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81 courses with the subject CS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

CS 100Introduction to Information Technology (GE)3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 101Computational Thinking3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 109Problem Solving and Programming (GE)3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 118Principles of Programming I (GE)3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Corequisite: MATH 125 , MATH 138 , MATH 168 , MATH 169 or MATH 171 . A rigorous, systematic approach to object-oriented problem solving and programming. REAL Area R

CS 119Principles of Programming II (GE)3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: A “C” or better in CS 118 or CS 109 . Pre- or
Corequisite: MATH 125 , MATH 138 , MATH 168 , MATH 169 , or MATH 171 . A rigorous, systematic approach to object-oriented problem solving and programming. REAL Area R

CS 120Principles of Computer Science I (GE)4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: A “C” or better in MATH 125 or MATH 138 ; or credit for MATH 126 , MATH 168 , OR MATH 171 . and one of the following. 1. A “C” or better in CS 101 . 2. A passing score on a placement exam approved by the School of Computing and Information Sciences. 3. A “C” or better in one of the following courses ( PHYS 111 , PHYS 112 , PHYS 221 , or PHYS 222 ). A rigorous, systematic approach to object-oriented problem solving and programming. REAL Area R

CS 198Programming Language1

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 220Principles of Computer Science II (GE)4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Grade of ”C” or better in either CS 119 or CS 120 . Continuation, from CS 120, of the development of a disciplined approach to programming, with emphasis on data abstraction. REAL Area R

CS 225Web Programming I3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in CS 118 or CS 120 . An introduction to web programming for those students that already understand programming fundamentals. Includes an introduction to a variety of web based programming languages as well as an introduction to operating system environments that support web applications. REAL Area L

CS 230Foundations of Cloud Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 119 or CS 120 with a grade of “C” or better. Introductory study of cloud computing terminology; economic and technical advantages of using the cloud, key considerations and challenges organizations face during cloud migration, and fundamentals to maintain (including optimizing and securing) cloud infrastructure for their organization. Students study a commercial cloud platform, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). Prepares students to take a foundational cloud certification exam, such as the AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud Digital Leader.

CS 250Introduction to GIS4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 252Foundations of Computer Systems3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 118 , CS 119 , or CS 120 with a grade of “C” or better. Hands-on, activity-based study of the foundations of systems and their interconnection. Topics will include the interconnection between operating systems, computer organization, high level programming languages, compilers and networking.

CS 300Introduction to Collections, Data Structures, and Algorithms3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 120 (Grade of “C” or better). Will explore the concepts of simple collections as well as the data structures and algorithms used to implement them with a particular focus on optimization.

CS 302Algorithms and Optimization3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: INSY 301 (Grade of “C” or better). The course will explore advanced data structures and optimization strategies.

CS 307Programming Practicum1

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 or permission of instructor. Provides practical experience writing programs to solve non-trivial, self-contained problems. The course includes lectures teaching and reviewing standard algorithms and data structures (e.g. searching a state space, and graph representations), discussion on how they might need to be adapted to a particular task at hand, and supervised lab time coding solutions. Problems are similar to those on programming contests, although participating in such contests is not required for the class (nor vice versa).

CS 310Programming in C and Unix3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. Introduces the C programming language including C library routines and the system call interface to the Unix operating system. File and terminal I/O, process control, and interprocess communication are also covered.

CS 320Procedural Analysis and Design3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. An introduction to procedural analysis, design and programming for students who have prior exposure to object technology. Includes an introduction to a procedural language and procedural methods.

CS 322Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 (Grade of “C” or better) and MATH 171 , MATH 169 , or MATH 151 . An introduction to discrete mathematical concepts including set theory, finite state machines, and induction. REAL Area R

CS 324Principles of Computer Science III3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. Continuation, from CS 220 , of the development of a disciplined approach to programming with emphasis on data abstraction. REAL Area R

CS 325Web Programming II3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 225 with a grade of “C” or better and either CS 340 or both INSY 304 and INSY 315 . Continuation of Web Programming I course for tools, methods, and technologies for designing and producing web pages incorporating multimedia content. More basic technologies and tools and methods for designing and managing world wide web programming and development are discussed. Emphasis is placed on server side scripting applications including “data-driven” web applications. Students gain practical experience developing complete “data-driven” web applications using server-side scripts.

CS 335Software Testing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 120 with a grade of “C” or better. This course introduces students to software testing for students already familiar with the principles of information technology, object-oriented programming, and web programming. Students will gain knowledge of concepts in software testing while applying those concepts to the testing of both object-oriented software components and web software components.

