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    Prerequisites for CS Courses

    For more detailed information on course prerequisites and corerequisites, see the Undergraduate Bulletin and Graduate Bulletin.

    Prerequisites for Computer Science Courses
    Course Title Prerequisites
    CS 100 Introduction to the Profession
    CS 105 Introduction to Computer Programming I
    CS 115 Object-Oriented Programming I
    CS 116 Object-Oriented Programming II CS 115
    CS 201 Accelerated Introduction to Computer Science CS 105 or experience using any programming language
    CS 330 Discrete Structures Corequisite: (CS 116 or CS 201)
    CS 331 Data Structures and Algorithms CS 116 or CS 201
    CS 350 Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming CS 116 or CS 201
    CS 351 Systems Programming CS 331 and (CS 350 or ECE 242)
    CS 397 Special Projects Written consent of instructor
    CS 401 Introduction to Advanced Studies I CS 201 or equivalent
    CS 402 Introduction to Advanced Studies II CS 401 or consent of instructor
    CS 411 Computer Graphics CS 331 or CS 401 or CS 403
    CS 422 Data Mining CS 331, CS 401, or CS 403 and strong programming knowledge
    CS 425 Database Organization CS 331, CS 401, or CS 403
    CS 429 Information Retrieval (CS 331 or CS 401) and strong programming knowledge
    CS 430 Introduction to Algorithms ((CS 330 or MATH 230) and CS 331) or CS 401 or CS 403
    CS 440 Programming Languages and Translators (CS 330 or MATH 230 and CS 351); or CS 401 or CS 403
    CS 441 Current Topics in Programming Languages CS 331 or CS 401 or CS 403
    CS 445 Object-Oriented Design and Programming CS 331 or CS 401 or CS 403
    CS 447 Distributed Objects CS 445
    CS 450 Operating Systems CS 351 or (CS 401 and CS 402) or CS 403
    (Note: The listing in the 2008—2010 Undergraduate Bulletin is obsolete.)
    CS 455 Data Communications CS 450
    CS 458 Information Security CS 425 and CS 450
    CS 470 Computer Architecture (CS 350 or ECE 242) and ECE 218
    CS 480 Artificial Intelligence: Planning and Control Corequisite: (MATH 474 or equivalent)
    CS 481 Artificial Intelligence: Language Understanding MATH 474 and (CS 331 or CS 401 or CS 403)
    CS 482 Information and Knowledge Management Systems CS 425 and two of (CS 422, CS 429, CS 481) or consent of instructor
    CS 485 Computers and Society COM 421 or COM 428
    CS 487 Software Engineering CS 331, CS 401, or CS 403
    CS 491 Undergraduate Research Written consent of instructor
    CS 495 Topics in Computer Science Consent of instructor
    CS 511 Topics in Computer Graphics CS 411
    CS 512 Computer Vision CS 430
    CS 520 Database Design and Engineering (CS 351 or CS 402) and CS 430
    CS 521 Object-Oriented Analysis and Design CS 445
    CS 522 Data Mining CS 422
    CS 525 Advanced Database Organization CS 425
    CS 529 Information Retrieval CS 429
    CS 530 Theory of Computation CS 430
    CS 531 Topics in Automata Theory CS 430
    CS 532 Formal Languages CS 430
    CS 533 Computational Geometry CS 430 and a linear algebra course
    CS 535 Design and Analysis of Algorithms CS 430
    CS 536 Science of Programming CS 331 or CS 401
    CS 537 Software Metrics CS 487
    CS 538 Combinatorial Optimization CS 430 and a linear algebra course
    CS 540 Syntactic Analysis of Programming Languages CS 440
    CS 541 Topics in Compiler Construction CS 440
    CS 542 Computer Networks I: Fundamentals CS 455
    CS 544 Computer Networks II: Network Services CS 542 or ECE 545
    CS 545 Distributed Computing Landscape CS 450
    CS 546 Parallel and Distributed Processing CS 430 and CS 450
    CS 547 Wireless Networking CS 455
    CS 548 Broadband Networks CS 455
    CS 549 Cryptography and Network Security CS 430
    CS 550 Advanced Operating Systems CS 450
    CS 551 Operating System Design and Implementation CS 450
    CS 552 Distributed Systems CS 450
    CS 553 Pervasive Computing CS 450 or CS 455 and CS 470
    CS 555 Analytic Models and Simulation of Computer Systems CS 450
    CS 560 Computer Science in the Classroom
    CS 561 The Computer and Curriculum Content
    CS 565 Computer-Assisted Instruction CS 560 or CS 561
    CS 566 Practicum in the Application of Computers to Education CS 560 or CS 561
    CS 570 Advanced Computer Architecture CS 450 and CS 470
    CS 572 Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture CS 570
    CS 580 Medical Informatics CS 425 and CS 480
    CS 581 Topics in Artificial Intelligence CS 480
    CS 582 Computational Robotics CS 430
    CS 583 Expert Systems CS 480
    CS 584 Machine Learning CS 480
    CS 585 Natural Language Processing CS 445
    CS 586 Software Systems Architectures CS 487
    CS 587 Software Project Management CS 487
    CS 588 Advanced Software Engineering Development CS 487
    CS 589 Software Testing and Analysis CS 487
    CS 590 Seminar in Computer Science Written consent of instructor
    CS 591 Research and Thesis for M.S. Degree
    CS 595 Topics in Computer Science Written consent of instructor
    CS 597 Reading and Special Problems Written consent of instructor
    CS 612 Topics in Computer Vision CS 512
    CS 630 Advanced Topics in Algorithms CS 430 and consent of instructor
    CS 642 Advanced Topics in Networking CS 542
    CS 681 Topics in Computational Linguistics CS 585
    CS 689 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering Consent of instructor
    CS 691 Research and Thesis for Ph.D. Degree
    CS 695 Doctoral Seminar
    CSP 527 Client-Server Applications Development CS 425
    CSP 541 Internet Technologies CS 455
    CSP 542 Internet Design and Analysis CS 455
    CSP 543 Multimedia Networking CS 455 and experience programming in high-level languages
    CSP 544 System and Network Security CS 430 and CS 455
    CSP 545 Wireless Networking Technologies and Applications CS 542
    CSP 550 Internet Programming CS 455
    CSP 551 Advanced UNIX Programming C programming, CS 450 or equivalent, and user-level knowledge of UNIX
    CSP 581 Applied AI Programming CS 440 or equivalent
    CSP 585 Object-Oriented Design Patterns CS 445
    CSP 586 Software Modeling and Development with UML CS 487 or CS 445
    CSP 587 Software Quality Management CS 487 or equivalent
    CSP 595 Topics in CSP

