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CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 451:
Water Resources and Coastal Engineering
Control and utilization of inland and coastal water, quantitative hydrology, groundwater, probability concepts, extreme events, coastal hydrodynamics, wave-structures interactions, multiple purposes water projects, economic study.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 309
Not available
29649R
9:00-10:50am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Costas Synolakis
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 457:
Structural Design II
Design of structural systems in wood, steel, concrete and masonry, and the performance of structural systems for wind and seismic forces.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 358 and CE 456
Not available
29652R
4:00-5:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Maria Mohammed
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 458:
Computational Structural Analysis
Computerized structural analysis; displacement method; force method; large scale structural systems; static analyses; structural dynamics of systems; earthquake engineering; nonlinear analysis; elastic stability and buckling.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 358
Not available
29655R
12:00-1:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Botong Zheng
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 460:
Construction Engineering
Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, safety and ethics.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29662R
10:00-1:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Henry Koffman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 461:
Construction Estimating
Fundamental principles and practices of advanced building cost estimating using Revit Models and industry standard databases.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Junior, Master Student, Senior
29663R
5:30-7:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Navneet Agrawal
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 462:
Construction Methods and Equipment
Current procedures in selected fields of construction; organization and planning; equipment economics; machinery.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Junior, Master Student, Senior
29664D
2:00-3:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Henry Koffman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 465:
Water Supply and Sewerage System Design
Design of water supply systems, storm drains, sanitary sewers, and lift stations.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 453
Not available
29618R
6:00-9:20pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Chun-Ching Wang
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 467L:
Geotechnical Engineering
Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering; soil classification, seepage, stress-strain behavior, shear strength, consolidation, design of retaining structures and foundations, and slope stability. Soil testing. Duplicates credit in CE 464 and CE 468.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 225
Not available
29675R
2:00-3:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Amy Rechenmacher
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 480:
Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone Design
Civil and Environmental Engineering capstone design project incorporating all disciplines of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 408 and 1 from (CE 456 or CE 457 or CE 476 or CE 485)
Not available
29676R
6:30-9:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Sunny Wang
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 483:
Engineering Economics in Civil Engineering
Principles of engineering economics; modeling and evaluation of receipts and outlays timing; relevance to and applications within Civil and Environmental Engineering projects.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 215
Not available
29650R
4:00-5:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Lucio Soibelman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 486b:
Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises
Engineering innovation to design products, services and technologies with a human-centered approach to help solve the needs of people affected by global crises.
(3.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 486A
Not available
29670R
6:30-9:20pm
Monday
Lecture
David Gerber,Daniel Druhora,Brad Cracchiola
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 490x:
Directed Research
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
(1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
29684D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 501:
Construction Practices
Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29705R
6:00-9:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Henry Koffman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 502:
Construction Accounting, Finance and Strategy
Fundamental accounting principles, financial analysis and financial control, strategic management and a review of alternative project delivery methods.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29788R
3:30-6:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Ed Reynolds
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 505:
Data Management for Civil and Environmental Engineering
The basics of databases and database management systems as applied to engineering problems. Introduction to data mining concepts, techniques and knowledge discovery in database principles.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29860R
5:00-6:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Lucio Soibelman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 516:
Geohydrology
Fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media. Soil properties, Darcys law, flow equation, mass transport, reactive transport and uncertainty quantification.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29701R
4:00-5:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Felipe De Barros
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 525:
Engineering Mathematical Analysis
Engineering problems discussed on a physical basis with solutions via mathematical tools: Vector analysis; functions of complex variables, infinite series, residues and conformal mappings. Duplicates credit in the former CE 525a.
