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CLAR 2998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CLAR 2999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CLAR 3130 Biblical Hebrew 4 semester hours
A concentrated course in Hebrew, with attention paid to its historical development and to comparative phonetics and morphology.
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CLAR 3210 Classical and Near Eastern Myths 4 semester hours
Study of the basic myths and myth patterns of the Greeks, Romans, and Near Eastern cultures, and their mythological heritage in Western literature and art.
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CLAR 3220 Greek and Roman Religions 4 semester hours
Study of the religious practices and beliefs of the Greeks and Romans from the archaic period to the triumph of Christianity.
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CLAR 3340 Religions of Mesopotamia 4 semester hours
A study of the major religious pantheons, rituals, myths, and popular practices in ancient Iraq.
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CLAR 3345 Babylonian Cuneiform 4 semester hours
An introduction to the language and writing system of Ancient Mesopotamia.
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CLAR 3350 Ancient Egyptian Religion 4 semester hours
A survey of origins and aspects of the various pantheons, rituals, creation themes, and other features of the religion of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.
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CLAR 3390 Archaeology of the Levant 4 semester hours
Study of the Levantine civilizations and societies from the Neolithic period to the mid-first millennium BC, with hands-on classes utilizing artifacts from LMU’s archaeological collection.
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CLAR 3998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CLAR 3999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CLAR 4250 Anne Carson: Classic Iconoclast 4 semester hours
An interdisciplinary study of the works of Anne Carson and her interaction with the Classical tradition.
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CLAR 4270 Representations of Greece: Ancient and Modern 4 semester hours
This interdisciplinary 4-semester-hour course offers students the unique opportunity to study complex issues surrounding representations of Greece from the classical to the modern world through an interdisciplinary approach that will highlight four areas of study: politics and economics; food and travel; theater and film; family, religion, and state.
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CLAR 4320 Palaces of the Near East 4 semester hours
A study of the palaces across the Ancient Near East as architectural and political emblems of powers, from the first urban development to the conquest of Alexander the Great.
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CLAR 4340 Archaeology of the Phoenicians 4 semester hours
A study of the Phoenicians and of their settlements and customs in the Ancient Mediterranean.
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CLAR 4372 Archaeology Lab: Chalcolithic Culture of the Levant 4 semester hours
A hands-on study of the artifacts and archaeological context of the pre-Bronze Age cultures of the Levant, using materials from the Archaeology Center collections.
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CLAR 4410 Capstone Research Skills 1 semester hours
This course goes with any of the 4-semester-hour capstone courses and focuses on research skills and methodology for writing the capstone research project.
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CLAR 4420 Capstone Presentation 1 semester hours
This course is typically taken in the final semester of the program and culminates in the presentation of a research paper for the Spring BCLA and/or Classics & Archaeology Undergraduate Research Symposiums.
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CLAR 4440 Classics/Archaeology Internship 0 TO 4 semester hours
Internship related to working on supervised projects that involve the study of Classics and/or Archaeology (at the Getty Villa, learning to catalog artifacts in curated collections, the reception history of Hellenism in film, et al.).
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CLAR 4450 Research Skills 1 semester hours
This one-semester-hour course is to be taken in tandem with the Capstone Seminar for CLAR majors.
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CLAR 4998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CLAR 4999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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Computer Science (CMSI) |
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CMSI 161 Computing in Popular Culture 3 semester hours
Common stereotypes and assumptions about computing, as reflected in art, entertainment, and conventional wisdom-and the truths and fallacies behind them. Deeper study of particularly seminal popular representations of computing concepts. Critical study of the depiction of computing in film (e.g., 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, War Games), literature (e.g., Neuromancer; I, Robot, The Soul of a New Machine; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), and mixed media (e.g., “Spock’s Brain,” Max Headroom, and Univac’s 1952 presidential election forecast).
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 182 Introduction to Computer Science 3 semester hours
History of computer science and its relationship to other fields. The benefits of computational thinking in daily life. Numerous examples connecting computing and computing technology to human activities, such as sporting events, elections, politics, and health care. Coursework includes writing small-scale computer programs.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 185 Computer Programming 3 semester hours
Introduction to algorithms and computer programming using Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 282 Algorithms 3 semester hours
Algorithm paradigms, with an emphasis on combinatoral search. Topics include: generating combinatorial objects; greedy methods, dynamic programming; randomized algorithms; modern heuristics such as genetic programs and simulated annealing; advanced sorts and order statistics; cake-cutting and fair division; graph algorithms; computational geometry.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 281 .
