CHIN 101 - Chinese I 4 hours. This course is an introduction to the Mandarin Chinese language and cultures of the People's Republic of China. (II)
Communication Studies
Note: Courses listed as “COM” in previous catalogs are now listed as “COMM”. If a course has also been renumbered, the number formerly used is shown in parentheses.
COMM 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies 4 hours. An introduction to communication studies in a variety of contexts: intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, and public. The class improves the student’s understanding of
communication as a process and facilitates day-to-day interactions.
COMM 110 - Mass Media and American Life 4 hours. An examination of the evolution of American mass media and their cultural, economic, and social implications. Students analyze varied media vehicles (including newspapers, books, magazines, sound recordings, films, and television programs) with regard to content, form, and demographic impact.
COMM 200 (COM 260) - Special Topics in Communication 1-4 hours. This course provides opportunities for examining communication studies areas not covered in the regular offerings. Topics vary each semester.
COMM 201 (COM 200) - Communication Theory 3 hours. The goals of this course are two-fold: 1) to present a survey of present social-scientific theories of communication which have generated both debate and research in the field, and 2) to develop a critical perspective toward theory by questioning both the underlying assumptions and the choices made by theorists as they develop their theories.
Prerequisite: COMM 101.
COMM 205 - Introductory Newswriting and Reporting 4 hours. An introductory journalism course emphasizing news gathering and reporting a variety of basic news stories, including hard news, features, and enterprise stories. Basic newswriting skills covered, including developing news judgment, style, structure, sources, and interviewing techniques.
192 Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences COMM 225 - Journalism History 3 hours. Historical development of the
American press from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on significant American publications, leading figures in journalism, and evolving concepts of
―press responsibility.‖ Also addressed are the origins and development of television and radio journalism.
COMM 301 (COM 300) - Broadcasters, Advertisers, and Audiences 4 hours. An overview of television and radio broadcasting and advertising in the United States.
The course examines how a variety of factors--historical, cultural, political, legal, economic, and technological--affect the content and character of American broadcasting.
COMM 305 - Popular Music and Society 4 hours. An exploration of popular music as both influenced by and an influence on society. Students will examine a range of cultural issues related to the production and consumption of popular music, including violent lyrics, censorship, and depictions of sexuality. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
COMM 306 - Gender and Communication 4 hours. This course offers a broad introduction to gender communication. Topics covered include the impact of sex, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality upon communication style and social behavior.
(Cross-listed as WMST 306)
COMM 309 - Persuasion: Reception and Responsibility 4 hours. This course provides majors in communication studies and related areas with a foundation for rhetorical thinking. Critical issues in persuasion are addressed, along with a historical survey of rhetorical philosophy and theory. Students successfully completing the course will know expert opinions on issues concerning face-to-face persuasive communication. (Cross-listed as CRIT 309)
COMM 311 Advanced Public Speaking 4 hours. This course provides an opportunity for students to build on the public speaking skills they first learn in COMM 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies. Concepts covered include the history of rhetorical theory, ethics, and methods of analyzing public address.
Students also write and present a variety of speeches.
COMM 385 - Internship in Communication 1-4 hours. An off-campus
independent study project. Students gain experience in the field of communications by serving as interns in either the print or broadcast areas of the media. When completed, a journal and final report is submitted to the appropriate faculty sponsor.
May be taken during the summer. Prerequisite: junior standing.
COMM 400 (COM 460) - Special Topics in Communication 1-4 hours. This course provides opportunities for examining communication studies areas not covered in the regular offerings. Topics vary each semester.
COMM 401 (COM 400) - Technology and Communication 4 hours. An exploration of questions raised by the introduction of new communication technologies with particular emphasis on the social and economic impact of telecommunications and computing, and their roles in education and national development. Prerequisite: junior/senior standing, or permission of instructor.
COMM 404 - Media Criticism 4 hours. An exploration of the communicative dimensions of media artifacts: magazines, newspapers, films, television programs, and popular music recordings.
Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 193 Analyses are conducted from rhetorical, semiotic, genre, auteur, feminist,
psychoanalytic, and Marxist perspectives. Prerequisite: junior/senior standing, or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as CRIT 404)
COMM 405 - Television Criticism 3 hours. A detailed examination of the most popular genres of programming shows the way television not only reflects the
―taken for granted‖ in our society, but also how the medium plays a role in determining how we view ourselves and the world in which we live. Prerequisite:
junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as CRIT 405) COMM 409 - Organizational Communication 4 hours. This course introduces students to major concepts regarding communication in organizations, including the professional environment.
COMM 410 - Communication Ethics 4 hours. An exploration of ethical perspectives that pertain to communication in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, small group, organizational, public and mass. Students learn to become more responsible senders and receivers of communication. Prerequisites:
COMM 101 and COMM 110. (Cross-listed as CRIT 410)
COMM 425 - Public Affairs Reporting 4 hours. An introduction to public affairs reporting. Students report on topics drawn from government, business, science, environment and minority issues. Emphasis on improving news gathering skills in order to create more informative, accurate, and balanced news stories and features.
Prerequisite: COMM 205.
COMM 450 - Independent Study 1-4 hours. Self-directed study. Permission of instructor and Plan of Study required.
COMM 465 - Women, Minorities and the Media 4 hours. Investigates how women and minorities (including sexual minorities) are covered/portrayed by the news and entertainment media and how underlying economic, political and
sociological factors affect such coverage. It explores how media portrayals influence the public’s views regarding women and minorities and how women and minorities view themselves. And it examines critics’ charges that the media portray women and minorities in a negative light and strategies used to counteract possible resulting harm. Prerequisite: COMM 110 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as WMST 465)
COMM 470 (COM 430) - Communication Practicum in Journalism 1-4 hours.
A lab course giving students practical print journalism experience under the supervision of a faculty member. Credit value assigned according to the extent of involvement. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
COMM 475 - Specialized Reporting 4 hours A workshop course in which students select and pursue an area of interest. Students, working in a simulated newsroom environment, will cover beats ranging from the courts to the Arts. Emphasis on developing quality beat coverage. Prerequisite: COMM 205 or permission of instructor.
COMM 485 - Internship in Communication 1-4 hours. An off-campus
independent study project. Students gain experience in the field of communications by serving as interns in either the print or broadcast areas of the media. When completed, a journal and final report is submitted to the appropriate faculty sponsor.
May be taken during the summer. Prerequisite: junior standing.
194 Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Computer Science
Note: Courses listed as “CMP” in previous catalogs are now listed as “CSCI”. If a course has also been renumbered, the number formerly used is shown in parentheses.
CSCI 136 - Web Page Development 3 hours. This course is an introduction to the World Wide Web with information on search engines, sources for various types of information, Internet service providers, etc. There will be a discussion of HTML codes and students will receive instruction on creation of a simple web page, editing, and working with graphics, as well as planning and laying out a web site.
CSCI 156 - Computer Science I 4 hours. An introduction to computer science, history, machine architecture, program design, algorithm development and programming concepts using the computer language C++. Students need not have prior programming experience. Co-requisite: MATH 131 or permission of instructor. (Fall)
CSCI 157 - Computer Science II 4 hours. A continuation of CSCI 156, emphasizing program design and development, style, debugging and testing, algorithm analysis and programming concepts (string processing, recursion, simple data structures, etc.), using C++. Prerequisite: CSCI 156, MATH 131 or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: MATH 151. (Spring)
CSCI 210 - Assembly Language Theory 4 hours. This course covers introductory computer architecture, addressing methods and operations, representing program paradigms in assembler language, use, and libraries. Programming projects are required. Prerequisites: CSCI 157 or demonstrated proficiency in some high level language, and MATH 131. (Spring)
CSCI 271 (CMP 270) - Data Structures 4 hours. This course examines forms of data representation in primary and secondary storage that are used in computer solutions to problems. It also undertakes an examination of algorithms with regard to efficiency, accuracy, maintainability, readability, robustness, style and portability.
