Fall 2004 Courses
   Jim Mahoney

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 Title     An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica

 When      Tues/Thurs 11:30am-1pm
 Where     Sci 217
 Number    new course
 Level     introductory
 Prereqs   none
 Area      natural sciences / computer science
 Credits   4
 See Also  mathematics
 Term      Fall 2004
 Faculty   Jim Mahoney
 Details   final exam                   no
           international/cross culture  no
           designated writing           no
           video lab/viewing            no 
           uses computers               yes, both in and out of class
 
 Text      Computer Science with Mathematica
           Roman E. Maedar
           Cambridge University Press, 2000
           ISBN 0521663954

 Blurb     An exploration of the ideas behind computer 
           programming, including function calls, 
           object oriented programming, data structures,
           and lots of other cool stuff.
           The Mathematica language is quite versatile, 
           allowing for a variety of programming styles - 
           and its easy to draw lots of pretty pictures.
           This course (or any of the similar ones 
           offered each fall in languages like Java, 
           Perl, or C++) serves as a foundation for 
           further work in computer science or any related field.  

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 Title     Web Programming with Perl

 When      Tues/Thurs 10am-11:30am
 Where     Sci 217
 Number    new course
 Level     intermediate
 Prereqs   previous programming experience
 Area      natural sciences / computer science
 Credits   3
 Term      Fall 2004
 Faculty   Jim Mahoney
 Details   final exam          no
           international       no
           designated writing  no
           video lab/viewing   no 
           uses computers      yes, both in and out of class

 Text      CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition
           Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, Gunthar Birznieks
           O'Reilly, 2000
           ISBN 1-56592-419-3

 Blurb     As you may have heard, the internet is quite
           popular these days.  Much of the content 
           you find on the WWW - text, forms, images, 
           or whatever - is created and managed 
           by computer programs.  In this class you'll
           learn how to write those programs, and along
           the way look at various internet technologies.
           We'll start by learning some Perl
           (one of the popular languages for doing
           internet work) and continue on from there,
           depending on the skills of those who take the course.

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 Title     Acoustics

 ** with Travis, 
    who's handing in the registar and bookstore stuff.

 When      Tues/Fri 1:30-3pm
 Where     Sci 217
 Credits   3
 Text      ?