Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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546 ENGINEERING CENTER (248) 370-2200
FAX: (248) 370-4625
Department Website: oakland.edu/secs/cse

Interim Chairperson: Lunjin Lu

Professors emeriti: David E. Boddy, Glenn A. Jackson, Janusz W. Laski, Sarma R. Vishnubhotla, Thomas G. Windeknecht

Professors:  Huirong Fu, Ishwar K. Sethi, Gautam Singh

Associate professors: Debatosh Debnath, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Lunjin Lu, Nilesh Patel, Guangzhi Qu, Mohammad-Reza Siadat

Assistant professors:  Mehdi Bagherzadhi, Erik Fredericks, Anyi Liu, Khalid Mahmood, Hua Ming, Yonghong Yan

Visiting assistant professor: Paul Bonamy, Simon Ellis, Xiaotong Lin, Shital Joshi

Special instructors: Laura Dinsmoor

Lecturer: Mary Schmotzer

Adjunct faculty: Preston Brooks, Theresa Rowe

Advisory Board

The Computer Science and Engineering Advisory Board assists the department in enhancing its educational and research programs and ensuring their relevance to current and emerging technological needs. Board members are:

Paul Besl, Ph.D., Parallel and Distributed Systems Engineer, Intel Corporation
Richard J. Chutarash, ESG-Automotive
Laura Dillon, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Gregory Mason, President, USDI
Jason Prater, PLEX Systems
Theresa Rowe, Chief Information Office, Oakland University
Ramasamy Uthurusamy, Ph.D., retired, Emerging Technologies, General Motors
Lawrence C. Wehner, Application Software Executive, Hewlett-Packard
Donald J. Welch, Ph.D., President and CEO, Merit Network, Inc. 

General Information

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering carries out the mission of the School of Engineering and Computer Science by offering separate undergraduate majors in Computer Science and Information Technology. The department also offers masters programs in Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Technology, and a Ph.D. program in Computer Science and Informatics. The undergraduate programs in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Schedule of classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes: sail.oakland.edu.

The 500 level CSE courses are graduate level courses. These are open to undergraduate students with instructor permission and major standing (See Graduate Catalog for descriptions).

• CSE 522 Objective Oriented Analysis and Design
• CSE 538 Software Verification and Testing
• CSE 542 Software Architecture and Components
• CSE 549 Wireless and Industrial Networks
• CSE 555 Visual Computing
• CSE 581 Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery
• CSE 583 E-Commerce and ERP

Programs

• Computer Science, B.S.
• Computer science, computing or information technology minors
• Computing Minor
• Information Technology Minor
• Information Technology, B.S.

Courses

• CIT 120 - Introduction to Computing and Programming using Excel
• CIT 122 - Computer Animation
• CIT 130 - Introduction to Computer Programming
• CIT 131 - Computer Programming
• CIT 202 - Ethics and Social Impacts of Computing
• CIT 230 - Object-Oriented Computing I
• CIT 247 - Introduction to Computer Networks
• CIT 248 - Computer Systems
• CIT 250 - Introduction to Operating Systems for System Administrators
• CIT 252 - Interactive Web Systems
• CIT 280 - Sophomore Project
• CIT 337 - Software Engineering and Practice
• CIT 345 - Database Design and Implementation
• CIT 348 - System Administration
• CIT 349 - Advanced System Administration
• CIT 350 - Human Computer Interaction
• CIT 352 - Systems Analysis
• CIT 423 - Mobile and Smart Phone Application Development
• CIT 424 - Cloud Computing
• CIT 436 - Concurrent and Multi-Core Programming
• CIT 448 - Information Security Practice
• CIT 450 - CIT Project Management
• CIT 480 - Senior Capstone Project
• CIT 495 - Special Topics
• CIT 496 - Internship
• CIT 497 - Industrial Project
• CIT 498 - Undergraduate Research
• CSE 110 - Computer Literacy
• CSE 120 - Introduction to Computing and Programming using Excel
• CSE 130 - Introduction to Computer Programming
• CSE 142 - Introduction to C Programming and Unix
• CSE 202 - Ethics and Social Impacts of Computing
• CSE 229 - Introduction to Data Structures in C
• CSE 230 - Object-Oriented Computing I
• CSE 231 - Object-Oriented Computing II
• CSE 232 - C++ for Programmers
• CSE 233 - Immersive Python
• CSE 234 - Ruby for Web Developers
• CSE 235 - Programming in Visual C# for .NET Technology
• CSE 236 - Embedded C Language
• CSE 247 - Introduction to Computer Networks
• CSE 252 - Interactive Web Systems
• CSE 280 - Sophomore Project
• CSE 335 - Programming Languages
• CSE 337 - Software Engineering and Practice
• CSE 343 - Theory of Computation
• CSE 345 - Database Design and Implementation
• CSE 361 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• CSE 364 - Computer Organization
• CSE 378 - Computer Hardware Design
• CSE 423 - Mobile and Smart Phone Application Development
• CSE 424 - Cloud Computing
• CSE 436 - Concurrent and Multi-Core Programming
• CSE 450 - Fundamentals of Operating Systems
• CSE 461 - Bioinformatics
• CSE 470 - Microprocessor-based Systems Design
• CSE 480 - Senior Capstone Project
• CSE 490 - Senior Project
• CSE 494 - Independent Study
• CSE 495 - Special Topics
• CSE 496 - Internship
• CSE 498 - Undergraduate Research
• EGB 390 - Introduction to Engineering Biology
• EGB 490 - Research Project/Capstone Design
• EGR 120 - Engineering Graphics and CAD
• EGR 141 - Computer Problem Solving in Engineering and Computer Science
• EGR 240 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
• EGR 250 - Introduction to Thermal Engineering
• EGR 260 - Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering
• EGR 280 - Design and Analysis of Electromechanical Systems
• EGR 295 - Special Topics
• EGR 400 - Engineering Seminar
• EGR 401 - Professional Engineering
• EGR 491 - Capstone Design
• EGR 496 - International Engineering and Computer Science

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