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Technology and Applied Computing (TAC)

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You may find the TAC courses at classes.usc.edu/term-20253/classes/tac/ and may email TAC at Viterbi.TAC@usc.edu The 'x' designation indicates that engineering students require prior departmental approval to count 100-level and above TAC courses for major credit.

TAC 101: Introduction to Business Information Technologies (2.0 units)

Business technologies. Operating systems. Networks. Application software.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31801R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30	Gregg Ibbotson	KDC241	PDF (397533 KB)
31802R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	9 of 35	Gregg Ibbotson	DMC260	PDF (396755 KB)

TAC 104: Introduction to Web Development (2.0 units)

Web publishing using HTML, CSS and other Web technologies. Concepts and theory of Web site creation, page layout and production. Introduction to advanced topics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31803R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 60	Hannah Nguyen	THH208	PDF (270672 KB)
31805R	001	Lecture-Lab	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	35 of 60	Zune Nguyen	LVL17	PDF (271359 KB)

TAC 115: Programming in Python (2.0 units)

Introduction to Python; intended for students without prior programming experience.

Note: If you have strong python skills, you may be eligible to place out of TAC 115/116 by taking the Python Placement Exam. Sign up for the Python Placement exam here: forms.gle/M9V4YKDGuFsPZvoo6

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31806R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 60	Barrett Koster	GFS106	PDF (329903 KB)
31808R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 60	Barrett Koster	THH114	PDF (329903 KB)
31809R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 60	Barrett Koster	THH114	PDF (329903 KB)
31810D	060	Lecture-Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	10 of 60	Rob Parke	ONLINE	PDF (329571 KB)
31811R	001	Lecture-Lab	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	25 of 60	Trina Gregory	KAP160
31812R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 60	Trina Gregory	KAP160
31813R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 60	Trina Gregory	KAP160
31814R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 60	Trina Gregory	KAP160
31815R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 60	Emily Millard	KAP160
31816R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 60	Calvin Nguyen	GFS118	PDF (329571 KB)
32006R	001	Quiz	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	166 of 300		THH101
32007R	001	Quiz	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	46 of 300		THH101

TAC 116: Accelerated Programming in Python (2.0 units)

Accelerated introduction to Python; intended for students with prior programming experience.

Note: If you have strong python skills, you may be eligible to place out of TAC 115/116 by taking the Python Placement Exam. Sign up for the Python Placement exam here: forms.gle/M9V4YKDGuFsPZvoo6 Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3tcskB8 Everything you need to know about ITP 116 in 2 minutes.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31817R	001	Lecture-Lab	11:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 60	Sinan Seymen	MHP101	PDF (422422 KB)
31818R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 60	Sinan Seymen	DMC156	PDF (422422 KB)
31819R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 40	Sinan Seymen	DMC102	PDF (422422 KB)

TAC 124: How Not to Get Hacked -- Personal Cyber Security (2.0 units)

Cyber security concepts for personal protection, protecting your devices and information, protecting yourself and your family online, using encryption safely.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31820R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	5 of 30	Gregg Ibbotson	DMC256	PDF (417101 KB)

TAC 125L: From Hackers to CEOs: Introduction to Information Security (2.0 units)

Introductory course in computer security. Fundamentals of information security management. Threats to information integrity. Ethical hacking concerns and practice. Policies and Procedures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31822D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Monday	3 of 20	Joseph Greenfield	RRB101	PDF (375861 KB)
31823R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	19 of 20	Joseph Greenfield	RRB101	PDF (375861 KB)
31824R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	21 of 20	Nicole Jao	RRB101	PDF (381088 KB)
31825R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	8 of 20	Jonathan Holtmann	RTH115	PDF (372685 KB)
31826R	001	Lecture-Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20	Sean Straw	RRB101	PDF (364070 KB)

TAC 165: Introduction to C++ Programming (2.0 units)

Introduction to programming using C++, including variables, operators, conditionals, loops, arrays, vectors, strings, functions, files, structs, pointers, dynamic allocation and an introduction to classes.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31827R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 33	Barrett Koster	DMC158	PDF (112896 KB)

