Independent study courses enable students to learn about topics in new ways, with hands-on experience, and, through working with a faculty adviser, to come up with new ways to solve interesting problems in the field of computer science.
Past independent study topics have included the following:
Spring 2013Artificial LifeRichard C. TillquistJ.O. PfaffmannFall 2012Distributed SystemsSamuel RosenJ.O. PfaffmannFall 2012CM: Advanced Data StructuresIsaac LavineJ.O. Pfaffmann
| Spring 2014 | A Study of Intelligent Tutoring Systems | Fraceska Xhakaj | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 2006 | Introduction to Computational Science | Megan Cummins | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 2006 | Decision Theory and Game Theory | Ryan McCall | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 2006 | Computational models of swimming fish | Ross Creed | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 2005 | Programming Languages | Konstantinos Bousmalis | Penny Anderson |
| Spring 2003 | Computers and Society | Alexandru Balan | Penny Anderson |
| Spring 2003 | Speech Animation Using Artificial Neural Nets | Ricardo El-Darwish | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 2002 | Computer Networks | Geoff Oxholm | Penny Anderson |
| Spring 2002 | Spatial Data Structures | Chris Behar | Jim Glenn |
| Fall 2001 | Advanced Algorithm Analysis | Alexandru Balan | Penny Anderson |
| Spring 2001 | Operating Systems Security | Mike Samuels | Penny Anderson |
| Fall 2000 | Web Oriented Databases | Jason Cromer | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 2000 | 3D Solid Modeling | Dan Huber | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 2000 | Parallelization of A Marching Method | Matthew Patton | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1999 | Computer Graphics | Scott Canoni | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1999 | Operating Systems | Ryan Miller | James Schwar |
| Fall 1999 | Fractal Landscapes | Christine Tessier | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1999 | Computer Graphics | Charles Weiner | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1999 | Computer Graphics | Paul Yabut | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 1999 | Computer Graphics | Christine Tessier | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 1999 | Computer Graphics | Sara Weizenbaum | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1998 | Electronic Commerce | Harsh Agrawal | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1998 | Using Portals to Decompose Worlds | Mike Ruete | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 1998 | Applying Generic Algorithms to Sorting | Luis Rodriguez | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 1997 | Distributed Operating Systems | Greg Gilbert | C.W. Liew |
| Spring 1997 | Voronai Diagrams | David Walton | I. Sachs |
| Fall 1996 | Cryptography | Evan Gordon | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1996 | Database Systems | Greg Gilbert | C.W. Liew |
| Fall 1996 | Database Systems | Ken Weinberger | C.W. Liew |