MY COURSE HISTORY
Fall 2016
CSC 302 - THESIS
This is an advanced project carried out by the student, under supervision of a faculty member. An oral presentation is required as well as a written thesis.
Fall 2016
CSC 204 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
Review of algorithm basics (Big-Oh, Big-Theta and Big-Omega notation), algorithms for searching, sorting (Mergesort, Quicksort, Heap Sort), median order statistic, hashing, priority queues, red-black trees, AVL trees, dynamic programming, amortized analysis, graph algorithms for shortest path problems, minimum spanning tree, min-cut and max-flow problems and NP completeness.
Summer 2016 - Session 2
CSC 301 - THESIS BACKGROUND RESEARCH
This is an advanced project carried out by the student, under supervision of a faculty member. An oral presentation is required as well as a written thesis.
Summer 2016 - Session 1
CSC 254 - DATABASE DESIGN
Study of database design and modeling; the relational model; relational algebra and calculus; normal forms; SQL query language; database application development; transaction processing; storage and indexing principles.
Spring 2016
CSC 283 - WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
This course covers the foundational aspects of Web application development. Topics include: the structure of the Internet; client-server applications; stateless Web servers; Web applications; the Common Gateway Interface (CGI); using CGI to develop simple applications; using cookies to maintain state; common Web application stacks; servlets and server pages; writing custom tags; database connectivity; rapid application development; comparison of current technologies for Web application development.
Spring 2016
CSC 256 - ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS DESIGN
Review of resource management and control functions of operating systems. Process management, memory management, file systems, distributed and multiprocessor systems. Concurrent processes, scheduling, mutual exclusion, synchronization. The CSP language for specifying communication patterns in interactive systems. Deadlock prevention, avoidance, and detection. Memory management paged and segmented allocation. The memory hierarchy, caching, virtual memory, page replacement algorithms, and their analyses. Protection and security.
Spring 2016
CSC 252 - PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
The theory, evolution and practice of high-level programming languages. The comparative analysis of modern language such as ML, PERL, C++ and Java. The impact of advanced programming methods such as higher-order functional programming, object-oriented design patterns and aspect-oriented programming.
Fall 2015
CSC 259 - CONCURRENT AND PARALLEL PROGRAMMING
Theory and practice of concurrency and parallel programming. Hoare CSP, Pi-Calculus, distributed synchronization, asynchronous communication, high-performance clusters, massively parallel algorithms for scientific computation. Concurrent/parallel programming technologies: Java, Ada, MPI.
Fall 2015
CSC 215 - SECURE SYSTEMS/ETHICAL HACKING
This course covers the fundamental aspects of system security and emphasizes hands-on project work with counter-approaches against attacks on computer and information systems. Topics include but are not limited to: cryptography and its applications to security protocols; access control; OS memory organization and buffer overflow; Web application security (SQL injection and Cross Site Scripting attacks); viruses and worms; intrusion detection systems; logging and auditing systems; TCP/IP stack and various attacks on the network layer; firewall and router configurations; botnet and honeynet.
Fall 2015
CSC 155 - SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
Introduction to UNIX-like operating systems, file systems, processes commands, shells, scripting languages, C-UNIX interface, interprocess communication, socket and network programming, and writing kernel modules. Students will be working on multiple programming projects. Good programming skills are expected.
Spring 2015
CSC 260 - ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
The fundamentals of computer systems are examined. Computer architecture and the many levels of software systems are studied. Topics include microarchitecture, microprogramming, conventional machine language, operating system software, assemblers, linkers and loaders, compilers and interpreters, codes and networks. A term project is directed in one of these areas.
Spring 2015
CSC 250 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING
Implementation and discussion of registers, addressing modes, relocatability, base arithmetic, data representation, assembly and linkage using a particular instruction set and architecture. Topics include arithmetic calculation, memory organization, flow of control, address modification and access method, bit and byte manipulations, I/O, user and system interrupts, routines and macros.