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CMSI 284 Computer Systems Organization 3 semester hours
An introduction to the basic organization of computer systems. Digital representation of textual and numeric information. Machine instructions and instruction formats, assemblers and assembly languages, linking and loading, process execution, interrupt and device-handling, and file management. System-level programming in C and assembly language.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 298 Special Studies 1 TO 3 semester hours
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CMSI 299 Independent Studies 1 TO 3 semester hours
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CMSI 332 Programming 3-D Animation Tools 3 semester hours
Building technical skills for animators: how to automate animated graphics, write tools and customize user interfaces using Python scripting.
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CMSI 355 Networks 3 semester hours
A detailed study of the design and use of internetworking technologies in modern digital communication systems. Topics include: routing and control protocols, signaling, multicasting, OSI model, sockets, IPv4, IPv6, UDP, TCP, ARP, ICMP, IGMP, Mobile IP, DNS SMTP, FTP, VoIP, and HTTP.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 284 .
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CMSI 367 Biological Databases 3 semester hours
The representation, storage, and transformation of biological data. Topics include the central dogma of molecular biology, the genetic code, the Human Genome Project, sequence databases, formats and conversion, searching and regular expressions, XML, and relational databases in biology. Students build and potentially release an open source gene database for a new species at the end of the course.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 370 Interaction Design 3 semester hours
Introduction to interaction design and human-computer interaction, with equal emphasis on learning how to design and evaluate interaction architectures, and learning how to use existing frameworks to implement such architectures. Topics include: interaction guidelines, principles, and theories; usability engineering; the model-view-controller (MVC) paradigm; and current frameworks such as HTML5, GLUT, and Cocoa.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 281 .
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CMSI 371 Computer Graphics 3 semester hours
Introduction to interactive computer graphics. Topics include the design and use of three-dimensional graphics engines and APIs, animation, physics and computer games, modeling, computational geometry, shading, ray tracing, and fractal geometry.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 281 .
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CMSI 375 Game Design 3 semester hours
The art and science of games, hosted by a machine or otherwise. Goals, rules, game balance, and other fundamentals are introduced, as well as implementation issues such as modeling, physics, animation, networking, and performance. Coverage of existing gaming platforms and languages is provided as needed. Concepts are applied in an appropriately scaled, team-implemented game project.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 377 Introduction to Virtual Worlds 3 semester hours
An introduction to the history of, and the technological and social aspects surrounding, virtual worlds. Topics include building and scripting objects, and the interaction between avatars, avatar customization, and computer science concepts underlying virtual worlds.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 386 Programming Languages 3 semester hours
A comparative study of the rationale, concepts, design, and features of several major programming languages. Topics include the role of bindings, control flow, types, subroutines, modules, objects, and concurrency. Major attention is given to C, Java, ML, Perl, and JavaScript.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: .
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CMSI 387 Operating Systems 3 semester hours
Concepts in the design of operating systems, including: processes, process management, mutual exclusion, synchronization and message-passing; primary memory management, multiprogramming, paged allocation and paging policies; resource and I/O management; file systems, and security.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 284 .
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CMSI 398 Special Studies 1 TO 3 semester hours
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CMSI 399 Independent Studies 1 TO 3 semester hours
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CMSI 486 Introduction to Database Systems 3 semester hours
Theory and design of database systems, with emphasis on relational and object-oriented models. Topics include database system structure, semantic data modeling, relational databases, object oriented extensions, formal query languages, integrity and security, physical design of databases, indexing and hashing, and query processing and optimization. Transaction processing, concurrency, and crash recovery are introduced.
Lecture, 3 hours.
Prerequisite: CMSI 386 .
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CMSI 498 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CMSI 499 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CMSI 598 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
Special Studies
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CMSI 599 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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CMSI 601 Graduate Seminar 3 semester hours
Project-based seminar in which students will be required to select, research, write about, and discuss some aspect of a broad area of current interest to computer scientists and electrical engineers (e.g., computer networks, digital communication).