TAC 168: Introduction to MATLAB (2.0 units)

Fundamentals of MATLAB: a high-performance numeric computation and visualization environment. Overview of linear algebra and matrix manipulation; using 2-D and 3-D plotting routines; programming in MATLAB; basic numerical analysis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31828R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	7 of 35	Reza Jafarkhani	DMC203	PDF (386219 KB)
31829R	001	Lecture-Lab	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 35	Reza Jafarkhani	WPH207	PDF (386219 KB)

TAC 180: Video Game Production (2.0 units)

The process of video game production. Video game history, genres, development process (concept, preproduction, production and post-production) and roles (producers, artists, programmers, etc.).

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31830R	001	Lecture	1:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 30	Kyle Ackerman	EGG108	PDF (415711 KB)

TAC 190: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop (2.0 units)

Digital tools for image creation, editing, composition, layout, web page development, professional page layout and printing with color accuracy.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31831R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Monday	11 of 28	Chander Burgos	SAL109
31832R	001	Lab	6:30-7:50pm	Monday	11 of 28	Chander Burgos	SAL109

TAC 215L: Introduction to 3D Modeling, Animation and Visual Effects (2.0 units)

An applied introduction to the techniques used for modeling, animating, texturing, lighting, rendering, and creating 3D content for games, cinematics, visual effects, animation and visualizations.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31833R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 32	Rashi Sinha	RTH109	PDF (312174 KB)
31834R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 32	Rashi Sinha	KOH208

TAC 216: Applied Python (2.0 units)

Development of practical Python programming skills through project-based applications; "Pythonic" ways of solving problems in modern computational domains.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 115 or TAC 116 or ITP 115 or ITP 116)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31835R	001	Lecture-Lab	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	57 of 60	Kristof Aldenderfer	KAP160	PDF (316523 KB)
31836R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 34	James Faghmous	DMC151
31837R	001	Lecture-Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	60 of 60	Gregory Pohlner	KAP160	PDF (323872 KB)
31838R	001	Lecture-Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	60 of 60	Gregory Pohlner	GFS101	PDF (323872 KB)
32050R	001	Lecture-Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 60	James Faghmous	ZHS352
32051R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	7 of 60	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS118

TAC 228: Computer-Aided Modeling for 3D Product Design (2.0 units)

Think, plan and create in three-dimensional space using 3D printing technology and 3D modeling techniques for prototyping.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31839R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	18 of 35	Kristof Aldenderfer	KAP147	PDF (229751 KB)

TAC 249: Introduction to Data Analytics (4.0 units)

Introduction to data analytics. Basics of databases, applied statistics, data visualization. Leverage data to make critical business decisions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31840R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 60	Patrick Alexander	LVL17
31841R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	46 of 60	Sinan Seymen	SOSB46	PDF (452602 KB)
31842R	001	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 60	Calvin Nguyen	THH114	PDF (430208 KB)

TAC 256: Blockchain (4.0 units)

Explore blockchain technology, a secure and immutable way to record transactions. Learn the workings of cryptocurrencies and explore their impact on financial services, business and contracting.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31843R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 60	Chaz Hales	KAP160	PDF (355306 KB)

TAC 259: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Concepts and techniques in artificial intelligence; approaches in artificial narrow intelligence; applications of AI that are already changing society; ethical and social questions in AI.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 216 or ITP 216 or CSCI 113)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31844R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	39 of 60	Reza Jafarkhani	KAP160
31845R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 60	James Faghmous	GFS118
31846R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 46	Nitin Kale	GFS118	Word (79150 KB)

TAC 265: Object-Oriented Programming (4.0 units)

Continuation of the fundamentals of programming; problem solving skills within the object-oriented programming paradigm.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 115 or TAC 116 or TAC 165 or ITP 115 or ITP 116 or ITP 165)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31848R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	33 of 45	Kendra Walther	RTH105	PDF (529653 KB)
31850R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	34 of 98	Kendra Walther	SOSB2

TAC 299: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)