CS 340Database I3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better, and CS 252 . A breadth first introduction to database systems including the relational model, SQL, security, database design, and stored procedures. REAL Area L

CS 345Introduction to Information Security3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in either CS 119 or CS 120 . Covers the fundamentals of information security. Lectures focus on providing a broad overview of principles, policies and procedures in security. REAL Area L

CS 350Introduction to Computer Networking3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. This course covers networking concepts including ISO reference model, TCP/IP protocol, and various network classifications as well as hands-on experience. REAL Area L

CS 352Computer Organization3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. Pre- or
Corequisite: CS 322 with a grade of “C” or better. Covers relationships among computer components, structures and systems, hardware features, costs, and capabilities.

CS 360Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 and CS 322 . Includes data structures, concepts and algorithms used in the solution of nonnumeric problems; applications to data management systems, file organization, information retrieval, list processing and programming languages. Cornerstone

CS 370Software Engineering I3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 with a grade of “C” or better. Introduction to the principles of software engineering and the design and implementation strategies appropriate for large software projects. Includes project planning, specification of project requirements, architectural design, verification and validation techniques, and software maintenance. REAL Area L

CS 371Operating Systems3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 352 . Principles of operating systems including interaction between operating systems and architecture of computer systems with emphasis on resource management.

CS 380Organization of Programming Languages3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 . Programming language constructs, run-time behavior of programs, desirable features of languages, design and implementation considerations to obtain those features.

CS 390Career Preparation1

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: SCIS major with sophomore standing. A seminar series designed to aid in the transition from the university to work. Includes topics in resume and career preparation.

CS 395Information Technology Project Management3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Equips students with the necessary skill set to complete the project management process from conception to closing. Students will be able to perform build vs buy analyses, develop project charters, elicit customer requirements, estimate schedules, manage costs, and effectively close a project. These skills are vital in today’s business and IT workforce. REAL Area L

CS 398Software Development Technologies1-3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 220 (grade of C or better) and permission of instructor. Enables students to gain experience with programming languages, operating systems, and other tools, and technologies that are used to develop software. This course may be taken multiple times with a different topic each time.

CS 410Modeling and Simulation3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 320 and STAT 301 . An introduction to mathematical modeling and the simulation of models using a high-level programming language.

CS 411Societal Security in Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Junior Standing. Course will explore the concepts of Cybercrime, Cyber Law, Cyber ethics, Cyber policy, and Privacy.

CS 420Computability Theory and Formal Languages3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 322 . A survey of attempts to model computation and formal language concepts.

CS 421Dependable Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 370 (Grade of “C” or better). Course will explore the concept of a comprehensive dependability engineering process for software development in which the reasons for and the interrelationships between the various parts are clear and justified.

CS 425Advanced Web Development3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 325 . An advanced development class in Web programming for those students that have completed the Web Programming I and Web Programming II sequence. Includes the applied study of Web services, asynchronous web programming, web server configuration, web object oriented constructs, and other current topics in Web development.

CS 430Computer Graphics3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Corequisite: CS 360 A survey of the data structures and algorithms used in computer graphics.

CS 440Data Engineering3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: A grade of ‘C’ or better in CS 220 and CS 370 . Pre- or
Corequisite: CS 340 Cross-Listed: CS 540 Project-based learning experience to acquire programming skills to ingest, transform, and explore data. Students gain hands-on experience: (1) building pipelines to collect, process, visualize, and store data, and (2) assessing data quality while exploring, cleaning, and preparing data for analysis, machine learning, and other data science applications. Emphasizes programming techniques for parallel and distributed environments including server clusters and cloud computing.

CS 441Database II3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 340 with a “C” or better. A continuation of the introductory database course covering techniques used to model and manipulate large data sets. Course provides more in-depth coverage of triggers, assertions, PL/SQL, logical design, and normalization. Course introduces physical design of the database management system.

CS 442Data Warehousing and Visualization4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: ( CS 340 or INSY 304 ) with a grade of “C” or better and STAT 200 or STAT 301 . Advanced examination of the principles of database systems to support analytical applications, studying and practicing techniques for modeling, managing, analyzing, and visualizing large data sets. Explores traditional and cloud-based software architectures for implementing the entire business intelligence pipeline: ETL process, data quality, dimensional modeling, data visualization, and machine learning algorithms. Emphasizes communicating with data (oral and written) to empower data-driven decision making.

CS 443Cloud Database Architecture3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: ( CS 340 or INSY 304 ) with a C or better. Hands-on, activity-based study of purpose-built, cloud-native databases emphasizing NoSQL models. Introduces cloud computing concepts and principles through the study of Amazon database services including relational databases: RDS and Aurora, and non-relational databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, Neptune, and QLDB.