Spring 2015
MAT 131 - PROBABILITY WITH STATISTICAL INFERENCE
Probability as a mathematical system: sample spaces, probability axioms, simple theorems. Permutations, combinations, Bayes theorem. Random variables; discrete and continuous probability and distribution functions: binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, and normal distributions. Methods of estimation and hypothesis testing.
Fall 2014
MAT 241 - DISCRETE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES
Basic concepts of discrete mathematics: logic and set theory, proof techniques, relations, functions, combinations, recurrence relations, introduction to analysis of algorithms, and graph theory.
Fall 2014
CSC 240 - MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
This course introduces students to the emerging field of mobile device software development. Capitalizing upon their prior experience in general-purpose object-oriented program development, students will learn how to write and test programs for hanheld devices. Students will learn about the hardware limitations of handheld devices and how to optimize performance for them.
Fall 2014
CSC 230 - DATA STRUCTURES
This course introduces the programming literate student to the advanced data types and structures of priority queues, hash tables, and search trees. The concepts covered in this course include recursion, algorithm efficiency, best and worst time analysis, and advanced tree structures and graphs.
Fall 2014
CSC 217 - C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
The C programming language is widely used in both the computer industry and as a tool for studying advanced topics in the area of Computer Science. Topics include language syntax, scalar and compound data types, pointers, functions, operators, modular coding practices and files. Both the ANSI version and the traditional C are discussed with emphasis on the former.
Spring 2014
CSC 130 - COMPUTER SCIENCE II
This course expands on the design of object-oriented programs introduced in Computer Science I. Students will be introduced to abstract data types including stacks, queues, and lists. Emphasis is placed on the design and implementation of these abstract data types as well as applications that utilize them. Object-oriented programming concepts such as composition, inheritance, polymorphism, and exception handling are utilized throughout this course. An introduction to binary-trees and recursion is provided.
Spring 2014
MAT 123 - CALCULUS II
Methods of integration; improper integrals, applications of the definite integral including volume and surface area of solids of revolution; introduction to mathematical modeling using differential equations; Euler's method; separation of variables; slope fields; introduction to infinite series.
Spring 2014
PHY 152 - PHYSICS SCIENCE AND MATH II
The second half of a calculus-based physics survey course. The topics covered are wave phenomena, electricity, magnetism, light and modern physics.
Fall 2013
CSC 120 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I
This course is an introduction to computer programming and algorithmic problem solving using an object-oriented, high level programming language. Emphasis is placed on problem solving strategies that utilize multiple classes and methods. This course will focus on the following concepts: algorithm implementation, modular development, documentation, abstraction and coding along with problem solving strategies. Includes supervised hands-on component.
Fall 2013
MAT 122 - CALCULUS I
Definitions of limit, continuity and derivative; rates of change, tangent to a curve, chain rule; derivatives of elementary functions, products, quotients; higher order, implicit and inverse differentiation; mean value theorem; maxima and minima; differentials; definition of the definite integral, Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus; applications; integration of elementary functions.
Fall 2013
PHY 151 - PHYSICS SCIENCE AND MATH I
The first semester of a two-term survey course for students who intend to study Science, Mathematics or Computer Science at four-year institutions that require a calculus-based approach to physics. The topics covered during the first term are mechanics and thermodynamics.
Summer 2010
FRE 102 - BEGINNING FRENCH II
Fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, culture and conversation. Reading, writing, listening comprehension, and simple conversational patterns.
Fall 2009
CCS 401 SENIOR SEMINAR IN CINEMA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Intensive study in a specific area of cinema and cultural studies. Possible topics include a film genre, a focused theoretical perspective, and the life and work of an important director or artist (David Cronenberg).
Fall 2009
CCS 301-G THEORIZING CINEMA AND CULTURE
Recent trends in critical theory applied to the study of film, television, literature, popular music, and other types of “cultural production.” In-depth analyses of specific literary, visual, and musical texts are situated within structures of power among communities, nations, and individuals. Exploration of how identities of locality, gender, ethnicity, race, and class are negotiated through cultural forms.
Fall 2009
BUS 353 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The essential qualities of new and growing enterprises are examined. Examples of both successful and failed new ventures are given by entrepreneurs. Students develop a business plan for their own business and present it to venture capitalists for their expert analysis.
