Objectives for Computer Science (CSCI) majors:

• Given the specifications for a software application, design the appropriate internal and external data structures, then design, implement, and test the algorithms which represent and transform the data structures necessary to solve the problem.
• Work independently or within a group programming environment to utilize the object-oriented paradigm and sound software engineering principles, such as using cohesive, independently compiled modules with appropriate abstract data types and user interfaces, in the program development cycle.
• Communicate technical information clearly and concisely in oral and written forms.
• Understand client/server and enterprise computing strategies and their important relationships to database design, application programming, data communications, and networking (workstations, LANs, WANs, World-Wide-Web).
• Use analytical and technical skills for identifying, studying, and solving complex system problems.
• Implement algorithms using a variety of software development tools based on a solid understanding of the architecture of the tools.
• Design and implement major components of computer systems, such as hardware architectures, language translators, multi-tasking kernels and graphical user interfaces.
• Utilize appropriate formal methods to model and analyze algorithms, programming languages, tasks, digital circuits, bus architectures, and other aspects of computer systems.
• Apply the various stages of the system development life cycle to the creation of medium and large-scale system-level software.

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