Selected topics in Technology and Applied Computing.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Law Without Borders Law in a Cyber Universe
32010R	001	2.0	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	10 of 30	Benny Forer	GFS223
You Are the Product: Introduction to Data Compliance
32030R	001	2.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	2 of 30	Kristof Aldenderfer, Gregg Ibbotson	DMC201	PDF (417360 KB)

TAC 301: Front-End Web Development (4.0 units)

Concepts and technologies used to create front-end for web applications. Introduction to programming and client-side web development. User-driven website manipulation and animation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 104 or ITP 104 or IML 300 or JOUR 320)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31851R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Zune Nguyen	THH112	PDF (280642 KB)

TAC 303: Full-Stack Web Development (4.0 units)

Modern web development techniques and technologies used to create web applications from ground up. Topics include front-end, back-end and web servers.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 265 or ITP 265 or CSCI 103)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31852R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 45	Hannah Nguyen	RTH109	PDF (290497 KB)
31853R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 45	Hannah Nguyen	RTH109	PDF (290497 KB)

TAC 304: Back-End Web Development (4.0 units)

Concepts and technologies used to create database-driven websites. Database design and implementation. Server-side development to connect web applications to databases.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 301 or ITP 301)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31854R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Zune Nguyen	MHPB7B	PDF (281472 KB)

TAC 310: Design for User Experience (4.0 units)

Fundamental concepts, techniques, practices, workflows and tools associated with the practice of user experience and interaction design in web and mobile applications.

Note: Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3bAblmp Everything you need to know about ITP 310 in 2 minutes

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31855D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Estevan Benson
31856R	001	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 30	Mikaila Weaver	KDC236	PDF (232624 KB)

TAC 325: Ethical Hacking (4.0 units)

Ethical hacking; penetration testing; vulnerability assessment; red teams; hacker environments, infrastructure and frameworks; lateral movement and data exfiltration techniques; evasion and anti-forensics.

Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 125 or TAC 125)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31857R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 32	Stefan Mcgregor	RRB101
31858R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 31	Stefan Mcgregor	VHE206

TAC 342: iOS App Development (4.0 units)

Introduction to the Swift programming language, various frameworks, and design patterns needed to develop applications for iOS mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 265 or ITP 265 or CSCI 103)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31859R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 60	Bennett Lee	THH114	PDF (220778 KB)

TAC 348: Making Smart Devices: Introduction to Electronics/Wearables (4.0 units)

Design of electronic devices that interact with the physical world; electronic interfaces; development of software algorithms; micro-controller implementation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 115 or ITP 115 or TAC 116 or ITP 116 or TAC 165 or ITP 165 or TAC 168 or ITP 168 or BME 210)
Restriction: Registration closed to the following major(s): Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31860D	060	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 25	Rob Parke	ONLINE	PDF (633869 KB)
31861D	060	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 25	Rob Parke	ONLINE	PDF (633869 KB)

TAC 349: Enterprise Data Analytics (4.0 units)

Methodology to store, organize, cleanse, harmonize and stage enterprise data for analytics. Report, visualize, slice and dice, forecast and predict trends.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 249 or TAC 320 or ITP 249 or ITP 320 or DSCI 351)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31862D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 120	Mike Lee	SGM101
32031R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 40	Mike Lee	RTH115

TAC 351: 3D Character Modeling for Games (4.0 units)

Character design principles, visual communication and planning for games; polygonal construction, use of image guides and edge flows for realistic deformation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 215 or ITP 215 or CTAN 452)
Note: Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3u9B8YC Everything you need to know about ITP 351 in 2 minutes

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31863R	001	Lecture-Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 25	Mayan Escalante	RRB101	PDF (424728 KB)

TAC 356: Blockchain: Decentralized Applications (4.0 units)

Blockchain technology; transactions without the need for a trusted third-party; and decentralized applications on public blockchains.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 256 or ITP 256)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31864R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 46		ZHS163

TAC 357: Enterprise Networks: Design and Architecture (4.0 units)

Network technologies. Routers and managed switches. Integrated operating systems (IOS). Strategies for endpoint management. Subnets and securing subnetworks. Reliability with networks and network infrastructure.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 125 or ITP 125)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31865R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 28	Eilrama Betkolia	GFS222
31866R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 33	Grant Derderian	RTH115

