Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, The University of West Indies at Mona

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2006 - 2007

First Year | Second Year | Third Year

Key: P - Prescribed. HR - Highly Recommended. R - Recommended. S - Supplementary.

NB: It is recommended that you postpone buying any course textbooks until after attending your first lecture.

FIRST YEAR
CS11A - Introduction to Computer Science I - Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming, 2^nd ed.
	Simon Thomson. Addison-Wesley, (P)

SECOND YEAR
CS20R - Analysis of Algorithms
1. A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis.
	Clifford A. Shaffer. Prentice-Hall (P)
2. Introduction to Algorithms.
	T. H. Cormen, C. E. Leiserson, R. L. Rivest The MIT Press 0-262-03141-8 (R)

CS20S - Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
1. Discrete Mathematics. (6th Edition)
	Richard Johnsonbaugh. Macmillan
2. Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory
	Edgar Goodair, Michael Parmenter
3. Discrete Mathematics
	Norman L. Biggs

CS21R - Computer Architecture and Organization
1. Computer Systems: A Progammer's Perspective.
	Randall E. Bryan, David O. Hallaron. Prentice-Hall (P)

CS21S - Digital Logic Design
1. Digital Fundamentals. (9th Edition)
	Thomas L. Floyd. Prentice-Hall (HR)

CS22Q - Software Engineering
1. Software Engineering.
	Ian Sommerville. Addison-Wesley. 7th Edition (P)
2. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (3rd Edition) (R)
	Projct Management Institute

CS23Q - Computer Organization
1. Principles of Computer Hardware
	Alan Clements. Oxford University Press (P)
2. Structured Computer Organization
	Andrew Tanenbaum. Prentice Hall. (R)

CS27Q - Object-oriented Programming
1. Introduction to Java and Software Design
	Nell Dale, Chip Weems, Mark Headington. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 0-7637-2030-5 (P)

THIRD YEAR
CS31A - Operating Systems
1. Modern Operating Systems
	Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Prentice Hall. (P) ISBN-10: 013031580; ISBN-13: 978013031584

CS32Q - Computer Communication and Networks
1. Computer Networking: A top down approach.
	James Kurose and Keith Ross. Addison-Wesley (P)

CS33Q - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
1. Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach.
	Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig. Prentice-Hall. (P)
2. Artificial Intelligence.
	Elaine Rich. McGraw-Hill. (R)
3. Prolog Programming for AI.
	I. Bratko. Addison-Wesley. (R)

CS35A - Database Management Systems
1. Database System Concepts. (4th Edition)
	Silberschatz, Kortu, Sudarshan. McGraw-Hill. (P)

CS35R - User Interface Design
1. Designing Interactive Systems: People, Activities, Contexts, Technologies
	David Benyon, Phil Turner, Susan Turner. Addison-Wesley (P) ISBN=10: 0321116291; ISBN-13: 9780321116291

CS36R - Compiler Optimization

CS37R - Theory of Computation