Fall 2009
ARH 335-G HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
A historical survey of the technical, theoretical, and aesthetic development of black-and-white and color still photography and its close interrelationship with the evolution of modern art.
Fall 2009
CLT 335-G INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF FILM
An inquiry into the aesthetics, history, and theory of film as it relates principally to literature but also to disciplines such as art, music, psychology, and cultural history.
Summer 2009 - Session 2
CCS 394-J ASIAN CINEMA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
This course is an overview of the history of Asian cinemas, with an emphasis on the geopolitical study of China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Taiwan. By focusing on issues relating to nationhood, cultural production, gender relations, and the impact of colonialism and globalization, the course will explore the commonalities, and/or particularities between the various cinemas, based on a set of overlapping themes and cultural aesthetics.
Summer 2009 - Session 1
CCS 313-H TELEVISION STUDIES
This course maps the social, cultural, and technological changes that the medium/media of television has experienced from its early ties to radio models of broadcast to the changes in reception wrought by the iPod.
Spring 2009
CLT 362-G LITERATURE AND IDEAS
An inquiry into the primary writings and significant documents in the history of ideas and their effect on the form and content of the literature of a period.
Spring 2009
CLT 235-K AMERICAN PLURALISM IN FILM AND LITERATURE
A thorough examination of issues central to American history for nearly two centuries. How “others”—the Irish, Italians, African Americans, Latinos, and people from cultures outside Western Europe—have been portrayed in American literature and film. Readings include slave narratives from the 17th and 18th centuries and literary texts from the 19th and 20th centuries; films from the last 100 years are included. Particular emphasis on the historical period from the Civil War to the present.
Spring 2009
CCS 391-J CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CINEMA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
This course will examine African traditions of graphic writing in their theoretical, literary, and cinematographic application. The emphasis will be placed on the visual arts and their political significance in contemporary African debates, and of particular interest will be the production of contemporary artists, the strategies they use, and their impact in both global and local discussions. The artifacts will additionally serve as tools to investigate the modalities of a contemporary African self-understanding through the lenses of images and graphic design.
Spring 2009
HUM 202-D FILM HISTORY
An introduction to the history of film from the “primitive” era to the present. Special attention is given to mainstream Hollywood cinema as well as to experimental traditions originating in the Soviet Union, France, and Germany.
Spring 2009
POL 319 BUSINESS LAW
A study of the legal environment of business operations, covering such topics as the principle of contracts, commercial papers, partnerships, corporations, real property, estates, bankruptcy, antitrust laws, and environmental and civil rights regulations.
Fall 2008
BUS 348 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
Basic marketing concepts and their applications. Issues include strategy, market segmentation, individual consumer behavior, marketing research, promotion, pricing and international marketing. The emphasis is on analysis of the challenges facing business with respect to all relevant constituencies, including the company in general, managerial colleagues across functional areas, consumers, stockholders, and government.
Fall 2008
HUM 201-D FILM GENRES
An introduction to the study of film through the examination of multiple genres. Special attention is given to how film deals with issues of race and gender.
Fall 2008
CCS 201 WRITING ABOUT CULTURE
The course teaches research methodology, develops critical thinking, and hones argumentative writing skills. A range of cultural artifacts, issues, and approaches are considered along with the ways that various discourses appropriate or critique them. Students gain extensive training in the methods essential to the use of resources and to critical writing.
Fall 2008
CCS 101-B INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
An examination of the images and texts of film, television, art, photography and advertising, and how they characterize and shape our everyday lives. Students learn how to recognize, read, and analyze culture within a particular social, cultural, or political context, with special attention to race, gender, class, ideology, and censorship. Since this is the first course in our Cinema and Cultural Studies major, primary emphasis will be placed on film.
Spring 2008
ECO 316-K U.S. CLASS STRUCTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Investigation of the economic foundations of social class in the U.S. and connections among class, race, and gender. Consideration of both theoretical and empirical strategies to understand the working class, the middle class, and the capitalist class in contemporary U.S. society, including the implications of class analysis for social issues such as government economic policy formation, the “underclass” and welfare reform, globalization, living standards, the distributions of income and wealth, and economic ethics.