CS 445Computer System and Database Security3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 345 , and ( CS 340 or INSY 304 ), and ( ITEC 220 or INSY 315 ). Threats and vulnerabilities in software systems, principles to design and implement secure software systems, database and information security.

CS 451Network Design and Analysis3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 322 , CS 350 , either STAT 200 or STAT 301 , and one of the following: MATH 169 , MATH 152 , or MATH 171 . Covers network design and analysis concepts and tools including optimization and traffic engineering.

CS 452Distributed Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 350 and CS 371 . Covers analysis and design of distributed systems.

CS 453Distributed and Cloud Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: INSY 301 (Grade of “C” or better), CS 350 (Grade of “C” or better) The course will explore theoretical concepts and hands-on practices on distributed and cloud computing.

CS 455Applied Cryptography and Network Security3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 345 , and either CS 350 or both INSY 205 and INSY 315 . Threats and vulnerabilities in computer networks, cryptography and its application to network security mechanisms, secure network protocols, and network intrusion detection systems.

CS 460Translator Design and Construction3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 352 and CS 380 or CS 420 ; or permission of instructor. Logical design of and construction techniques for compilers and interpreters. Students will complete a major project implementing a compiler or an interpreter.

CS 465Computer System Security Analysis and Investigation Techniques3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 352 , CS 445 . Pre- or
Corequisite: CS 371 . Students will learn ethical hacking, conduct formal security analysis of computing infrastructure; apply investigation techniques to detect vulnerabilities and threats in software and hardware including reverse engineering program binaries for malware analysis, memory and disk analysis; systems analysis of embedded devices.

CS 471Software Engineering II3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 370 . A continuation of principles of software engineering and the design and implementation strategies appropriate for large software projects. Includes the use of CASE tools, extreme programming methods, software metrics, verification, validation, quality assurance, and a further exploration of the principles of human-computer interaction.

CS 472Software Engineering III3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 471 . A continuation of principles of software engineering and the design and implementation strategies appropriate for large software elected topics in Information Technology, as student and faculty interest demands. A new course description is available each time the course is offered. Interested students should contact the course instructor before registering.

CS 473Advanced Software Engineering4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 370 (Grade of “C” or better) The course will explore the concepts of advanced principles of software engineering and the design and implementation strategies appropriate for large software projects. This course includes the use of front-end and back-end development tools, agile programming methods, secure coding standards, software metrics, verification, validation, quality assurance, as well as the exploration of the principles of human-computer interaction.

CS 474Secure Software Engineering Capstone Course3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 473 (Grade of “C” or better), CS 421 (Grade of “C” or better) The capstone course presents students an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to real industry problems. Working together with industry leaders and INSY instructors, students take on complex and challenging technological problems.

CS 475Security of Cyber-Physical Systems3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 345 . An introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems focused on the threats, vulnerabilities, and other challenges facing these systems and how those threats impact the capability, adaptability, scalability, resiliency, safety, security, and usability of those systems.

CS 480Artificial Intelligence3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 322 and CS 324 . An introduction to the study of intelligence as computation.

CS 481Fundamentals and Usage of Generative AI3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 120 This course provides a comprehensive exploration of generative artificial intelligence, covering foundational concepts, practical applications, and agentic AI systems. Students will gain hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering techniques, and AI-assisted software development.

CS 482Deep Learning, Transformers, and Large Language Models3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 488Honors Capstone Project3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Completion of all the required information systems courses up to the 300-level courses; enrollment in the Honors Program; senior standing. To earn a bachelor’s degree with honors in Computer Science and Technology or Information Sciences and Systems, a student must complete a research project, write a report and make an oral presentation of the work done. In order to be eligible of a degree with honors, a student must earn a grade of “A” or “B” for the final project.

CS 489AI Capstone Project3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: ( CS 481 or CS 581 ) and ( CS 482 or CS 582 ) and ( CS 440 or CS 540 ) Students will take the knowledge from the previous AI courses and will create a project in conjunction with a faculty member that demonstrates their knowledge of AI in one or more areas. Examples are advanced prompt engineering, fine tuning, model training, creation of software with agentic AI, creation of applications that use AI.

CS 493Selected Topics in Information Technology3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Selected topics in computer science, information systems, or information technology, as student and faculty interest demands. A new course description is available each time the class is offered. Interested students should contact the course instructor before registering.

CS 498Independent Study1-6

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Independent Study courses are designed to permit students to investigate independently specific problems or areas of interest under the direction of a faculty advisor.

