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CS 489 SELECTED TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Credits: 3(3,0,1) Prerequisite: Instructor consent
This course covers topics in the computer science discipline not covered by other CS
courses. Students are encouraged to propose topics for this course.

CS 492 CO-OP [COOPERATIVE EDUCATION]
Credits: 10 Prerequisite: Department consent

The Co-Op is a career related professional program available to all Computer Science
students. It is designed to help students build on skills already learned in the classroom
and acquire new ones as well. Co-Op education is available to CCIS students who have
accumulated the requisite number or more credits. The Co-Op option counts for 10 credit
hours (CRs) for practical onsite experience over a 7 month period, i.e. spanning one
semester and a summer.

CS 493 CYBERSECURITY CAPSTONE PROJECT
Credits: 3(1,0,3). Prerequisite: Department approval

This course allows the student to practice on what they have learned during previous
security courses. Student will be able to design and build a security , to tackle a
cybersecurity problem in an existing system. The course gives the student an opportunity
to work with an organization to assess possible risks and study its security needs based on
its organizational objectives and business requirements. Alternatively, a student can
cooperate with sponsors or be part of a research group.

CS 494 INDUSTRY LINK
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Department consent
This is an elective course that follows a pre-planned program administered by the
university/ department. It involves spending a specified period of time in several local –
and possibly outside – computing institutions and companies and/or enrolling in their
orientation programs.

CS 495 EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Credits: 3(3,0,1) Prerequisite: Instructor consent
This course covers topics in the computer science discipline that recently gained innovative
attention in Computer Science. Students are encouraged to propose topics for this course.

ETHC 303 ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTING
Credits: 3(3,0,0) Prerequisite: Junior level
The course concentrates on the theory and practice of computer and information ethics.
It covers the basics of ethical decision-making and emphasizes group work and
presentations. Topics studied in the course include risk and reliability, privacy, info-war,
crime, access, business ethics, copyright, patents, and more.

CS 498 SENIOR PROJECT I
Credits: 1(1,0,0) Prerequisite: Completion of 88 credit hours + Department Consent

This course provides students with an opportunity to integrate their academic work into
the design and development of a significant computing product that showcases the
students’ skills. Students are expected to work in teams addressing problems and