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ACS 850 | CIS 850 | CIS 860 | CSC 730  | CSC 745 | CSC 746  |CSC 750  | CSC 831 | CSC 833 |CSC 834 | CSC 835| CSC 842  | CSC 860 | CSC 890 | CSC 895  | ECO 854 | INT 706  | INT 730  | INT 801 | INT 804 | INT 805 | STA 700 | STA 775 | STA 825 | TEC 830| TEC 867  
 

Note : Each course is designated to introduce new knowledge and skills as well as to reinforce existing knowledge. Collectively, the courses will prepare the graduate level student to employ the aforementioned responsibilities and competencies.

ACS 850 Business Research and Communication. (3) A. Business research design and methodology, report writing, oral reports, leading conferences and meetings, management if information in organizations.
CIS 850 Information Systems. (3) II. Prerequisite: CIS 826 or equivalent. Information technology (IT) and information resource management and trends from user-manager perspective; impact of IT on managers, organizations, competition, and society; manager’s role in developing, acquiring and managing information resources.
CIS 860 Contemporary Topics in Information Technology. (3) A. Prerequisite: CIS 850. Topics include some of the following: office automation, telecommunications, decision support systems, knowledge-based systems, executive information systems and executive support systems. May be retaken to a maximum of six hours if topics are different.
CSC 730 Concepts of Programming Systems. (3) A. Prerequisites: Six hours of programming languages or departmental approval. Design of algorithms, object-oriented programming, control structures, modules, files and data structures. Programs will be written in a high level language. Credit does not apply to the M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences.
CSC 735 Discrete Structures. (3) A. Prerequisite: MAT 107 or equivalent, co-requisite: CSC 730. Logic, sets, functions, Boolean algebra, probability and their applications, number theory, recursion, math induction proofs with application of these topics to computer science. Credit does not apply to the M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences.
CSC 745 Theory of Database Systems. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 730; CSC 735 or departmental approval. Models and principles of information systems. Database languages. The logical and physical design, and implementation and use, of database management systems.
CSC 746 Artificial Intelligence. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 310 with a minimum grade of “C” or CSC 730. The use of programming language to model concepts selected from artificial intelligence. The application of heuristics to problem solving. Perception and pattern recognition.
CSC 750 Graphics Programming. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 730; CSC 735 or departmental approval. Graphic standard, programming for storage, modification and display of graphic data structure/bases. Realistic representation and transformation of geometric objects emphasizing interactive color raster displays.
CSC 812 Microcomputer Architecture and Software. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 730 or departmental approval. Topics suitable for a microcomputer laboratory systems manager including IBM PC architecture and assembly language, local area networks, MS DOS, copyright law, viruses. Credit does not apply toward the M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences.
CSC 831 Data Structures and Algorithms I. (3) A. Prerequisites: CSC 730; CSC 735 or departmental approval. Analysis of algorithms, data structures, files, searching, and sorting.
CSC 833 Data Structures and Algorithm II. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 831. Pattern matching, graph theory algorithms, computational complexity, and cryptography.
CSC 834 Software Engineering and Project Management I. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 730 or departmental approval. Planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling the implementation of a software project.
CSC 835 Software Engineering and Project Management II. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 834. A survey of current issues in Software Engineering, software testing, metrics, quality assurance, software reuse, and reengineering.
CSC 842 - Parallel Algorithms. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 831. The design and analysis of parallel algorithms. Application to merging, searching, sorting, combinatorics and numerical algorithms.
CSC 860 System Programming and Administration. (3) A. Prerequisite: CSC 812. Operating system concepts, concurrent programming, scheduling, security, recovery, methods and languages for operating system management. Layering of protocols for computer networks, inter-process communications, TCP/IP, Internet protocols, Web programming, and Web server management. Credit does not apply toward the M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences requirements.
CSC 890 Independent Study in _____ . (1-3) A. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Independent study on a problem chosen by the student and instructor. Student must have the independent study form and course syllabus approved by faculty supervisor and department chair prior to enrollment. May be retaken to a maximum of nine hours, provided that the topics are different.
CSC 895 Applied Computing Project in:_______. (3-6) A. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. An individually developed project related to the solution of a typical problem in an applied computing environment. The result is to be presented in open forum. Credit does not apply toward the M.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences requirements.
ECO 854 Advanced Statistical Applications. (3) I. Prerequisite: ECO 848 or equivalent. Develops business and economic applications emphasizing the general linear model. Includes statistical inference, regression models, non-parametrics, and analysis of variance. Emphasis upon description and prediction of business and economic phenomena. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for EPY 843 or QMB 300, or STA 700 or STA 500 or ECO 320 or PSY 301 or STA 271.
INT 706 Total Quality Control. (3). Formerly MFG 806. Prerequisite: MFG 202. A study of total quality control as it relates to the integration of all functions and processes within an organization in order to achieve continuous improvement of the quality of goods and services.
INT 730 Manufacturing Experiment Design. (3) A. Prerequisite: MFG 332 and MFG 334. Principles and practices of efficient experiment design for industry. Topics include the philosophy of experiment design, comparison of various designs, hypothesis testing, and the analysis of data.
INT 801 Manufacturing Value Analysis. (3) A. Formerly IET 801. Prerequisite: ECO 230. An introduction to topics necessary for taking effective manufacturing economic decisions. Quantitative methods and computer applications will be used to formulate decisions relating to manufacturing operations.
INT 804 Project Management. (3) A. Prerequisite: departmental approval. Elements of managing projects including the use of modern project management software. Primary emphasis will be organizing of the class as a project team to work on actual projects in local manufacturing plants.
INT 805 Industrial Operations Research. (3) A. Formerly IET 805. prerequisite: departmental approval. Concepts and applications of analytical models in industrial decision- making. Includes general concepts of models and simulation, mathematical programming, game theory, and sequential network logic in determining optional industrial strategies.
STA 700 Applied Statistical Inferences. (3) A. Prerequisite: six hours of statistics or three hours of statistics and departmental approval. Simple, efficient nonparametric methods without normality assumptions. Tests, estimation of proportions, medians, two-sample location/dispersion, one and two-way layout, independence, regression.
STA 775 Statistical Methods Using SAS. (3) A. Prerequisite: one of STA 270, 500/700, or 521/721; or a course in statistical inference. Statistical methods focusing on the use of the SAS computer package and interpretation of data. Assumptions of parametric and nonparametric tests.
STA 825 Experimental Design. (3) A. Prerequisite: one of STA 500/700, 501/701, or 521/721, 575/775; or a course in statistical inference. Analysis of variance and experimental design including completely randomized designs; randomized blocks; latin squares; factorial experiments; fixed, random and mixed models; and nested and nested-factorial experiments.
TEC 830 Creative Problem Solving. (3) A. Formerly IET 830. A review and analysis of basic and applied research in the development of creative behavior with emphasis on its application to industrial teaching and industrial problem solving. Students will be expected to complete a team project showing their creative abilities.
TEC 867 Research in Manufacturing Technology. (3) A. Formerly IET 867. Independent research in manufacturing technology supervised by the graduate advisor and other staff members. Topic must be approved before registration. May be retaken to a maximum of 6 hours.

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