Spring 2008
ECO 305-F INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC THEORY
The theory of national income determination, employment, distribution, price levels, inflation, and growth. Keynesian and classical models of the different implications of monetary and fiscal policy.
Spring 2008
ECO 303-F INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC THEORY
Analytical study of the behavior of fundamental economic units (consumer and the firm) and its implications for the production and distribution of goods and services. Emphasis on the use of economic theory to provide explanations of observed phenomena, including the analytical derivation of empirically verifiable propositions.
Spring 2008
BUS 215 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STATISTICS
The application of current statistical methods to problems in the modern business environment. Topics include probability, random variables, sampling techniques, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression. Students analyze real data sets using standard statistical software, interpret the output, and write extensively about the results.
Spring 2008
BUS 210 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Introduction to basic accounting fundamentals. Includes the recording, summarization and adjusting of financial transactions and the basic accounting cycle. Explores the preparation and presentation of the basic financial statements; income statement, retained earnings statement, balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. Includes accounting principles and concepts, asset and liability valuation.
Fall 2007
ECO 108-F INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
An introduction to economic analysis. Microeconomics (the study of individual, firm, industry, and market behavior) and macroeconomics (the study of the determination of national income, employment, and inflation).
Fall 2007
BUS 351 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Major trends in personnel management, including problems and issues faced by organizations and individuals in times of change. Responsibilities of the human resources department and the roles that every manager plays, both as a supervisor and as a client of the human resources department, are studied. Topics include human resources forecasting and planning job design, employee selection, test development and validation, equal employment opportunity laws and judicial rulings, performance appraisal, compensation, benefits, career development, safety, and labor relations.
Fall 2007
MAT 131-C CALCULUS I
The differential calculus and integral calculus, emphasizing conceptual understanding, computations, and applications, for student who have the necessary background from 12th-year high school mathematics. Differentiation of elementary algebraic; trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; graphing; modeling and maximization; the Riemann integral; and the fundamental theorem.
Fall 2007
PHI 101-G HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
An introduction to pivotal theories of the Western philosophic tradition. Readings may be drawn from ancient Greek, medieval, and modern classics of philosophy. Topics may include philosophic theories of politics, morality, logic, metaphysics, knowledge, anthropology, art, and religion.
Spring 2007
AMR 102-G MAKING AMERICAN IDENTITIES
A chronological representation of some of the ways that the peoples living in the current U.S. have identified themselves collectively as Americans and individually as belonging to distinct groups marked by racial, ethnic, gender, and class differences. Readings include texts of various kinds: historical, fictional, and theoretical.
Spring 2007
MEC 105-E EVERYDAY SCIENCE
A practical introduction to the science and engineering of objects and phenomena in everyday life. The basic principles that underlie the operation common to modern devices such as xerographic copiers, tape recorders, computers, microwaves, lasers, CDs, plastics, nuclear weapons, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are developed by investigating how they work. Issues of design, safety, and environmental impact are also discussed.
Spring 2007
EUR 201-I DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN CULTURE
An introduction to the important literary works that arose from major European cultural and intellectual movements and an examination of their continued influence on the modern world. Readings focus on central texts pertaining to core religious issues, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Post Modernism. Examples from the arts, including film, music, and theatre, are used to illustrate the influence of the literary works.
Spring 2007
EST 194-C PATTERNS OF PROBLEM SOLVING
A survey of techniques and methods of problem solving as developed by the engineer and applied scientist. Applications drawn from a broad range of fields.
Spring 2007
CLT 220-J NON-WESTERN LITERATURE
A survey of the major themes and forms of non-Western literature, such as Asian, Indian, and African.
Fall 2006
HIS 103-F AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877
A survey of American history from the Age of Discovery to the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the transplantation of European culture to America, the rise of American nationalism, the democratization of American society, the institution of slavery, and the emergence of an industrial society
Fall 2006
HUM 123-B SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE
An exploration of the expression and interpretation of sexual experience in literature and culture, through discussion of selections from world literature and art, both classic and contemporary. Themes include temptation and gratification, desire and fulfillment, and how societies shape gender roles and deviance and set limits on sexual representation in literature and art.