TAC 359: Applied Neural Networks (4.0 units)

Design, build, and train applied neural networks to solve real-world problems; implement neural networks for machine vision, image recognition and object detection and tracking.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 259 or ITP 259)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31868R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 60	Nitin Kale	GFS118	Word (81072 KB)
31906R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 48	Martin Prescher	RTH109

TAC 365: Managing Data in C++ (4.0 units)

Data structures in C++ including vectors, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, hash tables, graphs and parallelism.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 265 or ITP 265)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31871R	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 36	Gregory Pohlner	DMC211	PDF (388417 KB)

TAC 368: Cross-Platform App Development (4.0 units)

Programming applications with dynamic graphical user interfaces. Topics include events, controls, resources, data bindings, styles and user experience.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 265 or ITP 265 or CSCI 103)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31872R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	12 of 34	Allen Almasi	GFS101
31873R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 34	Barrett Koster	WPHB30	PDF (99546 KB)

TAC 370: Cybersecurity Management and Operations (4.0 units)

Cybersecurity project design. Incident response. Teambuilding, management and communications for cybersecurity. Scalable approaches for implementation of Information Security Management Systems.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 125 or ITP 125)
Note: Watch the course intro and testimonials from previous students! bit.ly/Fall-ITP370

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31874R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 29	Gregg Ibbotson	VHE206	PDF (453536 KB)

TAC 371: Technical Character Animation for Games (4.0 units)

3D character animation with a video game focus; movement clarity versus game reaction speed, LOD visibility and automated export systems.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 215 or ITP 215 or CTAN 452)
Note: Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3vjZsZv Everything you need to know about ITP 371 in 2 minutes

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31875R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	11 of 16	Scott Easley,Rashi Sinha	OHE542

TAC 375: Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Investigations (4.0 units)

Forensic science techniques. Digital evidence preservation. Processes and methodologies for digital examinations. Cyber crime investigations. Windows file system analysis. Real case scenario analysis and reporting

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 125 or ITP 125)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31876R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 25	Pierson Clair IV	VPDLL101	PDF (368518 KB)
31877R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 25	Howard Williamson	RRB101	PDF (884168 KB)

TAC 380: Video Game Programming (4.0 units)

Underlying concepts and principles required for programming video games (topics include vectors, transformations, 3-D math, geometric primitives, matrices).

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or TAC 365 or ITP 365)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31878R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 36	Sanjay Madhav	RTH105
32011R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	28 of 33	Matthew Whiting	WPHB30	PDF (178203 KB)

TAC 382: Mobile Game Development (4.0 units)

Application of techniques used to develop games for mobile devices. Sprites, mobile input, mobile graphics and monetization.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 265 or ITP 265 or CSCI 103)
Note: Note: Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3wy0cNY Everything you need to know about ITP 382 in 2 minutes

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31880R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	28 of 34	Matthew Whiting	DMC252	PDF (347249 KB)

Crosslist TAC 383: Database Systems: Storage and Retrieval using SQL (4.0 units)

Data models for industry applications. Modeling and designing robust databases. Implementing and querying databases with SQL. Innovations in database applications.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in TAC. To register, enroll in ISE 382.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31628D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	31 of 36	Maryam Pishgar	KAP145
31629R	001	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	31 of 40	Maryam Pishgar	OFFICE

TAC 404: Advanced Front-End Web Development (4.0 units)

The technologies, techniques, conventions and best practices used in contemporary front-end web development.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 301 or ITP 301 or TAC 303 or ITP 303 or ACAD 275)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31881R	001	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Monday	16 of 25	David Tang	GFS228	PDF (232738 KB)

TAC 425: Web Application Security (4.0 units)

Examine web applications from an offensive security standpoint. Topics include information gathering, vulnerability discovery and validation, exploitation and privilege escalation techniques.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 301 or ITP 301 or TAC 325 or ITP 325 or ACAD 275)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31884R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 28	Howard Williamson	RRB101	PDF (952122 KB)

