Courses

• CAS CS 552: Introduction to Operating Systems
  Examines process synchronization; I/O techniques, buffering, file systems; processor scheduling; memory management; virtual memory; job scheduling, resource allocation; system modeling; and performance measurement and evaluation.
• CAS CS 558: Computer Networks Security
  Introduces basic principles and techniques of building secure information systems. Covers network security, web security, privacy, and basic cryptographic tools (symmetric and public key cryptography, encryption, key exchange, hashing and signatures). Broader social, legal and political aspects of security addressed.
• CAS CS 562: Advanced Database Applications
  Research issues in the design and implementation of modern database systems. Spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal index structures. Indexing methods for image and multimedia databases and data warehouses. New data analysis techniques for large databases, clustering and rule discovery for very large datasets.
• CAS CS 565: Algorithmic Data Mining
  Introduction to data mining concepts and techniques. Topics include association and correlation discovery, classification and clustering of large datasets, outlier detection. Emphasis on the algorithmic aspects as well as the application of mining in real-world problems.
• CAS CS 568: Applied Cryptography
  Introduces the science and art behind the design, security analysis, and implementation of modern day cryptosystems that protect privacy and authenticity of data in transit and at rest. Demonstrates how cryptosystems evolved to withstand systems-level threats and mathematical cryptanalysis.
• CAS CS 581: Computational Fabrication
  Introduces 3D printing technology and computational methods for creating physical prototypes from geometric models. Student-led paper presentations cover research from prominent Computer Graphics and Human Computer Interaction conferences. Culminates in a design project involving a computational component and physical prototyping.
• CAS CS 585: Image and Video Computing
  Introduction to images and video as multimedia data types and algorithms for image and video understanding based on color, shading, stereo, and motion. Topics include face recognition, human-computer interfaces, animal and vehicle tracking, and medical image analysis.
• CAS CS 591: Topics in Computer Science
  Various issues in computer science that vary semester to semester. Please contact the CAS Computer Science Department for detailed descriptions. Though courses are variable credit, registration for less than four credits requires instructor approval.
• CAS EC 101: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis
  The first semester of a standard two-semester sequence for those considering further work in management or economics. Coverage includes economics of households, business firms, and markets; consumer behavior and the demand for commodities; production, costs, and the supply of commodities; price determination; competition and monopoly; efficiency of resource allocation; governmental regulation; income distribution; and poverty. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area(s): Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking.
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  • Critical Thinking
• CAS EC 102: Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis
  The second semester of a standard two-semester sequence for those considering further work in management or economics. National economic performance; the problems of recession, unemployment, and inflation; money creation, government spending, and taxation; economic policies for full employment and price stability; and international trade and payments. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Social Inquiry I.
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• CAS EC 201: Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
  Determination of commodity prices and factor prices under the differing market conditions of competition and monopoly.
• CAS EC 202: Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
  Determination of aggregate income and employment. Analysis of fiscal and monetary policy. Inflation and incomes policy. Problems of the open economy.
• CAS EC 203: Empirical Economics 1
  First semester of a two-semester sequence of empirical techniques used in economic analysis. Statistical concepts are presented and applied to a variety of economics problems. Extensive use of the statistical software package STATA will be made. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Quantitative Reasoning I.
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• CAS EC 204: Empirical Economics 2
  Builds on the material in EC203, developing more complex statistical techniques and applications. This course covers similar material to that in CAS EC 304 but in a more applied fashion (students who desire a more mathematically intense introduction to econometrics should consider taking EC 304 rather than EC 204). Note that students may not receive credit for both EC 204 and EC 304. Either EC 204 or EC 304 may be counted as one of the three required electives in the economics minor.
• CAS EC 303: Empirical Economic Analysis 1
  First semester of a two-semester sequence of empirical techniques used in economic analysis (EC303/EC304). Statistical techniques are presented and applied to a variety of economics problems. Extensive use of the statistical software package STATA. This is a more theoretically advanced version of EC203. Note that students may not get credit for both EC203 and EC303. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Quantitative Reasoning I.
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• CAS EC 304: Empirical Economic Analysis 2
  Second semester of a two-semester sequence of empirical techniques used in economic analysis. Statistical concepts are presented and applied to a variety of economics problems. Builds on the material in CAS EC 303, developing more complex statistical techniques and applications. This is a more theoretically advanced version of EC204. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Quantitative Reasoning II.
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• CAS EC 320: Economics of Less-Developed Regions
  Theoretical and empirical examination of the structural changes associated with the process of economic development; special reference to poor regions and countries; rigorous analysis of criteria for policy judgments in developing planning and programming.
• CAS EC 323: Behavioral Economics
  Introduction to a new field in economics that challenges the traditional model of rational decision-making and uses research in psychology to construct alternative models. Covers the theory of choice under certainty, uncertainty, and temptation; biases in judgment; social preferences.
• CAS EC 325: The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination in the United States
  Examines who is poor in the United States and how the evidence of poverty has changed over time. Various economic theories for the causes of poverty and discrimination are presented for examination and discussion.
• CAS EC 332: Market Structure and Economic Performance
  Structure of the American economy. The theory of imperfect competition. Topics include firm concentration and conglomeration, consumer ignorance and market failure, and advertising and technological change as part of market performance.

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