The Department of Computer Science & Engineering
cse@buffalo
CSE 111: GREAT IDEAS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (Fall 2004)

Instructor: Prof. William J. Rapaport
Times: MWF 12:00 noon - 12:50 p.m.
Classroom: Knox 109

This course is designed to help satisfy the General Education requirements for either the UB/SUNY Requirements in Mathematical Sciences or Knowledge Area Requirements in Mathematical Skills.

The themes of the course are algorithmic problem solving and the nature of computation. You will gain an appreciation for some of the most interesting and significant results of computer science, as well as its intellectual and social significance. The course has both a mathematical and laboratory component. Topics include some or all of: representation of information, algorithm design, introduction to structured programming, numerical computation, computability, and artificial intelligence.

There is no prerequisite.

Admitted CSE/CEN majors should NOT enroll in this course.

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William J. Rapaport (rapaport@buffalo.edu)
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