Successful completion of coursework and the endorsement of the faculty advisor required. (The seminar can be taken during the final semester of coursework subject to the approval of the faculty advisor.)
Note: Students unable to complete the CMSI 601 project within one semester may request an “in process” grade and complete the project the subsequent term. Students wishing to change their project after the first semester of enrollment in CMSI 601 will need to re-enroll in the course. Students who are unable to complete the CMSI 601 project after two semesters can petition for a continuation of the “in process” grade. If the petition is not granted, re-enrollment in CMSI 601 will be necessary.
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CMSI 641 Software Engineering 3 semester hours
Design and development issues of large-scale software systems which are reliable and easily maintainable. Course project covers each step of the development process from the initial needs analysis and requirement specification through design and implementation. Topics include tradeoffs between agile and traditional approaches, impact of legacy systems, architectural representation issues, testing, project risk management, and emerging trends in software engineering such as model-driven engineering and aspect-oriented software development.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 644 Advanced Modeling of Software Systems 3 semester hours
Study of model-driven engineering and its ability to alleviate platform complexity and effectively express domain concepts. Topics include techniques for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust software systems; the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and entity relationship modeling (ERD); automation of change evolution in models; and definition of standards that enable tools and models to work together.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 670 Topics in Interaction Design 3 semester hours
Interaction design and human-computer interaction, with equal emphasis on learning how to design and evaluate interaction architectures and learning how to survey and analyze current literature on the subject to implement such architectures. Topics include: interaction guidelines, principles, and theories; usability engineering; the model-view-controller (MVC) paradigm; and current research in the field.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 678 Multi-agent Systems and Distributed Artificial Intelligence 3 semester hours
Study of the development of multi-agent systems for distributed artificial intelligence. Topics include intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, agent societies, problem solving, search, decision-making, and learning algorithms in the distributed Artificial domain, industrial and practical applications of distributed artificial intelligence techniques to real-world problems.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 682 Knowledge-Based Systems 3 semester hours
Detailed study of design and implementation of knowledge-based systems. Topics include: logic and theorem proving; deduction systems; reaction systems; forward and backward chaining; knowledge acquisition; and explanatory interfaces.
Lecture, 3 hours.
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CMSI 689 Computer Networks 3 semester hours
Concepts in and design of large-scale distributed networks and local area networks, including topologies, standards and protocols.
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CMSI 698 Special Studies 1 TO 3 semester hours
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CMSI 699 Independent Studies 0 TO 3 semester hours
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Communication Studies (CMST) |
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CMST 2100 Relational Communication 4 semester hours
This course is designed to introduce the students to interpersonal and small group communication theories, processes, and skills. The course challenges students to examine their own communication behaviors and focus on their strengths and weaknesses as a way to develop and apply new communication skills and proficiencies. The course includes a variety of oral and written presentations at both the individual and group levels.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Reasoning.
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CMST 2300 Organizational Communication 4 semester hours
This course is designed to introduce the students to the field of organizational communication and the relationship between organization and communication. The course is designed to allow students to examine a range of organizational communication perspectives, theories, issues, and constructs. At the same time, students are encouraged to explore the ways these perspectives shape, expand, and limit our understanding of communication and organizing. Significantly, the course encourages critical and analytical thinking by using the course content as a basis for critique.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Reasoning.
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CMST 2500 Media Studies 4 semester hours
This course introduces students to three key areas in the field of media and communication: 1) media industries, circulation and the political economy of media; 2) the legacy of British Cultural Studies in exploring identity, resistance, and the active audience; 3) media effects, including quantitative audience reception studies and ethnographic approaches to audience analysis. Students will be encouraged to directly engage with the political, social, cultural, and economic influence of evolving technologies and mediums in our digitally mediated global environments.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Reasoning.
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CMST 2800 Advanced Public Communication 4 semester hours
This course provides advanced training in argumentation skills, including logical reasoning, the use of evidence, and effective organization of content. Students will conduct topical research and prepare oral and written arguments.
Must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
Majors only.
Prerequisites: CMST 1600 and CMST 1700 .
University Core fulfilled: Flags: Information Literacy, Oral Skills.
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CMST 2998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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