Coursework:

The following is a list of departments that offer classes through other UA schools and departments that focus on IS/IT and related issues, including communication, computer science, linguistics, MIS, psychology, philosophy and systems & industrial engineering.

Students interested in taking these classes should keep in mind:

* Always consult with your advisor before enrolling in a class outside the department.
* Graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses offered through other departments are generally open only to students in those programs. However, SIRLS students may petition to enroll in these classes on a space available basis.
* Students should contact the instructor of the class prior to the beginning of the semester.

•Communications Department
•Computer Science Department
•Information Resoures and Library Science
•Linguistics Department
•Management of Information Systems Department
•Philosophy Department
•Psychology Department
•Systems Industrial Engineering

Communications top
COMM 696G -- Message Analysis (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers. May be repeated: for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments). Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

Computer Science top
C SC555 -- Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a central theme or topic of the course. Identical to: PHIL 555 ; PHIL is home department. May be convened with: C SC 455. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

C SC 560 -- Database Systems Implementation (3 units) Description: Emphasis on DBMS architecture and implementation issues such as storage structures, multidimensional index structures, query optimization, concurrency control and recovery, and parallel database systems. Prerequisite(s): C SC 460. Usually offered: Spring.

C SC 570 -- Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: General introductory course in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Discussion of AI and its relationship to cognitive psychology, philosophy, math, and computer science. Focus on underlying concepts rather than the engineering and applied aspects of AI. For advanced undergraduate and graduate students coming from a variety of disciplines. Graduate level requirements include an additional project and assignments. Identical to: PSYC 570 ; C SC is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 470. Usually offered: Fall.

C SC 576 -- Computer Architecture (3 units) Description: Design of computers, including instruction set design, processor implementation, pipelining, memory hierarchy, vector processors, and parallel architectures. Emphasis on hardware and software tradeoffs. Prerequisite(s): C SC 452, ECE 369. Usually offered: Fall.

Information Resoures and Library Science top
IRLS 575 -- Human Factors in Information Systems  (3 units) Description:  Study of the human-information system interface: computers, human information processing. Graduate-level requirements include groupwork and longer examinations. May be convened with:  IRLS 475. Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 587 -- Information Seeking Behaviors  (3 units) Description:  Information-seeking theories, methods, and user behaviors will be covered in order to gain an understanding of how different groups of people seek, gather and retrieve information in a variety of information environments. Information-seeking behavior draws on literature from library and information science, psychology, and communications. Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 613 -- Systems Analysis and Evaluation  (3 units) Description:  Introduction to quantitative methods for analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of the various systems that make up an information service such as a library. Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

Linguistics top
LING 522 -- Lexical Semantics (3 units) Description: Study of word and sentence meaning, relationship between the lexicon and the grammar, idioms, metaphor, etymology, and change of meaning. Prerequisite(s): one course in linguistics. Identical to: PHIL 522. Usually offered: Spring.

LING 532 -- Psychology of Language (3 units) Description: Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production of sounds, words, and sentences. Other topics may include language breakdown and acquisition, brain and language, and bilingual processing. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive readings and writing. Identical to: PHIL 532, PSYC 532. May be convened with: LING 432. Usually offered: Spring.

LING 538 -- Computational Linguistics (3 units) Description: Fundamentals of formal language theory; syntactic and semantic processing; the place of world knowledge in natural language processing. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of assignments and a higher level of performance. Identical to:
LING 538; LING is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 438. Usually offered: Fall.

LING 544 -- Typology and Universals (3 units) Description: An examination of the syntactic diversity presented by natural human languages and an exploration of the issues that such diversity presents for syntactic analysis. Topics include AUX, word order, constituency, and subjects. Usually offered: Fall.

LING 563 -- Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical form. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a central theme or topic of the course. Identical to: PHIL 563; PHIL is home department. May be convened with: LING 463. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

LING 696A -- Syntax and Semantics (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers. May be repeated: for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments). Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

Management of Information Systems top
MIS 507B -- Data Communications (3 units) Description: Comprehensive view of data and computer communications. Explores key issues in the field, in the general categories of principles (including basic concepts and terminology used in the field); design approaches and applications in business; standards such as the IEEE, OSI, TCP/IP and others. Usually offered: Spring.

