Software specification, design methods, programming and testing techniques and CASE tools. Developing large software systems in a group environment using modern software engineering techniques. Prerequisites: CPS 340.

Web-based applications focusing on server-side processing, data persistence, use of web services, Service Oriented Architecture, remote procedure calls, asynchronous messaging, transactions and security considerations. Prerequisite: CPS 340 or ITC 320. Recommended: ITC 341.

Formal definition of programming languages including specification of syntax and semantics. Prerequisites: CPS 240, 340.

Operating systems as resource manager. Study of the strategies used to manage system resources such as devices, files, memory, processors. Prerequisites: CPS 340, 360.

Automated reasoning, search strategies, knowledge representation, game playing, expert systems, machine learning and perception; applications. Prerequisites: CPS 340.

Selected topics in computer science not otherwise available in a course regularly offered. Topic(s) are listed in Course Search and Registration. Repeatable up to 6 credits when content does not duplicate previous special topic studies. Pre/Co-requisites: See Course Search and Registration. Determined by the specific topics presented.

Open to students with permission of instructor. May be taken for credit more than once, total credit not to exceed 6 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.