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CIS 690 - Implementation Project Credits: 3
The department will suggest various design or implementation projects for individuals or groups in areas such as translators, interpreters, microprogramming, minicomputer operating systems, graphics, numerical software, etc.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Fall, Spring, Summer
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CIS 697 - Seminar in Computer Science Credits: 1-3
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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CIS 705 - Programming Languages Credits: 3
Programming language concepts, including typing, scoping, abstraction and exceptions; programming paradigms, including one or more of logic, functional, object-oriented and concurrent programming, and programming languages supporting the selected paradigms; introduction to programming language semantics; programming language design; development environments.
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Prerequisite: CIS 505 and MATH 510. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Spring
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CIS 706 - Translator Design I Credits: 3
Compilers and interpreters, including description of languages, finite state scanners. LL(1) parsing, symbol tables, syntax-directed semantics, simple code generation. Constructing a simple compiler.
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Prerequisite: CIS 501, and CIS 605. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Fall
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CIS 710 - Computer Simulation Experiments Credits: 3
Principles of digital computer simulation; discrete simulation method, statistics of simulations; implementations.
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Prerequisite: CIS 300. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CIS 720 - Advanced Operating Systems Credits: 3
Process synchronization and communication, distributed programming primitives, transactions and concurrency control, distributed scheduling, distributed storage, deadlock, security.
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Prerequisite: CIS 520. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 721 - Real-Time Systems Credits: 3
The design of hard real-time embedded systems, including language and operating system support, scheduling, schedulability analysis, fault tolerance, and design tools.
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Prerequisite: CIS 520 or both CIS 622 and ECE 633. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 722 - Operating System Practices Credits: 3
Structure and functions of modern operating systems. Emphasis on reading and modifying the source code of a working operating system. This includes memory management, input/output, process management, file systems, and network interconnection software construction.
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Prerequisite: CIS 520. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Spring
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CIS 725 - Advanced Computer Networks Credits: 3
Network algorithms: routing and congestion control; protocol engineering: protocol decomposition, specification and verification, synthesis; protocols for high speed networks, parallel implementations, light-weight protocols.
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Prerequisite: CIS 520, and CIS 525. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 726 - Advanced World Wide Web Technologies Credits: 3
An advanced course on the technologies that make up the World Wide Web. WWW site designs and analysis, WWW software architecture, server-side technologies, dynamic executable scheduling, digital libraries, WWW security.
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Prerequisite: CIS 520, CIS 525. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Spring
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CIS 730 - Principles of Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3
Introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of AI: problem solving, search and planning, knowledge representation and qualitative reasoning, expert systems, natural language processing and cognitive modeling, computer vision, and machine learning.
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Prerequisite: CIS 501. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
Spring
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CIS 732 - Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Credits: 3
Theory and methodology of inductive learning, including decision trees, artificial neural networks, probabilistic and instance-based learning, and inductive logic programming; unsupervised and reinforcement learning, bagging and boosting; genetic algorithms and genetic programming; and applications to data mining.
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Prerequisite: CIS 501 or CIS 575.
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Fall
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CIS 734 - Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics Credits: 4
A problem solving approach to understanding genomics and bioinformatics. Practical use of databases and web-based tools used to study biological problems. Introduction to the algorithms behind these tools.
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Three hours lecture and one-and-a-half hours lab a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Either BIOL 450 or CIS 300, and instructor permission. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
Spring, even years
Crosslisted:
BIOL 734
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CIS 736 - Computer Graphics Credits: 3
Topics in computer representation and display of images and graphic interaction.
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Prerequisite: CIS 308. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 740 - Software Engineering Credits: 3
Software life cycle, equirements, specifications, design, validation, measures, and maintenance.
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Prerequisite: CIS 641 or CIS 642. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 744 - Advanced Software Analysis and Design Credits: 3
Advanced concepts and practicum in object-oriented analysis, modeling, design, implementation, testing, and use of CASE tools; relationships among structural, static, and dynamic models; relationship among conceptual, system, and implementation models.
