Students explore the Internet using various navigational tools to develop research methods and fact-finding techniques. Emphasis placed on HTML language and development of inter-linked web pages. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems. Study of artificial intelligence and knowledge-based systems. Topics include heuristics, robotics, symbolic reasoning, natural language processing, and inference engines.
Students assume the role of a knowledge engineer in developing a rule-based expert system.
Visual Programming for Business Applications. Study of software design concepts. Topics include database access, performance issues, human interface design, and language dependent functions and algorithms. Students assume the role of a software developer to complete major application project. Management of a Local Area Network.