(3.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29733R
2:00-3:20pm
Wed, Fri
Lecture
Athanassios Fokas
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 526:
Engineering Mathematical Methods
Engineering problems discussed on a physical basis with solutions via mathematical tools: Fourier series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; partial differential equations, wave and Laplace equations.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29709R
12:00-1:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Vincent Lee
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 529:
Finite Element Analysis
Basic concepts; variational methods; isoparametric formulation; plane stress; plane strain; axisymmetric structures; plates and shells; structural dynamics; stability and buckling; computer applications; nonlinear analysis.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29711R
6:00-9:20pm
Monday
Lecture
Abdel-Salam Niazy
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 532:
Data Analytics in Civil Engineering
Application of Fourier series, wavelets, auto-regressive models and Markov models to civil engineering systems. Introduction to deep learning methods and applications to time series analysis.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29710R
10:00-11:50am
Wednesday
Lecture
Roger Ghanem
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 534:
Design of Earth Structures
This course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the analytical and design principles underlying the construction of a broad range of earth structures.
(3.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29715R
6:00-8:30pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Amy Rechenmacher
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 537:
Advanced Reinforced Concrete
Advanced beam flexural analysis; shear behavior of beams; beam-columns and interaction diagrams; torsion; structural wall design; analysis of D-regions; nonlinear behavior of RC systems.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29716R
2:00-3:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Bora Gencturk
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 538:
Prestressed Concrete
Introduction to the concept, principles and applications of prestressed concrete; covers the analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29718R
5:00-6:50pm
Thursday
Lecture
Navid Nastar
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 540:
Modeling and Analysis of Tall and Special Structures
Integration of structural modeling with the analysis and design of tall and special structures to resist earthquake motion through inelastic response.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 529 and CE 541
Not available
29720R
4:00-5:50pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Farzad Naeim
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 541:
Dynamics of Structures
Forced vibrations of discrete and distributed systems; energy methods; analytical dynamics; computational techniques; approximate methods; random vibration concepts; nonstationary response; structural control; nonlinear system response.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
29781R
12:00-3:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Sami Masri
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 547:
Earthquake Engineering: Response of Structures
Develop skills for using current knowledge about structural response in the design of earthquake resistant structures.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29761R
3:30-6:50pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Mihailo Trifunac
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 568:
Fundamental Concepts of Computing and Programming in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Concepts of computing and programming related to engineering; Form and operation of modern computational devices; Data structures and algorithms that support CEE software applications.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems), Civil Engineering (Water and Waste Management), Construction Management, Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering), Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), Civil Engineering (Advanced Design and Construction,Technology)
29850R
5:00-6:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Lucio Soibelman
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 569:
Project Controls
Project controls principles including costs and schedules, cost engineering concepts, schedule development, status evaluation, progress monitoring and responses to variances and changes.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29613R
6:00-9:40pm
Thursday
Lecture
Devang Dedhia
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 576:
Invention and Technology Development
This project-oriented course elaborates on the process of engaging creative thought, tools and techniques for invention, and issues involved in bringing inventions to the production phase.
(3.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29830R
6:30-9:10pm
Thursday
Lecture
Berok Khoshnevis
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 578:
Technology-Enabled Architecture, Engineering and Constructio
Integration of architecture, engineering and construction practices through the development of a construction project.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29840R
11:00-2:20pm
Monday
Lecture
David Gerber
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 582:
Transportation System Security and Emergency Management
Multimodal transportation resilience with emphasis on transit systems. Principles of emergency management, preparedness, vulnerability assessment, countermeasures. Related topics in policy and economics.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29818R
6:00-9:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Shahed Rowshan
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 583:
Design of Transportation Facilities
Planning, design, staging, construction, test and maintenance of the public works and facilities for land, water, and air transportation.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29816R
9:00-10:50am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Roxana Javid
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 585:
Traffic Engineering and Control
Modern traffic engineering theory and practice; traffic streams; control techniques and policies for multiple traffic modalities; intersection signal timing; capacity and optimization; efficiency and safety.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29819D
11:30-1:50pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Roxana Javid
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 590:
Directed Research
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
(1.0-12.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29769D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 599:
Special Topics
Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of civil engineering.
