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Curriculum: Align Computer Science — Online Canada

Align Bridge Coursework

Students are required to take all bridge courses unless otherwise determined by the program.

A grade of B or higher is required in each course.

Code Title Hours
Fundamentals
CS 5001 and CS 5003 Intensive Foundations of Computer Science and Recitation for CS 5001 4
Discrete Structures
CS 5002 Discrete Structures 4
Object-Oriented Design
CS 5004 and CS 5005 Object-Oriented Design and Recitation for CS 5004 4
Additional ALIGN courses
CS 5008 and CS 5009 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Their Applications within ComputerSystems and Recitation for CS 5008 4

Core Requirements

Code Title Hours
CS 5800 Algorithms 4
CS 7980 Research Capstone 4

Breadth Areas

Select three courses from two of the three following breadth areas:

Code Title Hours
Select three courses from two of the three following breadth areas: 12
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
CS 5100 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
CS 5150 Game Artificial Intelligence
CS 5200 Database Management Systems
CS 5330 Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision
CS 6120 Natural Language Processing
CS 6140 Machine Learning
CS 6200 Information Retrieval
CS 6220 Data Mining Techniques
CS 6240 Large-Scale Parallel Data Processing
CS 7140 Advanced Machine Learning
Systems and Software
CS 5400 Principles of Programming Language
CS 5500 Foundations of Software Engineering
CS 5520 Mobile Application Development
CS 5600 Computer Systems
CS 5610 Web Development
CS 5700 Fundamentals of Computer Networking
CS 6410 Compilers
CS 6510 Advanced Software Development
CS 6650 Building Scalable Distributed Systems
Theory and Security
CS 6760 Privacy, Security, and Usability
CS 7805 Complexity Theory
CY 5770 Software Vulnerabilities and Security
CY 6740 Network Security

Electives

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Code Title Hours
8
CS 5097 Mixed Reality
CS 5170 Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction
CS 5180 Reinforcement Learning and Sequential Decision Making
CS 5310 Computer Graphics
CS 5335 Robotic Science and Systems
CS 5340 Computer/Human Interaction
CS 5350 Computational Geometry
CS 5360 Noninteractive Computer Graphics
CS 5540 Game Programming
CS 5963 Topics
CS 5964 Projects for Professionals
CS 5976 Directed Study
CS 6130 Affective Computing
CS 6350 Empirical Research Methods
CS 6640 Operating Systems Implementation
CS 6954 Co-op Work Experience – Half-Time
CS 6955 Co-op Work Experience Abroad – Half-Time
CS 6964 Co-op Work Experience
CS 6965 Co-op Work Experience Abroad
CS 6983 Topics in Computer Science
CS 7150 Deep Learning
CS 7170 Seminar in Artificial Intelligence
CS 7180 Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CS 7200 Statistical Methods for Computer Science
CS 7240 Principles of Scalable Data Management: Theory, Algorithms, and Database Systems
CS 7250 Information Visualization: Theory and Applications
CS 7260 Visualization for Network Science
CS 7270 Seminar in Database Systems
CS 7280 Special Topics in Database Management
CS 7290 Special Topics in Data Science
CS 7295 Special Topics in Data Visualization
CS 7300 Empirical Research Methods for Human Computer Interaction
CS 7332 Machine Learning with Graphs
CS 7340 Theory and Methods in Human Computer Interaction
CS 7375 Seminar in Human-Computer Interaction
CS 7380 Special Topics in Graphics/Image Processing
CS 7400 Intensive Principles of Programming Languages
CS 7430 Formal Specification, Verification, and Synthesis
CS 7470 Seminar in Programming Languages
CS 7480 Special Topics in Programming Language
CS 7485 Special Topics in Formal Methods
CS 7575 Seminar in Software Engineering
CS 7580 Special Topics in Software Engineering
CS 7600 Intensive Computer Systems
CS 7680 Special Topics in Computer Systems
CS 7610 Foundations of Distributed Systems
CS 7670 Seminar in Computer Systems
CS 7675 Master’s Research
CS 7680 Special Topics in Computer Systems
CS 7770 Seminar in Computer Networks
CS 7775 Seminar in Computer Security
CS 7800 Advanced Algorithms
CS 7805 Complexity Theory
CS 7810 Foundations of Cryptography
CS 7840 Foundations and Applications of Information Theory
CS 7870 Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science
CS 7880 Special Topics in Theoretical Computer Science
CS 7990 Thesis
CS 8674 Master’s Project
CS 8982 Readings
CY 5001 Cybersecurity: Technologies, Threats, and Defenses
CY 5010 Cybersecurity Principles and Practices
CY 5130 Computer System Security
CY 6120 Software Security Practices
DS 5110 Essentials of Data Science
DS 5230 Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

36-44 total semester hours required

Minimum 3.000 GPA required

* Please note: this curriculum is for marketing purposes only, and is subject to change.