Prerequisites: CSCI 157 or demonstrated proficiency in some high level language, and MATH 131. (Fall)
CSCI 280 - Programming Languages 4 hours. This course introduces many of the central concepts of computer programming language design, and demonstrates their implementation on conventional computers. Several widely used programming languages are discussed, showing the relationships among variants of these concepts as they appear in different implementations, Programming projects are assigned in languages such as Fortran 77, Java, LISP, and Prolog. Prerequisites: CSCI 157 or demonstrated proficiency in some high level language, and MATH 131. (Fall) CSCI 320 - Software Engineering 4 hours. This course investigates models of structured programming, top-down design, stepwise refinement and iterative enhancement. Students undertake the organization, management and development of a large software project. Prerequisites: knowledge of a structured high level language and MATH 151.
CSCI 340 - Database Organization 3 hours. This course covers the physical and logical organization of data bases and data management systems. Topics include data organization and structure, relational, hierarchical and network approaches to data base construction. A project involving a student-designed data base is undertaken. Prerequisite: CSCI 271or equivalent.
Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 195 CSCI 361 (CMP 360) - Digital Logic and Computer Design 4 hours. A study of Boolean algebra and the design of combinational and sequential logic circuits. The circuit design is then used in the design of a computer. Prerequisites: CSCI 210, MATH 131.
CSCI 385 (CMP 310) - Internship in Computer Science. An off-campus independent study or research project in computer science. Permission of instructor required.
CSCI 400 (CMP 465) - Topics in Computer Science 1-4 hours. Special topics in computer science which may vary from year to year. Prerequisite: Permission of the department.
CSCI 410 - Graphics Organization and Theory 4 hours. This course includes the basic concepts of 2-D transformations, windowing, clipping, interactive and raster graphics as well as 3-D transformations and perspective, hidden line and surface techniques. Prerequisites: CSCI 271, MATH 151.
CSCI 412 - Computer Modeling and Simulation 4 hours. This course presents computer simulation techniques, including abstract properties of simulations modeling, analysis of a simulation run, and statistics. One or more general purpose simulation languages are discussed and programming projects are required.
Prerequisites: CSCI 271, 280, and MATH 151.
CSCI 415 - Artificial Intelligence 4 hours. An introduction to the theory and techniques underlying the development of ―intelligent‖ computer software.
Emphasis is placed on programming techniques and languages used in artificial intelligence research. Students are required to design and implement programs that build game players, theorem provers, natural language understanding systems or other rudimentary artificial intelligence projects. Prerequisite: CSCI 271.
CSCI 417 - Discrete Structures 4 hours. A course introducing students to the theory of automata and finite grammar. Topics covered include context-free grammars, lexical analysis of context-free grammars, ambiguity, theory of parsing, and automatic parser generators. Other topics may be covered if time permits.
Prerequisites: CSCI 271, CSCI 280, and MATH 151.
CSCI 421 - Compiler Design 4 hours. This course involves the construction of language translators, lexical and syntactic analysis, storage allocation and management, code generation, optimization and error recovery. A programming project is required. Prerequisites: CSCI 271, CSCI 280, and MATH 151.
CSCI 427 - Computer Architecture 4 hours. This course is concerned with the structure, behavior, and design of computers and computer systems. Underlying design principles and performance evaluation are stressed. The ―C‖ or ―C++‖
programming language is used to write programs to investigate the architecture of available computers. Programming projects are required. Prerequisites: CSCI 210, CSCI 271, CSCI 280 and MATH 151.
CSCI 431 - Operating Systems 4 hours. An introduction to solving problems using cooperating parallel processes and to the concepts of operating systems design.
Emphasis is placed on the use of operating systems from the programmer’s point of view and on design of operating systems. Prerequisites: CSCI 271, CSCI 280 and MATH 151.
196 Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences CSCI 440 - Inter-Networking Fundamentals 4 hours. This course stresses a top-
down, business oriented approach to understanding, evaluating, and selecting network technology. Topics covered include IP addressing, network hardware and software, media and design, ARP/RARP, network topology, cabling, OSI model and network management issues. Concepts of Wide Area Network (WAN) are
presented. Prerequisite: MIS 190, CSCI 156, or permission of instructor. (Cross- listed as MIS 440)
CSCI 450 - Independent Study 1-4 hours. Independent study is undertaken by the student under the supervision and guidance of the instructor. Open to qualified third and fourth year students. Plan of Study required.
