Aravind Mohan

Spring 2025 / COSC 3399 Research Team CS

Catalog Description:
Elective for COSC major and minor. Courses of this nature are infrequent or unique topics of study offered occasionally to groups of students to broaden the departmental curriculum, to meet student demand, or to observe special events. Courses of this type may be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students are required to have a wireless tablet or laptop. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Course Overview:
Provides students with an introduction to research in the field of computer science. In this course, students get an experiential learning opportunity to conduct independent research in computer science culminating in the design, development, and release of a computational artifact. In addition to exploring writing problem statements, doing literature studies, and providing scientific models and methods, students experience the art of implementation and learn how to develop experiments and case studies to validate the correctness and efficiency of the implementation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have a deeper knowledge and understanding of how CS research works. and realize that their work can positively influence their career plans, the students and faculty at McMurry University, and a broader society that relies heavily on computer hardware and software. Students must have a wireless tablet PC or laptop computer and bring it to every research meeting.

Required Textbook:

      There is no required textbook for this course.

Course Details:

Lecture:
Monday -- 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Cooke 211.
Office Location:
Cooke C-206
Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday -- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Tuesday, Thursday -- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

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