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Not available for credit to students with credit in CIS 544.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CIS 641 or CIS 642. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
Spring, Summer
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CIS 746 - Software Measurement Credits: 3
Measurement theory; development, validation and use of software measures; software measures in the lifecycle, including cost estimation, design measures, software complexity and software reliability.
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Prerequisite: CIS 641 or CIS 642. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 748 - Advanced Software Management Credits: 3
Topics related to the management of software, including organization, project planning, process models, life cycle models, TQM, software quality assurance, cost estimation, configuration management.
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Prerequisite: CIS 740 or CIS 744. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
Spring, Summer
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CIS 750 - Advanced Computer Architecture Credits: 3
Fundamentals of quantitative design of computer architectures, memory hierarchy design, instruction-level parallelism, data-level parallelism, thread-level parallelism, parallel programming, parallel performance analysis, and warehouse-scale computers.
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Two hours lecture and three hours lab a week.
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Prerequisite: CIS 450. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CIS 751 - Computer and Information Security Credits: 3
A comprehensive coverage of computer and information security. Basic cryptography, access control, authentication, authorization, network security, software security, and social aspects of security. The lectures discuss when and where things can go wrong and how design flaws in a system can be exploited to compromise security. Common attack techniques are introduced, and students have the opportunity to work on course projects that cover both the defense and offense aspects in cyber space.
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Not available for credit to students with credit in CIS 551.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CIS 450 or CIS 520. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
Fall
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CIS 753 - Applied Cryptography Credits: 3
Fundamentals of cryptography, including mathematical background, classical ciphers, public key encryption, block and stream ciphers, cryptographic hash functions, digital signatures, common attacks, and basic network security.
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Not available for credit to students with credit in CIS 553. Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CIS 300, MATH 510, or equivalent. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Spring
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CIS 755 - Systems Security Credits: 3
In-depth coverage of advanced theoretical and practical security techniques with emphasis on construction of new systems and auditing and repair of existing security-critical systems using rigorous design, risk analysis, and engineering methods and application of state-of-the-art theoretical tools.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CIS 551 or CIS 751. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Spring
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CIS 761 - Data Base Management Systems Credits: 3
Data models and languages, hierarchical, network, relational systems; implementational and operational requirements; programming projects using data base management systems.
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Prerequisite: CIS 560, CIS 604. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 762 - Office Automation Credits: 3
Characteristics of information work; modeling systems for characterizing aspects of office environment; form-based systems; office automation and description languages, ergonomics, local area networks and tools used in the automation of offices.
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Prerequisite: CIS 525, CIS 560. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 764 - Database Design Credits: 3
Conceptual, logical, physical, and user interface design for database management systems.
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Prerequisite: CIS 501. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CIS 770 - Formal Language Theory Credits: 3
Regular languages, finite automata, context-free languages, pushdown automata, context-sensitive languages, linear bounded automata, recursively enumerable languages, Turing machines.
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Prerequisite: MATH 510. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 771 - Software Specification Credits: 3
Formal logic or specification of software components; algebraic vs. model-based specifications; common abstract types; verification of properties of specifications; introduction to specification of concurrent systems.
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Prerequisite: CIS 301. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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CIS 775 - Analysis of Algorithms Credits: 3
Study and application of techniques and procedures used in the analysis of algorithms including the worst and average cases of both time and space. Study of the P and NP classes.
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Prerequisite: CIS 575. Students may enroll in CIS courses only if they have earned a grade of C or better for each prerequisite to those courses.
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Fall
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CIS 798 - Topics in Computer Science Credits: 1-18
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Prerequisite: Prerequisite varies with the announced topic.
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CIS 801 - Translator Design II Credits: 3
LR parsing, storage allocation, code generation, data flow optimization, compiler generators.
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Prerequisite: CIS 706.
