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- From: denelsbe@cs.unc.edu (Kevin Denelsbeck)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
- Subject: UNC Fall '90 course corrections
- Date: 20 Sep 90 23:30:08 GMT
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- NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COURSE SCHEDULE
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- Due to the well-publicized budget crunch at UNC, the Fall 1990 graduate
- computer science course schedule has undergone some changes. The following
- corrections take place immediately :
-
- Replacing COMP 122 (ALGORITHMS AND ANALYSIS):
- COMP 123 ALGORITHMS AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
- Investigation into the motives of famous algorithm designers. Anal
- retentive behavior among sort developers. Gardening habits of Prim, Kruskal,
- Adel'son-Vel'skii, and Landis. Examples of Dijkstra's lecture tour routes.
- Karp's early career as a brush salesman. Scavenger hunt successes of Boyer
- and Moore, with discussion of recent losses to some new guy.
- REQUIRED TEXT: _The Psychology of Computer Programming_, Weinberg.
-
- Replacing COMP 171 (NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING):
- COMP 175 SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
- Tools and techniques in computer analysis of psychic communication.
- Syntactic and semantic models of telepathy. Technical considerations for
- power outages, especially within the context of the seance. Implications
- of "ghosts in the machine". Investigation of various interface strategies,
- including tarot card readers, crystal trackballs, and ouija mousepads.
- REQUIRED TEXT: Time-Life _Mysteries of the Unknown_. Students will
- be required to READ THE BOOK.
-
- Replacing COMP 213 (FILES AND DATABASES):
- COMP 215 FILES NAND DATABASES
- Due to budgetary limitations, the subject matter for this course
- will be necessarily abridged. We might cover files; we might not. Ditto
- for databases. But we certainly won't cover both. As a matter of fact, we
- might not cover anything! Prerequisite: COMP 216 (Digital Logic Techniques),
- just to figure out your options.
- REQUIRED TEXT: Maybe.
-
- Replacing COMP 217 (INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES):
- COMP 218 INTRODUCTION IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
- Investigation of techniques (in various programming paradigms) of
- creating the "Hello World" program. Generalization to other useless programs.
- Introduction to NP-easy problems.
- REQUIRED TEXT: _I Didn't Know You Could Do That With A Computer!_
-
- Replacing COMP 233 (DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION):
- COMP 235 DISCREET EVENT SIMULATION
- Virtual realization of scenarios that most of us geeks will never
- experience in real-life. Digitization of glossy pictures. Redesign of
- WalkThru, and possible renaming of same. Techniques for interfacing with
- various 1-900 numbers. Course project required; may need to be evaluated
- several times by instructor.
- REQUIRED TEXT: It's a secret.
-
- Replacing COMP 238 (RASTER GRAPHICS):
- COMP 239 RASTA GRAPHICS
- Hey mon. Let me tell you, mon, you'll be likin' this course. We
- be jammin' to many important concepts, mon. Rendering dreadlocks, mon.
- Synchronization with MIDI sources of reggae, mon. Debugging with voodoo,
- mon. You get the picture; get it, mon, "get the picture"? I be seeing
- you, mon. Take the course.
- REQUIRED TEXT: None, but bring your Marley and Tosh cassettes.
-
- Replacing COMP 290-1 (EXPERT SYSTEMS):
- COMP 290-3 NOVICE SYSTEMS
- Design, implementation, and testing of systems that simulate computer
- novices. Observation and analysis of real novices in Mac Lab. Course
- project required; end-of-semester demonstration constitutes substantial
- portion of grade. "Optimal" NS's will behave erratically at this demo:
- complaining, crying, copying other students' disks, failing to do rudimen-
- tary documentation, and bothering COMP 4 and 14 TA's to distraction. Extra
- credit given for creative program generation.
- REQUIRED TEXT: _Pascal_, Koffman, but students are not allowed to
- refer to it at any time.
-
- Replacing COMP 290-2 (HIGHLY PARALLEL PROGRAMMING):
- COMP 290-4 HIGHLY PERPENDICULAR PROGRAMMING
- Design of multiprocessor machines, with the emphasis being on
- non-cooperation among the nodes. Geometric theorem-proving by computer,
- with varying approaches to internal representation of compass and
- straightedge. Introduction to truly orthogonal programming constructs.
- REQUIRED TEXT: Who'd write a text on this?
-
- Replacing COMP 291 (PROFESSIONAL WRITING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE):
- COMP 292 CONFESSIONAL WRITING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
- This course further emphasizes UNC's strong commitment to building
- a real sense of ethics in its students. If you're bound and determined to
- cheat on the job, this course will provide you with the writing skills to
- confess about it later. Through successive drafts, students refine their
- public catharsis to a razor-sharpness that any politician would find
- enviable. Special guest lecturers: Jimmy Swaggart, Robert Morris, Jr.
- REQUIRED TEXT: None -- the STUDENTS write the book.
-