    Successors of Prerequisite Courses
    Course Is a Pre/Co-requisite for
    CS 105 CS 201
    CS 115 CS 116
    CS 116 CS 330 331 350
    CS 201 CS 330 331 350 401
    CS 330 CS 430 440
    CS 331 CS 351 411 422 425 429 430 441 445 481 487 536
    CS 350 CS 351 470
    CS 351 CS 440 450 520
    CS 401 CS 402 411 422 425 429 430 440 441 445 450 481 487 536
    CS 402 CS 450 520
    CS 411 CS 511
    CS 422 CS 482 522
    CS 425 CS 458 482 521 525 580 | CSP 527
    CS 429 CS 482 529
    CS 430 CS 512 520 530 531 532 533 535 538 546 549 582 630 | CSP 544
    CS 440 CS 540 541 | CSP 581
    CS 445 CS 447 585 | CSP 585 586
    CS 450 CS 455 458 545 546 550 551 552 553 555 570 | CSP 551
    CS 455 CS 542 547 548 553 | CSP 541 542 543 544 550
    CS 470 CS 553 570
    CS 480 CS 580 581 583 584
    CS 481 CS 482
    CS 487 CS 537 586 587 588 589 | CSP 586 587
    CS 512 CS 612
    CS 542 CS 544 642 | CSP 545
    CS 560 CS 565 566
    CS 561 CS 565 566
    CS 570 CS 572
    CS 585 CS 681

    Non-CS Prerequisites
    Course Is a Pre/Co-requisite for
    COM 421 CS 485
    COM 428 CS 485
    ECE 218 CS 470
    ECE 242 CS 351 470
    ECE 545 CS 544
    MATH 230 CS 430 440
    MATH 474 CS 480 481
    A linear algebra course CS 533 538
    C programming CSP 551
    Consent of instructor CS 495 630 689
    Experience programming in high-level languages CSP 543
    Experience using any programming language CS 201
    Strong programming knowledge CS 422 429
    User-level knowledge of UNIX CSP 551
    Written consent of instructor CS 397 491 590 595 597

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