Course Listing for 2019-20

Note: This is a TENTATIVE schedule. The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered "final". Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.

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Core Classes for: ALL Biomedical Computing Business Information Management Computer Game Science Computer Science Computer Science and Engineering CS-Algorithms CS-Architecture and Embedded Systems CS-Bioinformatics CS-Information CS-Intelligent Systems CS-Networked Systems CS-Systems and Software CS-Visual Computing Informatics Information and Computer Science Computer Science Informatics Networked Systems Statistics

Course	Title	description	Fall 2019	Winter 2020	Spring 2020	Summer 2020
ICS 010	ICS 010	Introduction to digital computer and communication systems. Capabilities and limitations of information technology. Representing information in digital form. Overview of computer organization, Internet, operating systems, software. Human-computer interaction and social impact. May not be taken for credit after ICS 51, ICS 52, ICS 105, or Informatics 43.	Mark Baldwin	Mustafa Ibraheem Hussain
ICS 139W	ICS 139W	Study and practice of critical and oral communication as it applies to information technology. Each student writes assignments of varying lengths, totaling at least 4,000 words.	Shannon Alfaro Kurt Squire Neil Young	Shannon Alfaro Amelia Regan Rebecca W Black Bonnie P Ruberg	Shannon Alfaro Mustafa Ibrahim Neil Young (2)
ICS 161	ICS 161	The use of an industry standard game engine in the design and implementation of a new computer game. Principles of game engine design. Students work on a team to design, implement, and evaluate a new computer game based on an engine.		Darryl Despie
ICS 162	ICS 162	Use of 3D modeling software and related tools to design and create animated, textured models, and expansive virtual worlds incorporating objects, scenes, and venues for activity within game worlds and online environments.		Shuang Zhao
ICS 163	ICS 163	Design and technology of mobile games, including mixed reality gaming, urban games, and locative media. Case studies of significant systems. Uses and limitations of location-based technologies. Infrastructures and their relationships to gameplay and design.	Aaron Trammell
ICS 166	ICS 166	Game design takes into consideration psychology, narrative, platform features and limitations, marketing, computer science capabilities, human-computer interface principles, industry trends, aesthetic judgment, and other factors. Students focus on video game design through lectures, readings, presentations, implementation, and play testing.			Craig William Morrison
ICS 167	ICS 167	Foundations and technologies that enable multiuser, networked, and persistent virtual environments. Emphasis on database design and management, network protocols, and concurrency control to accommodate large numbers of simultaneous users.		Kurt Squire
ICS 168	ICS 168	Designing and implementing a multiuser, networked, and persistent virtual environment or game. Emphasis on cultural aspects, community building, user interface issues and design, security, privacy, and economics.			Kurt Squire
ICS 169A	ICS 169A	Students work in teams to design and implement a new computer game or virtual world. Emphasis on sound, art, and level design building a community, cut scenes, production values, full utilization of hardware and software platform, and current industry trends.	Theresa Tanenbaum
ICS 169B	ICS 169B	Students work in teams to design and implement a new computer game or virtual world. Emphasis on sound, art, and level design, building a community, cut scenes, production values, full utilization of hardware and software platform, and current industry trends.		Theresa Tanenbaum
ICS 003	ICS 003	Examines current Internet technologies and social implications at the individual, group, and societal level. Blogs, wikis, sharing of video, photos, and music, e-commerce, social networking, gaming, and virtual environments. Issues include privacy, trust, identity, reputation, governance, copyright, and malicious behavior.	Daniel Gardner		Samantha Mcdonald
ICS 031	ICS 031	Introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques for writing software in a high-level programming language. Covers the syntax and semantics of data types, expressions, exceptions, control structures, input/output, methods, classes, and pragmatics of programming. Same as CSE41. Only one course from ICS 21/CSE21, ICS H21, ICS 31/CSE41, EECS10, EECS12, ENGR 10, and MAE10 may be taken for credit. (II, Vb)	Shannon Alfaro	Shannon Alfaro	Shannon Alfaro
ICS 032	ICS 032	Construction of programs for problems and computing environments more varied than in ICS 31. Using library modules for applications such as graphics, sound, GUI, database, Web, and network programming. Language features beyond those in ICS 31 are introduced as needed. Same as CSE42. Only one course from ICS 32/CSE42, ICS 22/CSE22, ICS H22, or Informatics 42 may be taken for credit. (II; Va or Vb)	Kimberly A Hermans Mustafa Ibrahim	Alex Thornton	Mustafa Ibrahim Kimberly A Hermans
ICS 032A	ICS 032A	Introduces Python syntax and semantics for fundamental programming concepts. Constructing programs for varied problems and environments. Using library modules for applications such as graphics, sound, GUI, database, Web, and network programming. Accelerated course for students with previous programming background.	Alex Thornton
ICS 033	ICS 033	Intermediate-level language features and programming concepts for larger, more complex, higher-quality software. Functional programming, name spaces, modules, class protocols, inheritance, iterators, generators, operator overloading, reflection. Analysis of time and space efficiency. Same as CSE43. Only one course from ICS 33/CSE43, ICS 22/CSE22, ICS H22, or Informatics 42 may be taken for credit. (II, Vb)	Richard Pattis	Richard Pattis (2)	Richard Pattis
