Big Data Analytics

This course provides an introduction to special topics in big data analytics, with a focus on the state-of-the-art technologies, tools and systems that constitute big-data. The course will discuss primarily data mining and machine learning algorithms for analyzing very large amounts of data. Prerequisites: CSC 226 or CSC 426. CSC Advanced Software Development (3.0); 3 cr. This course is for students who want to learn Visual C# programming to develop .NET Framework applications using advanced technologies. Visual C# is employed to program using object-oriented and event-driven approaches to construct console and windows applications that are robust, user-friendly, and effective. Prerequisites: CSC 213, CSC 215 or CSC 217.