Catalog of Courses

Basic concepts and applications of artificial intelligence (AI), including AI project cycles. Focus on issues surrounding AI including ethics, bias, culture, regulations, and professional expectations. Prerequisites: None.

Introduction to machine learning concepts and Python applications, including data acquisition, supervised and unsupervised learning, and data modeling.

Fundamental concepts in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and text processing. Focus on knowledge and skills necessary to create a language recognition application.

Understand and apply the basic techniques to process images using OpenCV and Python libraries.

Fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to support business solutions.

Focus on how a social issue is explored, brought through the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Project cycle, and delivered as a solution using the different domains of AI, including computer vision and natural language processing.

Number systems, conversion methods, binary and complement arithmetic, Boolean switching algebra and circuit minimization techniques. Analysis and design of combinational logic, flip-flops, simple counters, registers, Read Only Memory (ROMs), Programmable Logic Device (PLDs), synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits, and state reduction techniques. Building physical circuits.

General Education Designations: CS

Note: This course has differences between current terms. Please see advisement for specific information.

Introduction to circuits and devices. Component models, transient analysis, steady state analysis, Laplace transform, and active and passive filter networks.

Introduction to procedural programming (C/C++) and hardware description language (VHDL).

Assembly language programming including input/output (I/O) programming and exception/interrupt handling. Register-level computer organization, I/O interfaces, assemblers, and linkers. Processor organization and design, data path, control, pipelining, and input/output. Memory organization with cache and virtual memory.

Note: This course has differences between current terms. Please see advisement for specific information.

Introduction to the science of food and human nutrition. Current sustainable dietary recommendations and applications for maximizing well-being and minimizing risk of chronic disease throughout the life cycle. An overview of the nutrients, emphasizing the importance of energy and fluid balance, and optimal functioning of the digestive system. Understanding factors that influence food intake in different cultures. Methods for evaluating credibility of nutrition claims, a focus on modern food safety and technology practices, and a worldview of nutrition are included. Emphasis is on personal dietary behavior change for a holistic life of wellness. Prerequisites: None.

Scientific principles of human nutrition. Emphasis on scientific literacy and the study of nutrients for disease prevention. Includes macronutrients and micronutrients, human nutrient metabolism and nutrition's role in the health of the human body throughout the life cycle. Addresses nutrition principles for prevention of nutrition-related health conditions. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: SG

An exploration of human expression in contemporary arts and sciences. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: H, HU

Study of worldviews in a variety of historical and contemporary world cultures, including analysis of origin and creation myths, artistic expression, spirituality, and the natural environment. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: G, HU

Analysis of Hispanic film as art form and as social commentary. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: G, HU

Introduction to major topics in the field of popular culture studies. Includes basic theories, methods, and concepts used to analyze popular culture texts and practices.

General Education Designations: L

An historical analysis of the interrelationships of art, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from the early civilizations to the Renaissance, including Western and non-Western cultures.

General Education Designations: H, HU, L

An historical analysis of the interrelationships of art, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from the Renaissance to modern period, including Western and non-Western cultures.

General Education Designations: H, HU, L

Safety practices in theatre and film production. Includes Focus on national safety organizations and production practices of theatre stages and soundstages, theatrical rigging, electrical, scenic construction, paint and chemical handling, automation, special effects, welding, and personal safety practices. Prerequisites: None