ICS 398A	ICS 398A	Theories, methods, and resources for teaching computer science at the university level, particularly by teaching assistants. Classroom presentations, working with individuals, grading, motivating students. Participants will give and critique presentations and may be videotaped while teaching. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.	Hadar Ziv
ICS 004	ICS 004	Principles of human-computer interaction in evaluating, designing, and developing information presented on the World Wide Web. User characteristics, usability analysis, navigation and organization. Color, typography, multimedia, information visualization, prototyping, user studies, evaluation strategies. Web accessibility. May not be taken for credit after Informatics 131.		TBD
ICS 045C	ICS 045C	An introduction to the lexical, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of the C/C++ languages for experienced programmers. Emphasis on object-oriented programming, using standard libraries, and programming with manual garbage collection. Formerly ICS 65. Same as CSE 45C.	Alex Thornton Mustafa Ibrahim	Mustafa Ibrahim	Alex Thornton
ICS 045J	ICS 045J	An introduction to the lexical, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of the Java language for experienced programmers. Emphasis on object-oriented programming, using standard libraries, and programming with automatic garbage collection.	Kimberly A Hermans	Kimberly A Hermans
ICS 046	ICS 046	Focuses on implementation and mathematical analysis of fundamental data structures and algorithms. Covers storage allocation and memory management techniques. Same as CSE46. (Vb)	Richard Pattis Michael Shindler	Alex Thornton Michael Shindler	Alex Thornton
ICS 005	ICS 005	Explores the relationship between recent developments in information technology and current global environmental issues. Potential topics include ecoinformatics, e-waste, technological life cycle assessment, and online community building. Course activities involve reading, writing, discussion, and a final project.	Bill Tomlinson	Neil Young
ICS 051	ICS 051	Multilevel view of system hardware and software. Operation and interconnection of hardware elements. Instruction sets and addressing modes. Virtual memory and operating systems. Laboratory work using low-level programming languages.	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma Alexandru Nicolau	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma	Elaheh Bozorgzadeh
ICS 053	ICS 053	Principles and practice of engineering of computer software and hardware systems. Topics include techniques for controlling complexity; strong modularity using client-server design, virtual memory, and threads; networks; coordination of parallel activities; security and encryption; and performance optimizations. Corequisite: ICS 53L.	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma	Ian Harris	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma (2)
ICS 053L	ICS 053L	Laboratory to accompany ICS 53. Corequisite: ICS 53.	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma	Ian Harris	Jennifer Lee Wong-ma (2)
ICS 060	ICS 060	The study and critical analysis of computer games as art objects, cultural artifacts, gateways to virtual worlds, educational aids, and tools for persuasion and social change. Emphasis on understanding games in their historical and cultural contexts. ICS 60 and University Studies 12A-B-C may not both be taken for credit.	Constance Steinkuehler		Constance Steinkuehler
ICS 061	ICS 061	Principles and usage of game design elements. Introduction to technologies that support modern computer games. Students design, implement, and critique several small games.		Katie Anne Salen
ICS 062	ICS 062	Technologies for interactive media and game design. Web-based software systems, virtual world platforms and game engines. Emphasis on conceptual and architectural aspects of these technologies.			Aaron Trammell
ICS 006B	ICS 006B	Relations and their properties; Boolean algebras, formal languages; finite automata.	Irene Gassko (2)	Kimberly A Hermans	Irene Gassko
ICS 006D	ICS 006D	Covers essential tools from discrete math used in computer science with an emphasis on the process of abstracting computational problems and analyzing them mathematically. Topics include: mathematical induction, combinatorics, and recurrence relations.	Sandy Irani	Irene Gassko (2)	Irene Gassko Stanislaw Jarecki
ICS 006N	ICS 006N	Matrices and linear transformations, systems of linear equations, determinants, linear vector spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, orthogonal matrices, diagonalization, and least squares. Topics will be taught primarily from an algorithmic perspective, including computational solutions, applications, and numerical error analysis. Only one course from Information and Computer Science 6N, Mathematics 3A, and Mathematics 6G may be taken for credit. (II, Vb)	Sergio Gago Masague Gopi Meenakshisundaram	Sergio Gago Masague	Sergio Gago Masague
ICS 007	ICS 007	A unified look at a spectrum of modern tools for building, solving, and analyzing simple computational models (deterministic and random) in diverse subject areas. Tools include those for numeric/symbolic computation, and those for acquiring, organizing, translating, processing, and displaying information.			Richard Pattis
ICS 090	ICS 090	Introduces students to the School of Information and Computer Sciences. Activities focus on advising students making the transition to UCI, community building, and mostly surveying the technical areas within departments in ICS, via talks by faculty on their research. Pass/Not Pass only.	Richard Pattis Hadar Ziv
ICS H197	ICS H197	An overview of computer science and selected recent trends in research. Students attend talks on current faculty research, with opportunities for discussion. Prerequisite: participation in the ICS Honors Program or Campuswide Honors Program. Pass/Not Pass only.	Richard Lathrop