Computer architecture (d .) Ma themat i cs - including calculus,linear algebra and some discre te mathematics . Students not satisfying these prel'equisites I"lill be required to make up the appropriate deficiencies befo re being admitt ed wi t h fu ll graduate status. TRANSFER CREDIT Up to 6 graduate credits may be transferred from a re gi onally accredited institution. The cours es selected for transfer must have received a B or better grade and must match a course in the requ ired program . The transfer will be evaluated upon the rece i pt of an offic ia l transcript from the i nstitution originally giving the credit . FO RMAT The ~1aster of Sc i ence in Computer Science Program operates on a semester systems. Each three (3) credit co urse mee t s for three (3) hours per week for 15 weeks. ' All courses in t he program are scheduled in the evenings. TUITI ON AND FEES Tuition fee (per cre di t) . ........................ . ........ .. ...... . . .. : ...... . .. $100 . Applicati on fee , nonrefundable .. . .... .... ............... . ..... . .. . .............. $ 15. Registrati on fee, nonrefundable (per semester) . . .... . . ... ............ . ....... .. . $ 15. laboratory fee, where appl i cable ......... .. ...... . : ... . ............ .. ....... ... . $ 10. Graduation fee ..... . .... ..... .... .. ....... ..... ................. . ............. .. $ 15. La te Reg i stration Fee .... . ... ... . .. .. ... . . .. . . .. . .. .................... . ... ..... $ 15. The cost of books and other materia ls genera lly range from $20 to $40 per course. Additional costs inc lude fees for profi ci ency examinations. These are opt ional and are not part of the required program. ACCREDITATION Nova Un i versity is acc redited by the Southern Associat ion of Colleges and School s , the official accredit ing agency for in stitutions of higher education in the south eastern states. J All courses are 3 semester hours unles,s otherwise indicated . ICS 610 COl1PUTER SYSTEHS Introduction to digital computer design , peripheral devices , storage allocation , operating systems, compilers and assemblers . An understanding of the total operating environment will be developed . Inves,tigation of the co~®on programming techniques and their theory. Segmentati.on and overlays , recursion, dynamic storage processing , ( stacks , queue~ , trees), macros. PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR. ICS 616 THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF PROG~~-MING The mathematics of algorithm and programming construction. The art of structured program-ming . The dynamic environment of a program and its ' record of execution. The theory of concurrent programming. PREREQUISITES: I CS 610 , ICS 630. ICS 620 GRAPH THEORY Finite Linear graphs . Applications to modelling optir,iizatiorl, networks, operating systems design , digital design. PREREQUISITES: ICS 610 , ICS 630. ICS 622 CO~~LEXITY THEORY A general theory of computational complexity . Theory of algor ithms. Turing Machines , Unsolvable problems. Exponential difficulty , NP-Completeness. PREREQUISITE : ICS 620 ICS 624 OPERATIONS RESEARCH Analytic formulation and solution of decision problems using mathematical techniques. Linear and dynamic programming. Queuing , searching , maximizing/minimizing techniques. Scheduling and Inventory models, forecasting and time series analysis . PREREQUISITES: ICS 610, ICS 630 ICS 625 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS Introduction to error analysis , iterative me thods , eigenvalue · problems; integration and differentiation by computer , interpolation , ill conditioned problems. Nonlinear systems . Boundary value p r oblems . PRFPEQUISITES : ICS 610 , ICS 630 ICS 626 MODELLING AND SIMULATIOkl Introduction to modelling techniques. Discrete events systems. Development of models (e.g, mathematical) of phys-ical processes . Use of simulation pro-grams such as SIMULA, GPSS , and SIMSCRIPT. PREREQUISITE : ICS 624 ICS 630 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Introduction to data structures and data types, and ' understanding' of the modern approach to structured programming will be developed. A comparative study of several high-level programming languages . Emphasis will be placed on how concepts are expressed in each of the major languages, such as FORTRAN , COBOL , PL/l, PASCAL , and ALGOL. PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR. ICS 632 LANGUAGE THEORY AND AUTOMATA Introduction to forma l grammars , Backus-Naur notation. The formal the"ry behind tilE design of Ct computer langudge is studied, The corresponding types of automata which may serve as