CSCI 371
Computer Theory
Syllabus

Fall 2018

 
Instructor:      Will Thacker
Office:             323 Thurmond
Office Hours:  2-3:30 MTWR,9:30-11 WF
Office Phone:  323-2691
E-mail:             thackerw@winthrop.edu
Course Web Page:  faculty.winthrop.edu/thackerw/csci371
Prerequisites:    (Math 261 or Math 300) AND (CSCI 271 or Math 351)
Texts:    
Automata, Computability and Complexity, Elaine Rich, Person-Prentice Hall, 2008.
Attendance: Attendance will not be taken.   You are expected to attend each and every class.  There will be no formal relationship between grade and attendance.  However, of course, there is the informal relationship that always exists.  You are responsible for the material covered in the classes you miss.
Objectives:    Learn theoretical aspects of computer science.
 
Topics Covered:  Relations and functions; elementary graph theory; automata and language theory; computability theory.