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CIS 806 - Semantics of Programming Languages Credits: 3
Introduction of formal semantics description methods for programming languages; comparison of operational, denotational, algebraic, and axiomatic methods; analysis of relationship of formal semantics definitions to computer implementation.
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Prerequisite: CIS 771.
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CIS 810 - Logic Programming Credits: 3
Selected topics; constraint logic programming, deductive databases, concurrent logic programming, object-oriented logic programming, mathematical theory of logic programming specification and transformation of logic programs.
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Prerequisite: Knowledge of Prolog.
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CIS 820 - Topics in Theory of Asynchronous Systems Credits: 3
Safety and liveness properties, synchronous and asynchronous message passing systems, virtual circuit and datagram communication, process failure, concepts of composition and superimposition, temporal logic, reachability analysis, theory of concurrency control, atomic commitment, replica control.
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Prerequisite: CIS 720.
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CIS 825 - Topics in Distributed Systems Credits: 3
Models of distributed computation, events and global states, failure semantics, communication abstractions, synchronization in distributed programs; distributed algorithms: election, termination and deadlock detection, broadcast programming and algorithms.
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Prerequisite: CIS 720; or CIS 725 and permission of the instructor.
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CIS 826 - Protocol Engineering Credits: 3
Basic concepts of protocol design, specification languages and formal description techniques, safety and liveness properties, protocol validation, protocol synthesis, protocol translation and conformance testing.
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Prerequisite: CIS 725.
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CIS 830 - Current Topics in Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3
Advanced techniques and new ideas in artificial intelligence. Includes applications and case studies of artificial intelligence in action.
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Prerequisite: CIS 730.
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CIS 833 - Information Retrieval and Text Mining Credits: 3
Theory and practice of search engines for retrieving textual information; basic and advanced topics, with emphasis on newer technologies that go beyond simple keyword search; the use of MapReduce framework to process large collections of documents.
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Prerequisite: CIS 732 and instructor permission.
Typically Offered
Fall
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CIS 834 - Machine Learning for Bioinformatics Credits: 3
The course will cover some of the most important machine learning algorithms (including semi-supervised and transfer learning algorithms) and their applications to bioinformatics.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Either CIS 732 or CIS 734, and instructor permission.
Typically Offered
Spring, odd years
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CIS 841 - Verification and Validation Credits: 3
Practical techniques for verifying and validating software including formal verification, software testing, reliability measurement and modeling.
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Prerequisite: CIS 771 and either or CIS 740 or CIS 744.
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CIS 842 - Specification and Verification of Reactive Systems Credits: 3
Review of formal specification languages; architecture of concurrent and reactive systems; specification methods including: Z, Petri nets, temporal logic, state transition models; development and evaluation of system specifications; verification structures including layered systems, serialization, and predicate automata.
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Prerequisite: CIS 771.
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CIS 844 - Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Credits: 3
Analysis, design, and implementation of large, complex, distributed, and adaptive software systems using agent-oriented paradigm. Will survey various modeling languages and agent-oriented methodologies.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CIS 730, CIS 740.
Typically Offered
Spring
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CIS 860 - Advanced Database Systems Credits: 3
Advanced topics in database and intelligent information systems. Possible topics include active, temporal, object-oriented, and multimedia databases, warehousing and data mining.
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Prerequisite: CIS 761 or CIS 764.
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CIS 864 - Data Engineering Credits: 3
Advanced topics in database design and maintenance including performance monitoring, query optimization and tuning in centralized and distributed data systems.
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Prerequisite: CIS 761 or CIS 764.
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CIS 870 - Theory of Computability Credits: 3
Formal models for computability; universal programs; Church’s thesis; unsolvable problems and reducibilities; partial recursive functions; recursive and recursively enumerable sets; s-m-n theorem and the recursion theorem.
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Prerequisite: CIS 770.
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CIS 890 - Special Topics in Computer Science Credits: 2-4
Topics of the current state-of-the-art of computer science.