recognizers and generators for a language will be described , PREREQUISITES: ICS 610, ICS 630 ICS 634 COMPILER DESIGN THEORY Language theory will be applied to the design of a compiler for a high-level l anguage . Parsing , syntax analysis , in-terpretation phase and code generation. Other areas of the compilation process wil l be covered, such as storage alloca -tion , symbol table management, searching and sorting , and recursion . PREREQUISITES' : ICS 610, ICS 630 ICS 635 COMPILER IMPLEMENTATION Design, implementation, and testins of a compiler fo r a high-level language, PREREQUISITE: ICS 634 ICS 640 DIGITAL COMPUTER DESIGN Principles and te chniques of digital com-puter des ign . Integ~ated circuits, logic design, LSI and MSI design, sequentia l circuit analysis. Processor logic design , arithmetic unit, memory systems, i nput-output structures, micro-programming . PREREQUISITES: ICS 610 ,ICS 630 ICS 650 OPERATING SYSTEMS TrlliORY AND DESIGN Analysis of compu':er operating systems with emphasis on structured design . Multi-programming and multiproces sing; real-time, time-sharing, networks , job control. Scheduling, synchronization and other forms of resource management: I/O programming, memory and fiie system management . PREREQUISITES: ICS 610, ICS 630 ICS 651 OPERATING SYSTEMS HlPLEMENTATION Implementation and testing of operating system design on actual hardware. PREREQUISITE : ICS 650 ICS 656 NETWORK DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Distributed processing and other forms of network systems. PREREQUISITES : ICS 6 10 , ICS 630 ICS 658 DATA COMMUNICATIONS An introduction to basic data communi-cation concepts, coding modes and types of transmissions , multiplexin~, line protocol s , 5\11 tching techniques and cormnunication satellite technology . PREREQUISITE: ICS 656 ICS 660 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT Computer-oriented techn i ques for inform-ation storage and retrieval with emphasis on on-line capability. File structures , including data definition and manipula -tion l anguages . PREREQUISITES : ICS 61 0 , ICS 630 ICS 675 SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION An analysis of the computer resources in a monitoring environment . CPU, I/O Channel , memory and mix utilization statistics. Hard-ware monitors and software monitors . DetE.rr' mining the overloaded computer system . Capacity analysis. PREREQISITES : ICS 61 0 , ICS 630 ICS 680 MICROPROGRAMMING ~ND MICRO-PROCESSORS The past , present and future of Micro -programming will be discussed in detail with particular attention given to Pro -cessor Technology. An in-depth survey of cormnercially a~ailable microprogra~~able microprocessors vli ll be presented as well as monolithic microprogrammed deviced . The students will implement a processor instruc-tion set in both vertical and horizontal rnicroco~e utilizing a Simulat,or, r.iicro-assembl er , and Register Transfer language . Advan'ced topics in special-purpose processor design and architecture redefinition (dynamic) will be presented. PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR. ICS 690 SOFTWAP£ ENGINEERING ~'his cou·rse offers a thor<:lugh analysis of the problems rela ted to the design , development and implementation of Soft-ware Projects. First , the fundamentals of Software project management ore presented, followed by a discussion of the techniques of Software development~ A comprehensive, modern approach to structured programming , program modularization and program cor:rect-ness is offered. Software Verification and Validation , Software security and Software protection wil l also be analyzed in detail. PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR rcs 691 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING I MPLEMENTATION The techniques of softvJare engineering wi ll be applied to practical projects . PREREQUISITE: ICS 690 ICS 694 MANAGEMENT IN DATA PROCESSING Develops an awareness of the task of the manager of a data processing activity . The course introduces the student to the tech-niques and respons ibilities of the manager in order to develop a better working re- , la tionship. PREREQUISITES : ICS 610 , ICS 630 ICS 695 MANAGEMENT IN DATA PROCESSING PRACTICUM The techniques of data processing management will be applied to practical examples. PREREQUISITE : ICS 694 ICS 696 MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT This course analyzes the role of R & iD in the company , its ' relation to other acti -vitie s . The planning aDd organizatjon of R&D , its ' control ano evaluation . PRER~QUISITES : rcs 610 , ICS 630 

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