Elective Courses for a Computer Science Major

While there is no restriction on which electives may be taken, these courses can be grouped into several "tracks". These tracks help identify courses related to typical area of interest, and should be used as guidelines when selecting the electives which best fit your needs. The following table lists the elective courses, applicable tracks, and a schedule of when these courses are usually offered.

Course								Usually Offered
C-S 224	Intro to Prog. Language: ____	Depends on Language						On Demand
C-S 342	Software Testing Techniques			X		X		Spring Odd Yrs
C-S 351	Simulation	X					X	Occasionally
C-S 352	Comp Graphics & Scientific Visualization	X				X	X	Spring Even Yrs
C-S 353	Analysis of Alg. Complexity	X	X		X			Fall Even Yrs
C-S 364	Intro to Database Mgmt Systems			X				Fall
C-S 395	Independent Study	Depends on topic						Fall, Spring
C-S 419/519	Topics in Computer Science							On Demand
C-S 431	Introduction to Robotics				X	X		Spring Odd Yrs
C-S 443/543	Topics in Operating Systems				X			Fall Even Yrs
C-S 446/546	Object-Oriented Software Dev.				X	X		Spring
C-S 449/549	Advances in Software Engineering			X		X		Fall Even Yrs
C-S 451/551	User Interface Design				X	X		Fall Odd Yrs
C-S 452/452	Artificial Intelligence &  Pattern Recogn.	X	X				X	Fall Odd yrs
C-S 453/553	Intro to the Theory of Computation	X	X					Spring Even Yrs
C-S 454/554	Digital Image Processing	X					X	Fall Even Yrs
C-S 455/555	Fundamentals of Information Security			X	X	X		Fall Odd Yrs
C-S 464/564	Advanced Database Mgmt			X		X		Spring Odd Yrs
C-S 470/570	Parallel & Distributed Computing		X		X			Occasionally
C-S 471/571	Data Communications				X			Spring Even Yrs
C-S 480/680	Survey of Computer Assist. Instruction						X	On Demand
C-S 499	Research in Computer Science	Depends on topic						Fall, Spring
MTH 317	Graph Theory	X						Fall Odd Yrs
MTH 371	Intro to Numerical Methods	X						Spring
PHY 335	Electronics	X						Fall

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