CSCI 460 - Seminar in Information Theory 3 hours. This course emphasizes information theory as related to planning, organizing and controlling information systems in the business environment. Prior seminar topics include Neural Networks, Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Web Development. Prerequisite: MIS 190 or CSCI 156, or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as MIS 460)
CSCI 465 - Database Management Systems 3 hours. Providing a comprehensive coverage of organizational data base systems, this course is structured around the data base development life cycle which provides the framework for conceptual data base design, for data base implementation, and for the management of data base systems. Using a strategic and tactical management framework, issues covered include data base planning, data base management system selection, data base administration, security and integrity, and distributed data bases. Prerequisite: MIS 190 or CSCI 156 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed as MIS 465)
CSCI 466 - System Analysis and Design 3 hours. Information system development beginning with a study of the decision-making process and the levels of decision- making to provide a framework for the information system. Emphasis is on information analysis and logical system design. Topics covered include information need analysis and information systems development methodology. Prototyping and development software are addressed and used. Prerequisites: MIS 190 or permission of instructor.
CSCI 467 - Decision Support Systems 3 hours. A systems approach to understanding both organizational and technological functions of information theory. Focus is on developing an understanding of decision support systems within organizations with reference to concepts and applications. Course content includes system and information concepts, structure of systems, model formulation theory, and management of information systems concepts. Decision support system tools such as IFPS-PC are used. Prerequisites: MIS 190 or permission of instructor.
CSCI 468 - Data Visualization 3 hours. This course is an introduction to multi- dimensional information analysis. It stresses a business oriented approach to using information technology (software and hardware) to explore the hidden value in databases. Topics covered include data warehousing, data mining and visual statistical analysis. Prerequisite: MIS 190 or CSCI 156 or permission of instructor.
(Cross-listed as MIS 468)
CSCI 470 (CMP 455) - Senior Project 2 hours. This course requires students to complete an in-depth computer science project, chosen in consultation with the computer science major advisor.
Courses of Instruction: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 197 Projects normally involve extensive work in data handling, theoretical computer science and/or programming. Projects may be developed in conjunction with co-op programs, summer work and/or research programs, as well as intern/extern programs.
Criminal Justice Studies
Note: Courses listed as “CJS” in previous catalogs are now listed as “CRIM”. If a course has also been renumbered, the number formerly used is shown in parentheses.
CRIM 322 - Juvenile Justice 2 hours. This course analyzes the philosophies that have influenced juvenile justice policy implementation. The course uses a text and supplemental readings to illustrate the processing system that funnels juveniles from the time of their arrest to their release.
CRIM 332 - Focusing on Police 2 hours. This course gives students an in-depth analysis of police operations. Discussions are centered on police operations and the social process involved in police-citizen contacts.
CRIM 340 - Concepts of Penology 4 hours. A survey of correctional concepts and philosophy with emphasis on the correctional institution as a community and the sociology of confinement. Additional focus on penal reform, correctional administration and innovation. Prerequisite: SOCI 110.
CRIM 351 (CJS 350) - Seminar in Criminal Behavior, Etiology, Control, and Rehabilitation 4 hours. Specific problems and issues concerning criminal behavior are examined in depth. The area of investigation varies with the disciplinary orientation of the instructor. Includes analysis of the causes of particular kinds of behavior, examination of methods of control, and consideration of current approaches to rehabilitation. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
CRIM 400 (CJS 442) - Special Topics 1-4 hours. An open course varying in contents from years to year, which allows concentration on such special topics as terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and crime.
CRIM 450 - Independent Study 2 or 4 hours. Individual research by the Criminal Justice Studies major into an area of interest. Research topics are chosen to complement material covered in other courses and to provide the student with additional information relevant to career or graduate interests. Prerequisite: Senior Criminal Justice Studies major and permission of instructor.
CRIM 470 (CJS 460) - Field Work in Criminal Justice Studies 4 hours. Students work with criminal justice related agencies, normally in the Alfred area, and are expected to apply their theoretical knowledge to the practical experience gained from field work. Prerequisite: Senior Criminal Justice Studies major and permission of instructor.