CES 17-13 REV COURSE CS 40400

March 26, 2018

Purdue Northwest Curriculum Document

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  • Document No: CES 17-13 REV COURSE CS 40400
  • Proposed Effective Date: Fall 2018
  • Submitting Department: MSCS/CES
  • Date Reviewed by Department: February 16, 2018
  • Submission Date: March 26, 2018
  • Date Reviewed College/School Curriculum Committee: 04/04/2018
  • Contact Person: Catherine Murphy, Head and Roger Kraft, Associate Professor of Computer Science

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  • Approval by Faculty Senate: May 4, 2018
  • Date Reviewed by Senate Curriculum Committee: April 13, 2018
  • Name(s) of Library Staff Consulted: Not Applicable
  • Will New Library Resources Used?: No
  • Form 40 Needed?: Yes

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Task: Course Change or New Course Proposal: Complete Section II

  • Degree Name:

Section I: This section is for changes in programs, minors and certificates

List the major changes in each program of study, minor or certificate.

Impact on Students:

Impact on University Resources:

Impact on other Academic Units:

Section II: This section is for changes in courses only

  • Subject: Update prerequisite for CS 40400- Distributed Systems
  • Justification: To make prerequisite consistent with other CS courses

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Current:

CS 40400-Distributed Systems.

Prerequisite(s): CS 30200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN GRADE of D.

Credit hours: 3.00. Course pattern: 3-0-3.

A distributed system is two or more computers working together as a single unit. These systems are essential to the understanding of present and future computer applications. This course will include the following topics: concurrent processing, threads, network programming, distributed file systems, remote procedure calls. Sockets, distributed objects, client-server models, and Internet protocols.

Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

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Proposed:

CS 40400- Distributed Systems.

Prerequisite(s): CS 30200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN GRADE of C-.

Credit hours: 3.00. Course pattern: 3-0-3.

A distributed system is two or more computers working together as a single unit. These systems are essential to the understanding of present and future computer applications. This course will include the following topics: concurrent processing, threads, network programming, distributed file systems, remote procedure calls, sockets, distributed objects, client-server models, and Internet protocols.

Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

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Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes:

 

Impact on Students:

Not Applicable.

Impact on University Resources:

Not Applicable.

Impact on other Academic Units:

Not Applicable.