Basic computer organization including the von Neumann architecture, the instruction cycle, parts of a CPU (central processing unit), pipelining, memory hierarchy, and interrupt handling. Representation of numerical and non-numerical data. Translation to assembly code from high-level constructs such as if statements, loops, and function calls.
The administration of a Linux server. Prepares students for industry certification and entry-level employment in system administration. Topics include process control, system monitoring, filesystem preparation and maintenance, logical volumes, basic servers and the firewall, virtual machines, startup and shutdown, user accounts, periodic tasks, security issues, and installations.
Access and analyze data and produce information visualizations to discover patterns. Fundamental skills and concepts for data science applicable to scientists, journalists, business people, and database programmers. Requires programming in a language of the student's choice.
Developing data driven web applications with Ruby on Rails. Core aspects of the framework including ActiveRecord, HTML with embedded Ruby (ERB), Rails Controller classes, Action Mailer, and application testing.
Second course in the Python programming language. Covers resources, practices, and modules used by successful Python programmers; functional and imperative programming in Python; debugging and testing; data serialization and use of persistent stores and web services. Students write useful programs demonstrating mastery of these techniques, which are applicable to real world problems.
This course introduces students to creating and deploying WordPress and Drupal content management systems (CMS) for web development using custom plug-ins and modules. Topics include WordPress and Drupal core features, APIs, plug-in and module development, architecture, deploying to cloud hosting, PHP performance tuning, data management, and security.
This course provides students with the opportunity to learn computer science concepts in the context of game and simulation development. Data algorithms, behavioral algorithms, memory management, object and class hierarchy, and Unity's architectural pattern will be presented.
An advanced course in the design and development of iOS applications using Xcode and Swift. Overview of object-oriented programming in Swift. Development of user interfaces with Storyboard. Development of iOS applications using the model-view-controller paradigm, persistent storage, and networked data.
Introduces advanced Java language features and packages that are essential for building Java Standard Edition applications. Topics include object-oriented design, updated Java features, file input and output, exception handling, collections, generics, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), functional programming, reflection, and multithreading. Helps prepare students for industry certification in Java programming.
Advanced Java Enterprise Edition covers features of the Java language essential for building network- and web-oriented applications. Topics include networking, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Servlets, JavaBeans, JavaServer Pages (JSP), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and Extensible Markup Language (XML).