TAC 435: Professional C++ (4.0 units)

Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, templates, secure coding, parallel programming, writing performant code, CMake and continuous integration.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or TAC 365 or ITP 365)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31885R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 70	Sanjay Madhav	THH212

TAC 438: Advanced Gameplay Programming (4.0 units)

Advanced gameplay programming techniques for both single player and networked multiplayer games using an industry-standard game engine.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 380 or ITP 380)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31886R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 33	Sanjay Madhav	RTH105

TAC 445: Apple Forensics and Security (macOS and iOS) (4.0 units)

Digital forensics, evidence collection and analysis of Apple devices including macOS and iOS. Mac, iPhone, iPad and other Apple device analysis.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 375 or ITP 375)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31887R	001	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Monday	17 of 17	Pierson Clair IV	OHE542	PDF (541435 KB)

TAC 449: Applications of Machine Learning (4.0 units)

Hands-on approach to the fundamental modeling techniques and machine learning algorithms that enable students to build robust predictive models of real-world data and test their validity.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 216 or ITP 216 or CSCI 113)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31888R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 60	Reza Jafarkhani	THH116	PDF (399626 KB)
31890R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 60	Kristof Aldenderfer	KAP160	PDF (241994 KB)

TAC 450: High Performance Computing in Applied Machine Learning (2.0 units)

Theoretical and practical high performance computing approaches to various computational methods in applied machine learning.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 449 or ITP 449 or DSCI 352 or MATH 446 or BUAD 425 or CSCI 467)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31892R	001	Lecture	4:00-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 16	BD Kim, Iman Rahbari, Hao Ji	OHE542	PDF (369553 KB)

TAC 459: Applied Natural Language Processing and Generative AI (4.0 units)

Applied topics in machine learning, including transfer learning, reinforcement learning, generative adversarial networks and natural language processing using neural networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 359 or TAC 359)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31895R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 60	Reza Jafarkhani,Allen Bolourchi	KAP160	PDF (325269 KB)

TAC 466: Building the High Tech Startup (4.0 units)

Basic technologies and processes involved in building web and mobile startup; aspects of building a web startup including online business models, product management, agile development processes, technology platforms and operations, customer development and online marketing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31897R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 40	Martin Prescher,ShiaoFong Yin	RTH105

TAC 470: Technology and Applied Computing Practicum (1.0-4.0 units)

Independent technology project related to specific topics under the direction of a faculty member.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31898D	001	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	1 of 50	Kendra Walther	OFFICE

TAC 476: Technologies for Interactive Marketing (4.0 units)

Technologies, concepts and strategies in the emerging online advertising ecosystem; learn to drive traffic to a website and measure efficacy; work with a real client and budget to craft and execute an online marketing plan.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31899R	001	Lecture-Lab	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	ShiaoFong Yin	KDC236

TAC 479: Cyber Law and Privacy (4.0 units)

Cyber legal issues, search and seizure, 4th amendment and digital evidence, warrants, private searches, wiretaps, tracking devices, workplace privacy.

Note: Note: Watch the course intro! bit.ly/3LgManX Everything you need to know about ITP 479 in 2 minutes

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32000R	001	Lecture	5:30-9:30pm	Thursday	13 of 60	Benny Forer	KAP160

TAC 480: Technology and Applied Computing Internship (1.0-4.0 units, max 8)

Practical experience in applying information technology skills in real-world settings. Supervised internship at companies and start-ups. Balancing academic rigor with corporate challenges and deadlines.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32001D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 10	Kendra Walther	OFFICE

TAC 489: In-Memory Data Modeling and Analytics (4.0 units)

Examines the design, architecture and capabilities of in-memory databases and their application to real-time analytics.

Prerequisite: 1 from (TAC 249 or TAC 320 or ITP 249 or ITP 320 or DSCI 351)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32003R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 28	Richard Vawter	WPH206	PDF (615724 KB)

TAC 499: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)

Recent developments in computers and data processing.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Defending and Investigating Enterprise Networks
32005D	001	4.0	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 16	Pierson Clair IV	OHE542	PDF (331218 KB)

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