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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CIS 631. Modern techniques and methods employed in the development of large software systems, including a study of each of the major activities occurring during the lifetime of a software system, from conception to obsolescence and replacement. Topics include cost/performance evaluation, documentation requirements, system design and production techniques, system verification techniques, automated aids to system development, and project organization and management. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CIS 670. Deals with techniques of natural language understanding. Topics are syntax and parsing (top down and bottom up), semantics, pragmatics and use of world knowledge in language understanding. Augmented Transition Networks will be used as programming tool set. Good knowledge of LISP or PROLOG. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: a course in statistics and CIS 677. Theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to evaluate information systems within the context of the user and organizational environment. Topics include qualitative techniques such as protocol analysis and interviews; quantitative techniques such as sample surveys and controlled experiment; cost-benefit analysis, and analyses of data gathered by these approaches by methods such as regression, correlation, and analysis of variance. Emphasis on the application of these approaches to improve functionality, interface, and acceptance of information systems in organizations. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: completion of bridge requirements, CIS 673 or equivalent project experience in the field. Theory, principles, and practical application of the methodologies and tools of requirements engineering. The focus is development of large software systems and the integration of multiple systems into a comprehensive, domain dependent solution. All aspects of requirements engineering will be covered, including problem analysis, requirements specification techniques and tools, and specification of functional and non-functional requirements. Related technologies like domain analysis and preplanned systems integration are also discussed. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: familiarity with the organization of a computer system and knowledge of at least one higher-level language. Reviews the role of information systems in organizations and how they relate to organizational objectives and organizational structure. Identifies basic concepts such as the systems point of view, the organization of a system, the nature of information and information flows, the impact of systems upon management and organizations, human information processing and related cognitive concepts. Introduces various types of applications that are part of information systems. The course focus is on management information systems. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Describes in depth a number of medical terminologies in common use in the U.S. health care system, such as ICD-9-CM, SNOMED, HL7, MeSH, and especially the UMLS of the National Library of Medicine. Conduct hands-on work with the UMLS and write programs to extract and display information from the UMLS. Also covers European systems such as GALEN/SMK.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CIS 675. Management of the development, planning, and utilization of information systems within organizations. Focuses on the current literature in the management of information systems. Topics include the approval and decision process for the development of systems, use of steering committees and various approaches to user involvement. Utilizes a number of Harvard University case studies. Project utilizing professional literature required. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: CIS 601 or CIS 631 or permission of the instructor. Security control risks and issues. Information protection concepts, elements of security systems, computer crime and legal issues, controls and auditing systems, firewall configuration. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: CIS 610. The techniques required to describe the shape of an object and to simulate dynamic processes; parametric geometry of curves, surfaces, and solids; and particular formulations for facilitating calculating geometric properties. Fundamentals of solid model construction and analysis are discussed extensively. Some applications in computer graphics, CAD, and CAM are also mentioned. Effective Until: Summer 2006
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: CIS 635, experience in software design and development or explicit approval of the instructor. Advanced course in software development. Presents the object-oriented methodology for software development and examines various areas to which this methodology can be applied. Analysis, design, and implementation of object-oriented software and the effect of this methodology on code reusability, extensibility, and robustness. Examines object-oriented languages, object-oriented databases, and object-oriented user-interfaces. Effective Until: Summer 2006
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