Fall 2006
SOC 247-K SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
The historical and contemporary roles of women and men in American society; changing relations between the sexes; women’s liberation and related movements. Themes are situated within the context of historical developments in the U.S.
Fall 2006
BUS 110 BUSINESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Introduces students to major business thinkers and actors who have influenced today’s business practices. Explores contributions over the last century from Henry Ford to Bill Gates, showing how the Industrial Revolution became the Information Revolution. Provides knowledge of how business works and a perspective on its evolution into the next millennium while preparing the student for advanced business courses.
Spring 2006
AST 248-H THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
A study of the role of science in modern society through investigation of the question: Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? Topics include a review of the astronomical and biological settings; the origin of life on the earth and possibly elsewhere; the evolution of life and the development of intelligence and technology. Also discussed are the ramifications of the development of life and intelligence for the atmosphere and the biosphere.
Spring 2006
ITS 102 TOPICS IN INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
A seminar for students in the College of Information and Technology Studies. Various topics within the scope of information, technology, and engineering studies.
Spring 2006
WRT 102-A2 INTERMEDIATE WRITING WORKSHOP A
Writing for academic purposes is emphasized. Students learn strategies for extended writing assignments at the University. At least three major essays, multiple drafts, and short papers are required.
Spring 2006
POL 101-D WORLD POLITICS
Analysis of the basic concepts and issues of international relations in the contemporary international system. The behaviors of states and their decision makers are considered according to various models of national and international conflict. The relationship between the characteristics of nations and their foreign policies is studied on a comparative basis.
Spring 2006
SOC 105-F INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
A general introduction to the science of sociology, emphasizing sociological theory and methods. Students are taught what is unique about the way in which sociologists analyze human behavior and society. Differences between the sociological perspective and perspectives of other social sciences are emphasized. There is also a heavy emphasis on the types of methods and data that sociologists use to test the validity of their ideas.
Fall 2005
MUS 101-D INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
The basic concepts of music such as melody, harmony, rhythm, counterpoint, and form are studied through investigation of the historical and contemporary masterpieces of the Western classical tradition, of various non-Western musics, and of various "popular" traditions. The different styles and types of music are considered not only in light of the cultural values they embody, but also in relation to present-day cultural and musical values.
Fall 2005
BIO 115-E EVOLUTION AND SOCIETY
The historical development of evolutionary thought, the evolutionary diversification of life, and the mechanisms of evolution are presented. The geological, genetic, and other biological principles necessary to comprehend evolutionary concepts are introduced as background. Current controversies over the evidence for evolution are reviewed. Human evolution, medical and agricultural applications of evolutionary theory, and its implications for the development of human and other social systems are considered.
Fall 2005
MAT 122-C OVERVIEW OF CALCULUS WITH APPLICATIONS
The basics of calculus in a self-contained, one-semester course. Properties and applications of polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Derivatives: slopes, rates of change, optimization, integrals, area, cumulative change, and average. The fundamental theorem of calculus. Emphasis on modeling examples from economics.
Fall 2005
PHI 104-B MORAL REASONING (II)
An introduction to philosophy through inquiry into the formation, justification, and evaluation of moral judgments. Students are introduced to the major theories and problems of ethics, such as utilitarianism, Kant's categorical imperative, ethical relativism, egoism, and classical conceptions of the good and virtue. Against this background students engage in discussions of contemporary moral issues.
Fall 2005
WRT 101-A1 INTRODUCTORY WRITING WORKSHOP
Frequent short papers are designed to help students develop fluency and correctness. The basic requirements of academic writing are introduced.
Fall 2005
ITS 101 INTRODUCTION TO STONY BROOK
A course intended to integrate students into the Undergraduate College of Information and Technology Studies and into the University community by providing information about Stony Brook and a forum for discussion of values, intellectual and social development, and personal as well as institutional expectations.