UNM President Louis Caldera responds to local concern
When University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera traveled to Los Alamos National Laboratory this spring, he heard that UNM was not offering enough computer science courses in the region.
In response, Caldera announces that effective this fall, UNM is offering 10 courses, from undergraduate mathematical foundations of computer science, all the way through graduate level courses on statistical data structures and algorithms.
Three courses feature LANL instructors providing live classes. An additional seven courses are being offered through instructional television (ITV), which provides one-way video and two-way audio; and through video conferencing, which provides two-way video and audio.
The courses are made available by the UNM School of Engineering's computer science department and are facilitated by UNM's Extended University.
Jerónimo Domínguez, vice provost, Extended University, said that faculty are pleased to be able to teach these courses since they will now be able to interact in real time with them. We have installed the necessary technology and are excited about making these courses available,” Domínguez said.
The live courses will be taught at UNM-Los Alamos. Those courses are:
CS 351L Design of Large Programs
CS 375 Introduction to Numerical Computing
CS 460 Software Engineering
Courses being offered via ITV and video conferencing are:
CS 261 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
CS 361L Data Structures and Algorithms
CS 362 Data Structures and Algorithms II
CS 530 Geometric & Probabilistic Methods in Computer Science
CS 580 The Specification of Software Systems
CS 591 Special Topics: Statistical Data Structures & Algorithms II
CS 592 Colloquium
“Distance education is a critical component of meeting educational needs in the state of New Mexico. We are pleased to be able to respond to this community request,” Caldera said.
For registration information, visit http://eu.unm.edu or in Los Alamos call Cindy
Leyba at 661-4686.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Posted by scarr at August 16, 2005 09:29 AM