(1.0-8.0 units, max 9)
Not available
Not available
29734R
4:00-5:50pm
Wed, Fri
Lecture
Athanassios Fokas
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 633:
Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation Planning
Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip-assignment; evaluation; criticisms.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
51274R
6:00-9:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Emily Finkel
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 790:
Research
Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
(1.0-12.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29770D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 794a:
Doctoral Dissertation
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
29775D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 794b:
Doctoral Dissertation
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 794A
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
29776R
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 794c:
Doctoral Dissertation
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 794B
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
29777R
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 794d:
Doctoral Dissertation
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 794C
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
29778R
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CE
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CE/
CE 794z:
Doctoral Dissertation
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
(0.0 units)
Prerequisite: CE 794D
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
29779D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 102L:
Fundamentals of Computation
Fundamental concepts of algorithmic thinking as a primer to programming. Introduction to C++.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29908D
3:00-4:50pm
Monday
Lecture
Mohammad Reza Rajati
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 103L:
Introduction to Programming
Basic datatypes, assignments, control statements (if, switch, for, while), input/output (printf, scanf, cin, cout), functions, arrays, structures, recursion, dynamic memory, file handling. Programming in C/C++.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Not available
29966D
8:00-9:20am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Mark Redekopp
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 104L:
Data Structures and Object Oriented Design
Introduces the student to standard data structures (linear structures such as linked lists, (balanced) trees, priority queues, and hashtables), using the C++ programming language.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and CSCI 170
Not available
29905D
11:00-12:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Andrew Goodney
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 170:
Discrete Methods in Computer Science
Sets, functions, series. Big-O notation and algorithm analysis. Propositional and first-order logic. Counting and discrete probability. Graphs and basic graph algorithms. Basic number theory.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Not available
30108D
9:30-10:50am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Aaron Cote
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 201:
Principles of Software Development
Object-oriented paradigm for programming-in-the-large in Java; writing sophisticated concurrent applications with animation and graphic user interfaces; using professional tools on team project. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 104
Not available
30381D
11:00-12:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Marco Papa
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 270:
Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of Computing
Algorithm analysis. Greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, graph algorithms. NP-completeness and basic recursion theory and undecidability. Sorting lower bounds. Number-theory based cryptography.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170
Not available
29957D
12:30-1:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
David Kempe
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 310:
Software Engineering
Introduction to the software engineering process and software lifecycle. Covers project management, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance phase activities in team based projects. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 377.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 201
Not available
29967D
10:00-11:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
William Halfond
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 350:
Introduction to Operating Systems
Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. Duplicates credit in CSCI 402.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 201 and 1 from (CSCI 356 or EE 354)
Not available
29993D
12:00-3:20pm
Friday
Lecture
Tanya Ryutov
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 353:
Introduction to Internetworking
Global Internet: design principles, layering, protocol design/analysis.Networked applications, Internet structure/architecture,Protocols for transport/congestion control, network layer/routing,link layer/MAC. Network security. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with C and C++.Duplicates credit in EE 450.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 201
Not available
30050D
12:00-1:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
William Cheng
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 356:
Introduction to Computer Systems
Computer organization; entity abstraction and representation; program execution; code optimization; memory usage; exception handling; processing control; computer performance; hands-on work done in C and assembly.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 104
Not available
30160D
3:30-4:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Marco Paolieri
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 360:
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, machine learning. Prerequisites: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 460.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170
Not available
30304D
12:00-1:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Mohammad Reza Rajati
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 368:
Cross-Platform App Development
Programming applications with dynamic graphical user interfaces. Topics include events, controls, resources, data bindings, styles and user experience.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 265 or CSCI 103)
Not available
31851R
6:00-9:40pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Allen Almasi
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 380:
Video Game Programming
Underlying concepts and principles required for programming video games (topics include vectors, transformations, 3-D math, geometric primitives, matrices). Prerequisite: CSCI-104 or ITP-365.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or ITP 365)
Not available
31902R
7:00-8:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture-Lab
Clark Kromenaker
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 401:
Capstone: Design and Construction of Large Software Systems
Group project with an outside stakeholder to develop real-world software solutions to large-scale problems. Topics include software engineering, professional preparation, and recent computer science research. Duplicates credit in CSCI 477a and CSCI 477b.
