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An introduction to the upper computational stack: language-based virtual machines, desktop environments, and web applications. Topics: dynamic libraries, scripting and functional languages, interpreters, compilation, databases, remote procedure calls, and performance and security concerns in modern distributed applications. | |||
Revision as of 14:17, 3 May 2011
This document contains proposed course changes for the 2012/2013 academic year.
Executive Summary
Introduction
Theory
COMP 1805: Course Title
COMP 2804: Course Title
COMP 3804: Course Title
Software Engineering
COMP 2404: Introduction to Software Engineering
Introduction to object-oriented software development, with emphasis on design and implementation of medium-sized programs. Topics include abstraction, modularity, encapsulation, reusability, and design patterns.
COMP 3004: Object-Oriented Software Engineering
No changes.
Programming
- we already changed 1405 and 1406
- goal is to teach programming through teaching other topics that are central to modern CS: OS, databases, web
COMP 2401: Introduction to Systems Programming
Introduction to programming at the system level, with procedures, primitive data types, and user-defined data structures, designed for B.C.S. students. Topics include: basic OS concepts (including processes), pointers, heap and stack memory allocation and deallocation, system/library calls, signal handling and inter-process communication.
COMP 2405: course title
An introduction to the upper computational stack: language-based virtual machines, desktop environments, and web applications. Topics: dynamic libraries, scripting and functional languages, interpreters, compilation, databases, remote procedure calls, and performance and security concerns in modern distributed applications.