haas:spring2020:common:course_objectives
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COMPORG
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- an understanding of the concepts of assembly
- understanding the impact of number systems
- familiarity with how assembly impacts programming
- experience implementing solutions in assembly
- familiarity with the role of the C library
- experience making system calls in assembly
- familiarity with the organization of a computer system
- experience using registers, stacks, and branches
COMPESS
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify different types of hardware and discuss what role that hardware plays
- List milestones of computer history
- Perform binary and hexadecimal conversions
- Perform addition and subtraction in binary and hexadecimal
- Explain how input, output, and storage devices work, and be able to compare and contrast different types of these devices
- List the parts of the CPU and what factors affect the CPU's performance
- Explain how the internet works, and identify the hardware and software required for connectivity and web publishing
- Identify the difference between application and system software, and explain how they interact
- Identify all the threats to your computer and explain ways to safeguard your computer
- Explain LAN, MAN, WAN in relation to topologies, communications transmissions, protocols, and communication media
- Identify ethical problems in computing
- Understand the basics of program development and describe programming language paradigms
- Understand logical and physical file management and more advanced file maintenance techniques (DBMS)
- Identify and explain the parts of the system development lifecycle
- Explore jobs in IT and understand the responsibilities that are associated with these jobs
CPROG
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- write and compile code that utilizes programming constructs
- use pointers and variables to discover the indirect properties of data storage
- comprehend the basics of memory management, data representation and storage
- identify and label various data types as scalar vs. composite
- distinguish and explain difference between homogeneous and heterogeneous composite data types
- break down and separate code into functions and illustrate the use of parameter passing
- justify the use of various programming constructs within code solutions
- discover the standard libraries and use libraries in solving problems
C4ENG
Upon successful, knowledgeable completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Write programs that read numbers and text, process the input and display results sequentially
- Write decision-making structures
- Write iterative structures
- Program using functions
- Use Arrays
DATA
Upon successful, knowledgeable completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the representation and use of primitive data types and built-in data structures
- Describe how the data structures are allocated and used in memory
- Describe common applications for each data structure described in class
- Implement the user-defined data structures in a high-level language
- Compare alternative implementations of data structures with respect to performance
- Write programs that use the following data structures: linked lists, stacks, queues, binary trees, and hash tables
- Compare and contrast the costs and benefits of dynamic and static data structure implementations
- Choose the appropriate data structure for solving a given problem
DATACOMM
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- better understand network I/O for efficient data communication
- utilize capabilities built into the operating system in programs
- write programs that communicate on the network
- use pipes and sockets to establish communication and share data with other processes
- demonstrate knowledge of concurrency
DISCRETE
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- application of concepts
- understand the process behind various mathematical concepts
- ability to convey mathematical and computer science concepts
- critical thinking abilities
- increased understanding of discipline concepts
- experience implementing concepts on the computer
- ability to solve problems creatively
GAME
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of game design principles
- Specify and implement the mechanics of player interactions
- Apply programming techniques to enable device interfacing
- Apply fundamental graphics techniques
- Demonstrate knowledge of game production elements including documentation, group dynamics, and progress verification
- Collaborate to develop a playable game
- Express practical versus ideal considerations in game design
HPC0
During the process of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the impact of computing in problem solving
- value interdisciplinary knowledge in problem solving
- apply effective visualization techniques to view data
- troubleshoot and diagnose problems
- recognize and relate how data may be generated
- compare the tradeoffs & advantages in concurrency
- identify processing considerations
- document tasks and solutions
HPC1
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- demonstrate concept comprehension
- information sharing through documentation
- understanding the nature of an HPC environment
- apply troubleshooting skills
- gain experience with real world system issues
- demonstrate knowledge of Linux & Open Source
- demonstrate awareness of networking concepts
- perform system and network administration
- demonstrate awareness of security issues
- demonstrate scripting skills to automate tasks
- collaborative work on a project or task
HPC2
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- demonstrate continued concept comprehension
- information sharing through documentation
- understanding the nature of an interconnected computing environment
- apply improved troubleshooting skills
- gain experience with real world system issues
- demonstrate knowledge of Linux & Open Source
- demonstrate awareness of networking concepts
- perform system and network administration
- demonstrate awareness of security issues
- demonstrate scripting skills to automate tasks
- collaborative work on a project or task
- understand and utilize logs to aid in problem solving and reporting
PHP
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- demonstrate application of PHP syntax, variable handling, and control structures
- apply programming techniques to aid in implementing solutions
- utilize problem solving techniques
- deploy php-powered pages on a hosted web server
- employ related common-sense security considerations to protect websites
- utilize parameterized queries, validation, and sanitization techniques
- track application state with cookies and sessions
- develop a web application to Select, Insert, and Update data in a database
SYSNET
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- understanding of concepts to mix them together
- effective use of communication capabilities
- capability of contemplating/measuring performance
- proficiency with tools to accomplish tasks
- ability to suggest troubleshooting strategies
- application of changes as a result of testing
- problem solving activities
- ability to document processes and tasks
SYSPROG
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- better understand file I/O for efficient data processing
- utilize capabilities built into the operating system
- write programs that interact with and spawn processes
- use pipes and sockets to communicate and share data
- demonstrate knowledge of concurrency
- design programs that handle signals
- explore efficient solutions to data- and processing- intensive problems
- utilize collaboration of resources to solve problems
UNIX
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
- familiarity with the structure of UNIX systems
- the ability to accomplish/automate tasks
- exposure to command-line tools and utilities
- experience the connection between UNIX and C
- understanding of the UNIX philosophy
- exposure to Open Source concepts and ideals
- exposure to computer security
- understanding and use of pattern matching
- problem solving activities
- application of shell scripting to perform tasks
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