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Prerequisite: Prerequisite varies with the announced topic.
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CIS 895 - MSE Project Credits: 0-6
This course takes the student through the process of developing a project. This process typically takes more than one semester to complete. Includes reviews and walkthroughs of the requirements, design, and implementation.
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Prerequisite: CIS 740 or CIS 744, CIS 748, CIS 771, and three additional credits toward the MSE degree.
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CIS 897 - Seminar in Computer Science Credits: 1
Introduction to computing as a discipline; the relationship of computing to other disciplines; the interaction of computing and ethics; the development of a written and oral research proposal.
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Prerequisite: full graduate standing in CIS (CR/NCR only).
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Fall, Spring, Summer
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CIS 898 - Master’s Report in CIS Credits: 1-3
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
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CIS 899 - Research in Computer Science Credits: 1-6
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Prerequisite: CIS 897.
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CIS 901 - Topics in Translator Design Credits: 3
Topics involving incremental, extensible, conversational compilers; program development systems, portability and validation of compilers; compiler generators.
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Prerequisite: CIS 801.
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CIS 905 - Theory of Programming Languages Credits: 3
Formal definition languages; operational and formal semantic models; equivalence of semantic models; formal properties of programming languages.
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Prerequisite: CIS 806.
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CIS 920 - Research Topics in Distributed Systems Credits: 3
Topics on current state-of-the-art research in distributed systems.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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CIS 926 - Computation Structures Credits: 3
Petri nets, flowgraph schemata, dataflow models, relationships between abstract computational models and hardware models and programming languages.
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Prerequisite: CIS 771.
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CIS 930 - Expert Systems Credits: 3
Advanced theory and techniques in the development of expert systems. Focuses on knowledge acquisition and knowledge organization used in expert systems. Includes design, implementation, and evaluation of an expert system.
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Prerequisite: CIS 830.
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CIS 940 - Research Topics in Software Engineering Credits: 3
Research on one of the topics in CIS 840.
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May be repeated for credit.
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Prerequisite: CIS 840.
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CIS 960 - Theory of Data Base Systems Credits: 3
Advanced topics in data base systems including distributed data bases, integrity, security, normalization, data base machines, performance models, query languages.
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Prerequisite: CIS 840.
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CIS 990 - Research Topics Credits: 2-3
Study of current topics in computer science.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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CLSCS 501 - Topics in Classical Literature in Translation Credits: 3
A detailed survey of Greek and/or Roman literature in translation.
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Fall, Spring, Summer
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CLSCS 502 - Topics in Classical Studies Credits: 3
Focuses on different aspects of ancient Greek and Roman culture. Greek society and culture, Roman society and culture, Greco-Roman religion, and ancient ethnography are among the potential topics of this course.
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Lecture and discussions. All readings will be in English.
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Fall or Spring
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CLSCS 549 - Special Studies in Classics Credits: 1-5
Independent study in Classics, Latin, or Greek.
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May be repeated.
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CNRES 500 - Topics in Conflict Resolution and Trauma Studies Credits: 1-3
Independent study on topics in conflict resolution and trauma studies.
Repeat for Credit
Repeatable
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Fall, Spring, Summer
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CNRES 529 - Trauma and Traumatic Stress Credits: 3
This course will introduce and review the theoretical and historical beginnings of the concept of trauma, which includes the inclusion of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a diagnosis in the DSM III. It will highlight the other forms of recognized traumatic events and stressors that have more recently been brought to light. It will discuss various trauma reactions, effects of stressful events, as well as the treatment of trauma. Resilience and transcendence of trauma will be outlined, with an emphasis on the importance of self-care for clinicians and helping professionals working in this area.
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Fall
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CNRES 530 - Coping with Life Crises Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide students with resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan that can be utilized in both their own lives and in the lives of those families they serve. Students will be introduced to the biopsychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises and the current literature on how families cope with a variety of life transitions and crises.