MIS 511 -- Social Issues of Computing (3 units) Description: Broad survey of the individual, organizational, cultural, social and ethical issues provoked by current and projected uses of computers. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper. May be convened with: MIS 411. Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

MIS 535 -- Data Management: Technology and Applications (3 units) Description: Introduction to fundamentals of database systems, design techniques and their use in organizations. Course covers relational database technology and focuses on design of database applications. Case studies will be used to illustrate the use of database systems for strategic and operational decision making. Emerging technologies and their applications will be covered. Students will get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art commercial relational and object-oriented database technology and learn to use SQL. Prerequisite(s): basic working knowledge of computers. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

MIS 541A -- Introduction to Information Systems Analysis and Design (3 units) Description: Tools, techniques and methodologies for Business Process Re-Engineering, information systems analysis and design. Other topics to be discussed include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and supply chain management. Students are expected to undertake a project in a "real world" setting. Identical to: C SC 541A. Usually offered: Fall.

MIS 550 -- International Dimensions of Information Technologies (3 units) Description: National and regional information technology development strategies and policies; IT and national sovereignty; development and control of global "information highways;" impact of public and business policies on information systems design and use; international institutions and IT: convergence or divergence of information systems across countries, regions and international economic sectors. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper or program and a class presentation. May be convened with: MIS 450. Usually offered: Fall.

MIS 551 -- Enterprises and Business Intelligence Systems (3 units) Description: This course addresses implementation and management of scalable enterprise and business intelligence systems. Topics include data warehouse design and implementation, OLAP and data mining concepts and technology and middleware standards and tools for integrating enterprise and intelligence systems using the web platform. Oracle and IBM tools for implementing these systems will be utilized. Graduate-level requirements include an additional in-depth term paper and 30% more reading. Prerequisite(s): MIS 531A, MIS 531B. May be convened with: MIS 451. Usually offered: Fall.

MIS 553 -- Software Systems (3 units) Description: Software development and software engineering; brings together the elements of programming language, operating system, and development techniques; teaches and uses the C programming language and the Unix operating system. Graduate-level requirements include the production of several medium-sized programs, with emphasis on the program life-cycle, maintainability, and life-cost. Prerequisite(s): some knowledge of data structure. May be convened with: MIS 453. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

MIS 570 -- Management and Evaluation of Information Systems (3 units) Description: The methodologies of economics and management information systems are applied to the problem of designing and evaluating information systems for a profit-maximizing firm. An MBA integrative course. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

MIS 578 -- Project Management (3 units) Description: Projects are the preferred way to get things done today in business. Course focuses on the problems and methods of running projects; special attention to information technology and software projects. Students manage real projects, use scheduling software, study cases and analytical tools. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper or program. May be convened with: MIS 478. Usually offered: Fall.

MIS 580 -- Knowledge Management: Techniques and Practices (3 units) Description: Knowledge Management (KM) is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, sharing and evaluating an enterprise's information and knowledge assets. This course reviews and discusses existing enabling technologies in KM and new, emerging KM technologies and practices. Such technologies are presented in the context of emerging Internet, data mining, e-commerce, and enterprise computing applications. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper. May be convened with: MIS 480. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

MIS 581 -- Internet Business and Technology (3 units) Description: This course examines the information content, design, implementation, operational, managerial, business and legal issues that are essential to doing business on the Internet. Graduate-level requirements include an Internet overview and a case study analysis. Identical to: JOUR 581. May be convened with: MIS 481. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

Philosophy top
PHIL 532 -- Psychology of Language (3 units) Description: Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production of sounds, words, and sentences. Other topics may include language breakdown and acquisition, brain and language, and bilingual processing. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive readings and writing. Identical to: PHIL 532, PSYC 532. May be convened with: LING 432. Usually offered: Spring.

