• COSC 365  - Programming Languages and Systems (Brad Vander Zanden) – language paradigms, language design, and implementation issues.  Basically seems to be a in-depth look at the design of programming languages and it sounds pretty cool to me because I love learning all different languages. BVZ knows what’s going on when it comes to CS
• ECE 313 – Probability and Random Variables (Michael Thomason) – Probability.  Not terribly interesting but cool.  Crucial if I wanted to use Reinforcement Learning in AI as one of my upper level electives next semester.
• ECE 316 – Signals and Systems II (with the tyrant Michael J. Roberts) – can’t say I want to take this.  At all.  Here’s the miserable catalog description

Sampling theory, theory and application of Laplace transforms, feedback, root locus, gain and phase margin, theory and application of z Transforms, digital filters, and discrete-time state variables.

• ECE 342 – Analog Communication Amplitude and Frequency Modulation (Paul B. Crilly) – More signals and such.  Lots of electrical engineering that I’m not terribly interested in, but we’ll see how it goes.  I had Crilly for Digital Logic and I really liked him so that will be good.
• ECE 455 – Embedded Systems Design (Xiaorui Wang) – Embedded systems, assembly programming, and machine architecture.  Should definitely be interesting because I loved assembly programming in 355.
• EF 402 – Just a one hour classes to prepare for the FE exam.

I’m also trying to get into CS 360 which is Systems Programming.  Lots of user level programming with user control, file control, and memory management.  Just gotta see if I can take it despite the fact that it’s scheduled lab is at the same time as ECE 313.

Should be an interesting semester…