CR: Curriculum Changes April 2012

Possible Course Changes

3007: Programming Paradigms

• Old: An introduction to functional and logic programming. Topics include: semantics of functional programming, assignment-free programming, the meta-circular interpreter, recursive functions, Prolog, backtracking, cutting, negation.

• New: An introduction to alternative programming methodologies. Topics may include functional, constraint-based, concurrent, and logic programming.

3004: Software Engineering

• 3004 will still include team work but will have a course load commensurate with a half credit course. No course description change.
• Project for fall
  • investigate team-based honours projects
  • getting students involved in projects/research in third year
  • research & design honours projects (dual track, one for going to industry, other for going to research)
  • What are the learning objectives of the honours project?

3000: Operating Systems

• Old: A first course in operating systems stressing fundamental issues in design: process management; memory management; process co-ordination and synchronization; interprocess communication; real-time clock management; i/o device drivers; file systems; frame-level network communication. Assignments involve the use, modification, and extension of a multitasking operating system.

Precludes additional credit for SYSC 3001. Prerequisites: one of COMP 2402, COMP 2002 or SYSC 2002, and one of COMP 2003 or SYSC 2003.

• New: Operating Systems and Computer Architecture - Operating system implementation course stressing fundamental issues in design and how they relate to modern computer architectures. Assignments involve the modification and extension of a multitasking operating system.

Precludes additional credit for SYSC 3001. Prerequisites: COMP 2401, one of COMP 2402, COMP 2002 or SYSC 2002.

Other Changes

• 3005: no change, noSQL maybe for 4th year course
• Graphics: make new course description, David & Doron
• Architecture
• 1st/2nd year math courses - alg stream