(4.0 units, max 8)
Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and CSCI 310)
Not available
29963D
8:00-9:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Victor Adamchik
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 402:
Operating Systems
Concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization, process and thread scheduling, memory management, file systems, security and access control, communication and networking, distributed file systems, data management. Duplicates credit in CSCI 350.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29945D
10:00-11:20am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
William Cheng
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 420:
Computer Graphics
Computer graphics, OpenGL, 2D and 3D transformations, Bzier splines, computer animation, rendering including ray tracing, shading and lighting, artistic rendering, virtual reality, visualization.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and 1 from (MATH 225 or (EE 141 and MATH 126) or (EE 141 and MATH 127) or (EE 141 and MATH 129))
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
29979D
10:00-11:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Jernej Barbic
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 426:
Game Prototyping
Developing games or technology based on current and relevant special topics.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30014D
1:00-4:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Andrew Nealen
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 430:
Introduction to Computer and Network Security
A broad overview of security threats and defenses, security systems and functionalities, as well as current security practices. Includes homeworks and in-class exercises to provide practical experience working with such systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 201.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 201
Not available
30123D
4:00-5:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Genevieve Bartlett
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 435:
Professional C++
Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, templates, secure coding, parallel programming, writing performant code, CMake and continuous integration.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or ITP 365)
Not available
31826R
2:00-3:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Sanjay Madhav
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 445L:
Introduction to Robotics
Designing, building and programming mobile robots; sensors, effectors, basic control theory, control architectures, some advanced topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art. Teamwork; final project tested in a robot contest. Junior standing or higher. Prerequisites: CSCI 103.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
30386D
8:00-9:20am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Erdem Biyik
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 450:
Introduction to Computer Networks
Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local, wide area, wireless networks; Internet protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; software defined network; multimedia networks.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
31189R
5:00-6:50pm
Friday
Quiz
Ali Zahid
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 452:
Parallel and Distributed Computation
Introduction to parallel programming techniques, models and optimization strategies; Application mapping to multi-core, accelerator, GPU and cloud platforms; High Performance Computing and Data Science applications.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 355 or CSCI 201)
Not available
30661R
2:00-3:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Viktor Prasanna
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 455x:
Introduction to Programming Systems Design
Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer sciencemajors, graduate or undergraduate.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30327D
10:00-11:20am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Claire Bono
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 457:
Computer Systems Organization
Register Transfer level machine organization; performance; arithmetic; pipelined processors; exceptions, out-of-order and speculative execution, cache, virtual memory, multi-core multi-threaded processors, cache coherence.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: EE 354
Not available
30478R
2:00-3:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Gandhi Puvvada
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 458:
Numerical Methods
Rounding errors in digital computation; solution of linear algebraic systems; Newton's method for nonlinear systems; matrix eigenvalues; polynomial approximation; numerical integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 235 or MATH 245)
Not available
39659R
2:00-2:50pm
MWF
Lecture
Aykut Arslan
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 467:
Introduction to Machine Learning
Methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems from statistical analyses; theoretical understanding of such methods and the computational implications.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and MATH 225) and 1 from (EE 364 or MATH 407)
Not available
29977D
3:30-4:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Robin Jia
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 475:
Theory of Computation
History of the theory of computing, foundational theorems and theoretical frameworks of computer science, solvable and unsolvable problems.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 270
Not available
30330D
10:00-11:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Aaron Cote
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 487:
Programming Game Engines
Techniques for building the core components of a game engine; 2-D/3-D graphics, collision detection, artificial intelligence algorithms, shading, programming input devices. Prerequisite: ITP-380.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: ITP 380
Not available
32062R
10:00-11:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture-Lab
Matthew Whiting
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 490x:
Directed Research
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
(1.0-8.0 units, max 12)
Not available
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
30229D
TBA
TBA
Lecture
null
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 491bL:
Final Game Project
b: Design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 491A
Not available
30219D
2:00-5:20pm
Thursday
Lecture-Lab
Scott Easley
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 495:
Senior Project
An original project will be constructed applying computer technology (in either hardware or software) to produce a result useful in the physics classroom or laboratory.
