problem under the supervision of a Computer Science faculty member. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 498: Internship in Computer Science. This course can be taken for on- or off-campus employment related to the computer science discipline. The student must demonstrate that the experience gained on the job is at least equivalent to the material learned in a typical class. May be repeated once. Prerequisites: junior or senior classification and consent of Computer Science chairperson. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 499: Special Topics in Computer Science. This course may have a different topic relevant to the computer science field each time it is offered. The purpose of the course is to gain knowledge in current areas of this ever-changing field. The course may be repeated four times for credit. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 502: Computer Science Foundation I. Problem analysis, top-down design and stepwise refinement. Programming languages concepts of input/output, data representation, data types, iteration, recursion, functions, and parameter passing, arrays, linked lists, binary trees, abstract data types, and traversal algorithms. Other topics are sorting, searching, and algorithm analysis. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 504: Computer Science Foundation II. An introduction to the basic mathematical, theoretical subjects and tools needed for other courses in the program. The course covers different topics such as discrete mathematics, Boolean algebra, number theory, graph theory, trees, finite automata, and others. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 505: Computer Science Foundation III. This course teaches students the skills in computer systems, operating systems and basic components. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 506: Advanced Programming and Data Structures. This course teaches students the advanced skills in programming and data structures. Prerequisite: COS 502 or consent of instructor. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 511: WEB Programming. To introduce the basic tools for Web programming using XML, ASP.NET, Visual Basic.NET, C# and J#. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 512: WEB Engineering. To introduce basic ideas for Web engineering design methodologies. The course will use XML and ASP. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

COS 513: Computer Graphics and GUI. Presents the basic ideas from 2-D and 3-D graphics and the transformations algorithms from 2-D to 3-D. The second portion of the course serves to introduce the student to programming interactive 2-D graphical user interfaces. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

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