PHIL 555 -- Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a central theme or topic of the course. Identical to: PSYC 555 ; PHIL is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 455. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

PHIL 563 -- Philosophy of Language (3 units) Description: Survey of basic issues in the philosophy of language such as: speech acts, reference, meaning, logical form. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a central theme or topic of the course. Identical to: LING 563; PHIL is home department. May be convened with: LING 463. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

Psychology top
PSYC 506 -- Neural Encoding: Memory and Comprehension of Mammals (3 units) Description: Theoretical principles and biological mechanisms by which information is represented, categorized, stored, and recalled in specific central nervous system (CNS) circuits in the course of adaptive behavior. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a single aspect of neural encoding. Prerequisite(s):
PSYC 507B. Identical to: NRSC 506. May be convened with: PSYC 406. Usually offered: Fall.

PSYC 528 -- Cognitive Neuroscience (3 units) Description: Recent advances in analysis of the neural bases of cognitive functions, such as learning, memory, and thinking. May be repeated: for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments). Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

PSYC 532 -- Psychology of Language (3 units) Description: Introduction to language processing. The psychological processes involved in the comprehension and production of sounds, words, and sentences. Other topics may include language breakdown and acquisition, brain and language, and bilingual processing. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive readings and writing. Identical to: PHIL 532, PSYC 532. May be convened with: LING 432. Usually offered: Spring.

PSYC 538 -- Computational Linguistics (3 units) Description: Fundamentals of formal language theory; syntactic and semantic processing; the place of world knowledge in natural language processing. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of assignments and a higher level of performance. Identical to: LING 538; LING is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 438. Usually offered: Fall.
PSYC 555 -- Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: Interdisciplinary problems lying at the interface of philosophy and artificial intelligence. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a central theme or topic of the course. Identical to: PHIL 555 ; PHIL is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 455. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

PSYC 570 -- Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3 units) Description: General introductory course in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Discussion of AI and its relationship to cognitive psychology, philosophy, math, and computer science. Focus on underlying concepts rather than the engineering and applied aspects of AI. For advanced undergraduate and graduate students coming from a variety of disciplines. Graduate level requirements include an additional project and assignments. Identical to: C SC 570 ; C SC is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 470. Usually offered: Fall.

PSYC 595D -- Brain, Behavior and Computation (1 unit) Description: The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants. May be repeated: for a total of 7 units of credit. Identical to: NRSC 595D; NRSC is home department. May be convened with: PSYC 495D. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

PSYC 596F -- Cognitive Psychology (3 units) Description: The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers. May be repeated: for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments). Usually offered: Fall, Spring.

Systems Industrial Engineering top
SIE 511 -- Human Factors and Ergonomic Design II (3 units) Description: Advanced human-centered design with emphasis on human-system interfaces. Applications to computer and information systems, consumer products, manufacturing processes, etc., according to student interest. A project will be required. Graduate-level requirements include separate examinations and a major project. Credit for: 1 unit engineering science, 2 units engineering design. May be convened with: SIE 411. Usually offered: Spring.

SIE 558 -- Fuzzy Sets in Systems Analysis and Decision Making (3 units) Description: Fuzzy numbers' definition, operations; fuzzy regression, interpolation and reliability, fuzzy logic, optimization and control; fuzzy events and decision-making applications in areas such as systems, civil, industrial, electrical, computer engineering and water management. Usually offered: Fall.

SIE 573 -- Concepts in Information and Communication Systems (3 units) Description: Graduate-level requirements include a course project in the subject area. Credit for: 3 units engineering science. Usually offered: Spring. (This sounds interesting but I couldn't find a more detailed course description.--Mary)

SIE 574 -- Decision Support Systems (3 units) Description: Building, testing and evaluating expert systems, computer systems that emulate the human and draw conclusions based on incomplete or inaccurate data. Each student will build a decision support system using commercially available expert system shells. Students will use many tools to test and validate their systems. Graduate-level requirements include a strong testing and validation study of student's expert system. Credit for: 1 unit engineering science, 2 units engineering design. May be convened with: SIE 474. Usually offered: Fall.