Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• CAS CS 935: Directed Study: Complexity
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in complexity.
• CAS CS 936: Directed Study: Complexity
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in complexity.
• CAS CS 937: Directed Study: Cryptography
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in cryptography.
• CAS CS 940: Directed Study: Artificial Intelligence
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in artificial intelligence.
• CAS CS 941: Directed Study: Artificial Intelligence
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in artificial intelligence.
• CAS CS 950: Directed Study: Computational Architecture
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in computational architecture.
• CAS CS 951: Directed Study: Computational Architecture
  DRS-COMP ARCH
• CAS CS 952: Directed Study: Operating Systems
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in operating systems.
• CAS CS 953: Directed Study: Operating Systems
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in operating systems.
• CAS CS 960: Directed Study: Database Management Systems
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in database management systems.
• CAS CS 961: Directed Study: Database Management Systems
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in database management systems.
• CAS CS 979: Directed Study: Computer Graphics
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in computer graphics.
• CAS CS 980: Directed Study: Computer Graphics
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in computer graphics.
• CAS CS 995: Directed Study: Computer Science
  Graduate-level directed study in a topic in computer science.
• CAS EC 501: Microeconomic Theory
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASEC201 or equivalent, and either CASEC505 or CASMA225, or consent of instructor. - Covers the basic concepts and mathematical methods of microeconomic theory. Topics include consumer demand and its foundation on preferences and budget constraints, economics of uncertainty and imperfect information, production theory, applied competitive equilibrium analysis, elementary game theory, and imperfect competition.
• CAS EC 502: Macroeconomic Theory
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS EC 202 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: EC 202 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. - Brief overview of macroeconomics, leading to mathematical models on long-run economic growth and inflation, and on short-run fluctuations with emphasis on the role of fiscal and monetary policy. Readings from research journals; introduction to analysis of macroeconomic data.
• CAS EC 505: Elementary Mathematical Economics
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASMA121) or consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASMA121) or consent of instructor. - Stresses the formulation of economic problems in mathematical terms. Topics covered include partial derivation, total differentials, constrained maximization, matrix algebra, dynamic analysis, and discounting. Cannot be taken for credit by concentrators in Mathematics or Economics and Mathematics.
• CAS EC 507: Statistics for Economists
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC203 OR CASEC303) or equivalent and elementary calculus. - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASEC203 OR CASEC303) Elementary Calculus. - Covers descriptive statistics, measures of association, dispersion, frequency distribution, probability, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis tests. Introduces multivariate regression analysis, with emphasis on specification, testing, and interpretation of econometric models. Requires working with data and use of statistical software.
• CAS EC 508: Econometrics
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC507) and for undergraduate students only, (CASEC204 or CASEC304). - Graduate Prerequisites: (CASEC507) - Standard econometric methods for empirical economic research in academic or business settings. Basic concepts: quantification of uncertainty using confidence intervals, inference of causal relationships in regressions, and prediction based on regression estimates. Working with data and use of statistical software.
• CAS EC 513: Game Theory
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASMA121 OR CASMA122 OR CASMA123 OR CASMA124 OR CASMA127 OR CASM A129) or instructor's permission. - Mathematical models of decision-making and strategic interactions: basic equilibrium notions in normal form games, including signaling games and repeated games. Applications include auctions, foreign policy, takeover bids, entry deterrence, cooperation and conflict, financial markets, and public goods.