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Summer
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CNRES 531 - Core Conflict Resolution Credits: 3
This course focuses on a set of core skills and strategies for managing and resolving disputes. It is designed to (1) help individuals deal with differences and address conflict on a personal level, and (2) provide detailed knowledge of a structured approach for third party conflict resolvers.
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Fall, Spring
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CNRES 532 - Conflict Resolution across Cultures & Contexts Credits: 3
The course explores the cultural components of conflict by examining the dynamics of interpersonal beliefs and socialization, cross cultural conflict theory, and issues related to application in a variety of settings. This course is designed to be an exercise in critical thinking, cultural exploration, and self-reflection.
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Prerequisite: CCONRS or RCATS or instructor permission.
Corequisite: CNRES 531.
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Fall
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CNRES 533 - Prevention & Intervention of Violence Credits: 3
This course includes an introduction to a range of violence intervention and prevention approaches developed for use as the interpersonal, intergroup, and societal level. Various theories of human aggression and violence and their underlying assumptions about human nature and the causes of violence will be examined.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CCONRS or RCATS or instructor permission.
Typically Offered
Offered Spring semester on campus and distance; offered Fall semester distance only.
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CNRES 534 - Conflict in Organizations Credits: 3
This course focuses on the causes and sources of conflict within organizations and groups, dispute systems assessment and design, and how conflict resolution professionals work as interveners and agents of change. Students will also explore and identify their own professional consultation strengths and interests.
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Prerequisite: CCONRS or RCATS or instructor permission.
Corequisite: CNRES 531.
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Fall
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CNRES 535 - Divorce & Child Custody Mediation Credits: 3
This course focuses on mediation as an approach for couples wishing to create divorce settlements through a cooperative, confidential, and private process. Divorce and child-custody is considered as a family problem and not a legal problem. It addresses the psychological, financial, and legal dimensions of divorce in conflict resolution settings.
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Prerequisite: CNRES 531 and CCONRS or RCATS or instructor permission.
Typically Offered
Offered Spring semester on campus and distance; offered Summer semester on campus only.
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CNRES 536 - Conflict and Trauma in International Settings Credits: 3
This course study will examine the historical, political, and religious roots of conflict in an international setting. The focus of study will also include an analysis of the area’s cultural traditions and exploration into the ways in which divided societies cope with attendant political, economic, and social problems. Prospects for continued and sustainable peace in the region, as well as how progress is being made, will also be examined.
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Spring
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CNRES 537 - Elder and Family Decision Making Credits: 3
This course focuses on the specialized skills and techniques for successfully facilitating adult family conversations around issues such as living arrangements, caregiving, driving, medical decisions, family communication, financial planning, inheritance/personal property distribution, trusts and estates.
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Prerequisite: CNRES 531
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Intersession
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CNRES 538 - Advanced Trauma and Traumatic Stress Credits: 3
This course will examine a broad range of traumatic experiences and their associated biopsychosocial outcomes. A variety of topics including military trauma, childhood abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, natural disasters, and terrorism, among others, will be addressed. We will also discuss various mental, emotional, and interpersonal reactions to traumatic life events, as well as traditional and alternative treatment approaches for trauma-related diagnoses. Factors that contribute to posttraumatic growth will be highlighted, with an emphasis on examining effective community-based resources for the successful treatment of traumatic stress.
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Recommended prerequisite: CNRES 539
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Intersession
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CNRES 539 - Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan Credits: 3
This course offers an introduction to theories of grief and loss as well as an overview of how loss affects individuals and families according to their developmental stages. Theoretical bases of study would include both individual and family-based models. Another component covers coping and treatment approaches, with a special emphasis on working with families coping with grief in the professional sphere.
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Intersession
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CNRES 750 - Crises Across the Lifespan Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide students with resources related to managing stress and coping with crises across the lifespan that can be utilized in both their own lives and the lives of those families they serve. Students will be introduced to the biopsychosocial nature of stress; methods of coping with stress, anxiety, and conflict; models of effective family functioning in the presence of stress and crises; and the current literature on how families cope with a variety of life transitions and crises.
