Emphasis will be placed upon exploring the ways that such tools change the way that people work and think. This course introduces a new range of worldwide information networks using the latest advances in telecommunication systems, applications software, and computer equipment. It provides students with a working knowledge of the Internet and its World Wide Web as well as electronic mail, list servers, computer bulletin boards, and local area networks. This course introduces computer concepts within a framework of multimedia application packages. Software packages used for presentation and interactive demonstration are studied.
Emphasis is on computer science topics, such as software development.
Prerequisite may be waived with departmental approval. This course discusses concepts and terminology of databases, survey and use of database tools, file systems. The COSC A211 prerequisite may be changed to corequisite with departmental approval. This course serves as an introduction to basic computer graphics concepts. Topics include graphics algorithms, and 2D and 3d graphics.