Prerequisites

• MAD 3105: graphs, directed graphs, trees, networks
• CDA 3100: architectures, assembly language, number systems
• STA 4442 / STA 3032: probability, expected value
• COP 3353: basic Unix/Linux file and directory navigation, permissions, tools such as g++, Emacs/vi, make, diff, and grep
• COP 3330: C++, classes and objects, proper types, pointers and dynamic allocation, functions, parameters, overloading, I/O, makefiles
• COP 4530: vectors, lists, deques, sequential and binary search, stacks, queues, iterators, function objects, generic algorithms
• Maturity:
  • design, code, test, and package a project using appropriate software engineering practices
  • use discrete math concepts, such as mathematical induction and combinatorics, to prove assertions