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Summer. This course will be offered in the summer intersession - May
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CNRES 751 - Conflict Resolution: Core Skills and Strategies Credits: 3
This course presents communication theories and interpersonal skills relevant to conflict resolution, including the understanding of, analysis of, and management of conflict. Completion of the course meets the Kansas Office of Dispute Resolution’s training requirements for state approval in core mediation [K.S.A. 5-501 and Rule 902(e)].
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Fall, Spring, Summer
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CNRES 752 - Culture and Conflict Credits: 3
This course is an exercise in critical thinking, cultural exploration, and self-reflection. It explores the cultural dimensions of conflict, including the role of culture in defining conflict for individuals and groups. The dynamics of interpersonal beliefs and socialization, cross cultural conflict theory, and issues related to application are also examined.
Requisites:
Pre-Requisite: CNRES 751 and CCNRES or instructor permission
Co-Requisite: CNRES 751
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Fall
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CNRES 753 - Violence Prevention and Intervention Credits: 3
This course examines various theories of human aggression and violence, exploring their underlying assumptions about human nature, and the causes of violence. Included is an introduction to a range of violence intervention and prevention approaches developed for use at the interpersonal, intergroup, and societal level.
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Spring
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CNRES 754 - Organizational Conflict Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the theories, methods, and practice issues involved in identifying and assessing sources of conflict. Students will learn about organizations, organizational development, causes and sources of conflict within organizations, dispute systems design, and how conflict resolution professionals work as interveners and agents of change.
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Prerequisite: CNRES 751 and CCNRES or instructor permission
Corequisite: CNRES 751
Typically Offered
Spring
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CNRES 755 - Family Mediation Credits: 3
This course addresses the multidimensional aspects of divorce, including the legal divorce, the psychological divorce, and children of divorce. The second half of the semester focuses on how mediation can empower families - teens and parents - resolve their interpersonal conflicts using a neutral third party.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNRES 751 and CCNRES or instructor permission
Typically Offered
Spring
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CNRES 757 - Elder and Family Decision Making Credits: 3
This course focuses on the specialized skills and techniques for successfully facilitating adult family conversations around issues such as living arrangements, caregiving, driving, medical decisions, family communication, financial planning, inheritance/personal property distribution, trusts and estates.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNRES 751
Typically Offered
This class will be offered during intersessions.
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CNRES 759 - Foundations of Trauma and Traumatic Stress Credits: 3
This course will introduce and review the theoretical and historical beginnings of the concept of trauma, which includes the inclusion of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a diagnosis in the DSM III. It will highlight the other forms of recognized traumatic events and stressors that have more recently been brought to light. It will discuss various trauma reactions, effects of stressful events, as well as the treatment of trauma. Resilience and transcendence of trauma will be outlined, with an emphasis on the importance of self-care for clinicians and helping professionals working in this area.
Typically Offered
Fall
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CNRES 761 - International Conflict & Trauma Credits: 3
This course study will examine the historical, political, and religious roots of conflict in an international setting. The focus of study will also include an analysis of the area’s cultural traditions and exploration into the ways in which divided societies cope with the attendant political, economic and social problems. Prospects for continued and sustainable peace in the region, as well as how progress is being made will also be examined.
Typically Offered
Spring
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CNS 510 - Technology for Management of the Construction Process Credits: 2
Fundamentals and application of computer aided technology in the management of the construction process.
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One hour recitation and one hour lab per week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: ARE 312, CNS 641, and CNS 645.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 524 - Steel and Timber Construction Credits: 3
Principles of design, fabrication, and erection of structural steel and timber structures in conformance with codes.
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Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CE 331.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 528 - Concrete and Masonry Construction Credits: 3
Principles of design, fabrication, and erection of concrete and masonry structures.
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Three hours recitation a week.
