COMPUTER SCIENCE: AN OVERVIEW

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Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra.No previous computer experience is required. Not open to CSIS majors after they have completed a 2000-level or higher CSIS course.Designed for students of all majors, this course provides the background to understand and productively use modern computer-based information and communications systems. Students will study key issues and concepts of computer and information science, learn to use various hardware and software systems available at Stockton (including PCs, Unix workstations, multimedia labs and the Internet), and develop World Wide Web pages. Comprehensive lab sessions will provide an introduction to Stockton's microcomputer and minicomputer systems and provide hands-on experience to illustrate major concepts. Specific topics covered include computer organization and architecture, data structures and algorithms, programming languages, World Wide Web and HTML, graphics and multimedia, analysis of information, simulation, virtual reality, JavaScript and interactive web pages. Emerging areas of computer science including intelligent agents, privacy and security, data mining, ubiquitous computing and gaming will also be included.Faculty: M. OLAN