(2.0 units)
Not available
Not available
50526D
TBA
TBA
Lecture-Lab
Vahe Peroomian
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 499:
Special Topics
Selected topics in computer science.
(2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Not available
Not available
29950D
8:00-9:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Souti Chattopadhyay
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 501:
Numerical Analysis and Computation
Linear equations and matrices, Gauss elimination, error estimates, iteration techniques; contractive mappings, Newton's method; matrix eigenvalue problems; least-squares approximation, Newton-Cotes and Gaussian quadratures; finite difference methods. Prerequisite: linear algebra and calculus.
(3.0 units)
Not available
Not available
39694R
12:00-12:50pm
MWF
Lecture
Cymra Haskell
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 502a:
Numerical Analysis
Computational linear algebra; solution of general nonlinear systems of equations; approximation theory using functional analysis; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations.
(3.0 units)
Prerequisite: (MATH 425A and MATH 471)
Not available
39698R
9:00-9:50am
MWF
Lecture
Gary Rosen
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 505b:
Applied Probability
Markov processes in discrete or continuous time; renewal processes; martingales; brownian motion and diffusion theory; random walks, inventory models, population growth, queuing models, shot noise.
(3.0 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 505A
Not available
39708R
1:00-1:50pm
MWF
Lecture
Ken Alexander
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 520:
Computer Animation and Simulation
Fundamental techniques of computer animation and simulation, knowledge and/or experience in the design, scripting, production and post-production stages of computer animation. Prerequisite: CSCI-420 or CSCI-580. Recommendedpreparation: Familiarity with calculus, linear algebra, and numerical computation; C/C++ programming skills.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 420 or CSCI 580)
Not available
30230D
2:00-3:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Jernej Barbic
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 522:
Game Engine Development
The principles of developing game engines targeted at modern PC and game console hardware.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30375D
7:00-10:20pm
Monday
Lecture
Artjoms Kovalovs
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 526:
Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles
Explore the complex engineering process required to design and build a real-time graphics engine to support physical realism on mobile devices. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30012D
1:00-4:20pm
Tuesday
Lecture
Scott Easley
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 529b:
Advanced Game Projects
Provides students in various areas of game specialization the practice of design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.
(2.0 units)
Prerequisite: CSCI 529a
Not available
30220D
2:00-5:20pm
Thursday
Lecture-Lab
Andrew Nealen
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 531:
Applied Cryptography
Intensive overview of cryptography for practitioners, historical perspective on early systems, number theoretic foundations of modern day cryptosystems and basic cryptanalysis.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30320D
2:00-5:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Tanya Ryutov
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 532:
Innovation for Defense Applications
Development of problem statements and innovative software prototypes for defense, intelligence and homeland security applications; team projects; hands-on experience.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30018D
3:30-6:50pm
Thursday
Lecture
Clifford Neuman
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 533:
Algebraic Combinatorics
Combinatorics motivated by Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry. Topics may include: representations of the symmetric group, symmetric functions, Young tableaux and plane partitions, permutation enumeration.