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Prerequisite: CE 331.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 534 - Heating and Air Conditioning Credits: 3
Principles of designing, applying, and installing heating and air conditioning systems for buildings.
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Three hours recitation a week.
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Prerequisite: CNS 321.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 535 - Electrical and Lighting Credits: 3
Basic design and construction of building electrical, lighting, and distribution systems with emphasis on the National Electrical Code and installation.
Note:
Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 321.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 536 - Water Supply and Plumbing Credits: 3
Principles and practices of the design and layout of plumbing and fire protection, and individual waste treatment systems for buildings including code requirements and estimating.
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Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 321.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 540 - Construction Methods and Equipment Credits: 3
Operations, costs, productivity of construction equipment. Investments/life cycle costing of the equipment. Equipment selection criteria and analysis. Construction methods.
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Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 321, CNS 330, and CNS 522.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 542 - Ethics and Professional Standards Credits: 1
An application of the concepts of ethics as applied to the professional standards of the design and construction industry.
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Two hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite or Concurrent: CNS 440.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 544 - Problems in Construction Science Credits: 1-18
A study of specific design problems under the direct supervision of a member of the construction science faculty.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
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CNS 545 - Heavy Construction Methods Credits: 3
Principles of asphalt, asphalt and concrete paving operations, concrete batch plant operations, heavy construction equipment and applications.
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Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 325, CNS 440
Typically Offered
Fall
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CNS 550 - Construction Safety Credits: 2
Introduction to safety and safety programs, workers’ compensation, OSHA organization and structure, safety policies and record keeping, safety standards. Emphasis will be on communication and job-site safety management. On-site safety inspections will be required within class presentation and written reports to be submitted.
Note:
Two hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CNS 535 and CNS 440.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 610 - Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings Credits: 2
Pre-engineered metal building systems: history, components, erection procedures and sequencing, delivery considerations, quality control, safety, and quantity surveying and plan reading.
Note:
Two hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Professional Program standing in Construction Science and Management or Graduate student in Architectural Engineering
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CNS 629 - Tilt-up Concrete Structures in Construction Management Credits: 2
Basics of concrete, principles of tilt-up concrete, construction operations of tilt-up projects, planning procedures for job site erection, and safety procedures.
Note:
Two hours recitation a week
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 220.
Typically Offered
On sufficient demand
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CNS 634 - Building Systems Commissioning Credits: 2
Principles and methods of proper procedures for installing, commissioning and maintaining efficient performance of building envelope and support systems including mechanical and electrical systems.
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Two hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: Either CNS 534, CNS 535, and CNS 536 OR ARE 561 and ARE 562.
Typically Offered
On Sufficient Demand
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CNS 641 - Construction Estimating Credits: 3
Understanding estimating procedures, quantity surveying, specification reviews, pricing of an estimate, market analysis, subcontractor and supplier solicitation, and risk management, following the CSI format.
Note:
Two hours recitation and six hours lab a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 325 and 440. Concurrent enrollment: CNS 645.
Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CNS 642.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 642 - Construction Management Credits: 3
An introduction to the business of construction; study of legal considerations, contract documents, bonds and insurance. Evaluation of the characteristics of the construction firm, organization structure, and financial performance.
Note:
Three hours recitation a week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 540 and CNS 542 or concurrent enrollment.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 643 - Preconstruction Services/Design Build Credits: 3
Application of Value Engineering to the construction process, Conceptual Estimating, Onscreen take-off quantity surveying, Design-Build. Other project delivery types and their impact on the preconstruction efforts including general contractor pricing, fees, contingencies, risk, and schedule impacts.
Note:
Three hours recitation per week.
Requisites:
Prerequisite: CNS 641, CNS 642 and CNS 645.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
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CNS 644 - Topics in Construction Management Credits: 1-18
Topical material of importance in the management of construction such as marketing, ethics, personnel management, etc.
Requisites:
Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CNS 642.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring, on sufficient demand
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