Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Object oriented programming in C++: classes, derived classes, data abstraction, inheritance, and access control. Substantial programming assignments. For students not majoring in computer science.

Programming in C: data types, control structures; the preprocessor; arrays and pointers. Substantial programming assignments. For students in computer science.

Fundamentals of computer organization and operating systems design. Computer organization topics: CPU & pipeline architecture, data representation and memory hierarchies, assembly language and instruction sets. Operating system concepts: system calls, processes, threads, synchronization, memory management, input-output, traps, and file systems.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Programming-oriented introduction to fundamentals in statistics and probability; elementary statistics, graphical and numerical representation; probability distributions; tests and confidence intervals; regression, and correlation. CPS 621 adds Journalism applications of statistical methods.

Current topics in networking and multimedia applications. Topics may include advanced networking solutions, performance issues and design of multimedia delivery systems, and integration of distributed multi-media software.

A project-focused study in core computing concepts. Implementation and synthesis of the concepts via scripting, programming, and IDEs, focusing on large distributed data. Utilize computing as an "amplifier" for journalism. Basic programming experience recommended.

A hands-on approach to algorithms for practical applications. Collaborative filtering, graphical algorithms, visualization of information, searching and document ranking, and optimizations. Focus on Internet-based programming and database-oriented client-server model.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Jointly taught by computer science and journalism instructors. Students are asked to submit a major project proposal in computational journalism.