(3.0 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 410 and MATH 532
Not available
39757R
1:00-1:50pm
MWF
Lecture
Sami Assaf
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 534:
Affective Computing
Overview of the theory of human emotion, techniques for recognizing and synthesizing emotional behavior, and design application.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
29973D
2:00-3:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Jonathan Gratch
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 535:
Multimodal Probabilistic Learning of Human Communication
Principles and techniques to understand, build, and utilize multimodal machine learning algorithms through automatically understanding, recognizing, and analyzing phenomena of human communication. Recommended preparation: CSCI 542 or CSCI 567 or CSCI 573 or equivalent.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30060D
3:30-5:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
null
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 536:
Linear Programming and Extensions
Linear programming models for resource allocation; simplex and revised simplex methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation problems; selected extensions to large scale, multiobjective and special structured models.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
31536D
2:00-5:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Monir Sabbaghtorkan
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 544:
Applied Natural Language Processing
Introduction to key components of human language technologies, including: information extraction, sentiment analysis, question answering, machine translation.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30063D
5:00-6:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Xuezhe Ma
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 545:
Robotics
Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs. Recommended preparation: Basic knowledge in linear algebra (matrices and vectors), calculus, programming in C/C++ or any another language or permission of the instructor.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30398D
4:00-5:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Daniel Seita
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 547:
Robot Dynamics and Control
Introduction to dynamics and control of robotic systems including Model Predictive Control (MPC), Quadratic Program (QP)-based nonlinear control and trajectory optimization.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
28916D
10:00-11:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Quan Nguyen
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 550:
Advanced Data Stores
Selected topics on highly available, elastic data stores. Topics include non-relational data models, simple interfaces and query languages, weak consistency and benchmarking techniques. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)
Not available
30135D
10:00-11:50am
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Ibrahim Sabek
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 554:
Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective
Cyber-physical systems; models of computation; programming models; compiler analysis; automatic parallelization; heterogeneous computing and memory systems; multicores; interconnect; mapping; scheduling; real-time operating systems; reliability; fault-tolerance.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30665D
8:00-9:50am
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Paul Bogdan
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 555L:
Advanced Operating Systems
Advanced topics in operating system research: new OS structures, novel memory management, communication, file system, process management, reliability and security techniques.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)
Not available
29933D
2:00-3:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Harsha Madhyastha
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 557:
Computer Systems Architecture
Computer architecture from a design perspective: Pipelined processors, speculative execution, VLIW, vector processors, GPU/GPGPU, memory technology and systems, interconnection networks, shared-memory and message-passing multiprocessors, chip multiprocessors.
(4.0 units)
Prerequisite: EE 457
Not available
30820D
2:00-3:50pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Murali Annavaram
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 559:
Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods
Distribution-free and probabilistic methods for supervised classification and regression; learning algorithms; optimization techniques; feature-space transformations; parametric and nonparametric methods; Bayes decision theory; artificial neural networks.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30490D
4:00-5:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Keith Jenkins
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 561:
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30071D
3:00-4:50pm
Mon, Wed
Lecture
Laurent Itti
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 566:
Deep Learning and Its Applications
Deep learning research in computer vision, natural language processing and robotics; neural networks; deep learning algorithms, tools and software.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30387D
1:00-4:20pm
Friday
Lecture
Yue Zhao
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 567:
Machine Learning
Statistical methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems that improve performance from experiences; Focus on theoretical understanding of these methods and their computational implications. Recommended preparation: Undergraduate level training or coursework in linear algebra, multivariate calculus, basic probability and statistics; an undergraduate level course in Artificial Intelligence may be helpful but is not required.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30079D
1:00-3:20pm
Friday
Lecture
Vatsal Sharan
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 570:
Analysis of Algorithms
Explores fundamental techniques such as recursion, Fourier transform ordering, dynamic programming for efficient algorithm construction. Examples include arithmetic, algebraic, graph, pattern matching, sorting, searching algorithms.
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30395D
5:00-7:20pm
Wednesday
Lecture
Shahriar Shamsian
CSCI
https://classes.usc.edu/term-20241/classes/CSCI/
CSCI 571:
Web Technologies
Advanced study of programming languages with application to the Web. Languages for client-side and server-side processing. Examples taken from: HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, XML and others. Recommended preparation: knowledge of at least two programming languages
(4.0 units)
Not available
Not available
30322D
7:30-9:20pm
Tue, Thu
Lecture
Marco Papa