CS 510Foundations of Networking, Operating Systems and Scripting4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: None. The course provides practice using systems on a cyber range, using Linux and Windows OS and covers the foundations of networking and scripting.

CS 511Teaching Societal Security in Computing3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: admission into the Cybersecurity Education certificate program, or permission of instructor
Corequisite: None Pre- or

CS 540Data Engineering3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing. Cross-Listed: ITEC 440 Project-based learning experience to acquire programming skills to ingest, transform, and explore data. Students gain hands-on experience: (1) building pipelines to collect, process, visualize, and store data, and (2) assessing data quality while exploring, cleaning, and preparing data for analysis, machine learning, and other data science applications. Emphasizes programming techniques for parallel and distributed environments including server clusters and cloud computing.

CS 541Advanced Database Management Systems3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 542Data Warehousing and Visualization3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 543Cloud Data Engineering3

(3) Hands-on introduction to designing and developing data pipelines on a cloud platform to ingest, process, store, and visualize data. In-depth study of data engineering services emphasizing purpose-built, cloud-native NoSQL database services and event-driven, serverless computing. Students design and develop database applications using multiple cloud services.

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 545Fundamentals of Cybersecurity for Educators4

Enables educators to incorporate cybersecurity into K-12 and community college curriculum.

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 546Advanced Cybersecurity for Educators4

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Advanced concepts in cybersecurity for students with prior IT knowledge in areas of networking and discrete math.

CS 581Fundamentals and Usage of AI in Software Engineering3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 370 This course provides a comprehensive exploration of generative artificial intelligence, covering foundational concepts, practical applications, and agentic AI systems used to develop software. Students will gain hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering techniques, and AI-assisted software development. Academic Level Graduate

CS 582Introduction to Deep Learning3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 589AI Capstone3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 581 , CS 582 Students will take the knowledge from the previous AI courses and will create a project in conjunction with a faculty member that demonstrates their knowledge of AI in one or more areas. Examples are advanced prompt engineering, fine tuning, model training, creation of software with agentic AI, creation of applications that use AI.

CS 593Selected Topics in Information Technology

Variable credit, (1-3)

Subject: CS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. ITEC 593 covers selected topics in information technology, as student and faculty interest demands. A new course description is available each time the class is offered. Interested students should contact the course instructor before registering.

CS 641Distributed Systems Design3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Corequisite: CS 543 . A study of distributed database management systems including study of data fragmentation, query processing, scalability, and performance.

CS 645Information Security, Privacy and Reliability3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Admission into the Data and Information Management program, or permission of instructor. Advanced examination of the reliability, security and privacy issues in storage, transmission and processing of data. The course covers security of database management systems and the infrastructure on which they execute privacy issues and mechanisms that ensure reliability of enterprise database management systems.

CS 647Enterprise Information Architecture3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 542 and CS 645 Studies comprehensive, enterprise-wide approaches to organize, protect, and control trusted information from diverse sources as a strategic enterprise asset. The course covers information governance, master data management, metadata management, data quality and integration, and cloud computing architectures.

CS 660Distributed Algorithms3

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

CS 693Selected Topics in Data Science

Variable credit, (1-6)

Subject: CS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Topics in data science to be studied are decided by the instructor, school curriculum committee, and school director. Content will depend on student and faculty interest. Course outlines will be approved by the School of Computing and Information Sciences Graduate Curriculum Committee before the course is offered.

CS 695Practicum in Data Science: Capstone Project1-6

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 541 or CS 542 , admission into the Data and Information Management program, or permission of instructor. This course provides students in the Data and Information Management program an opportunity to conduct research or project in the data science field under the direction of SCIS faculty members. Results of the applied project will be formally presented at the end of each semester. This course may be taken more than once for credit but no more than 6 hours may be applied to the degree.

CS 698Directed Study in Information Technology

Variable credit, (1-4)

Subject: CS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate ITEC Faculty. Directed Study courses are designed to provide graduate students an opportunity to investigate independently specific problems or areas of interest under the direction of a graduate faculty member. The content of the course will vary with each offering and requires the approval of the supervising professor, advisor, department chairperson, and the Graduate Dean. Refer to detailed policies and procedures outlined in the catalog.

CS 699Thesis1-6

1-6 (Variable) May be repeated for credit.

Subject: CS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit.
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: CS 541 or CS 542 , admission into the Data and Information Management program, or permission of instructor. This course provides students in the Data and Information Management program an opportunity to conduct research in the data and information management field under the direction of ITEC faculty members. Results of the research will be formally presented at the end of the final semester. A total of 6 credits are required to complete the Thesis option.

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