Megan Thomas

Associate Professor
Dept. Of Computer Science
CSU Stanislaus
Office: 279 DBH
Phone: (209) 667-3584
Email: mthomas@cs.csustan.edu (best way to reach me)
Address: Dept. Of Computer Science, CSU Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382

Office Hours: By appointment, during summer break.

"One must learn by doing the thing. Though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try." -- Sophocles

College of Sciences Poster Celebration 2018

CS Quadcopter Club - meetings will resume. All are welcome.

Spring 2018 Classes

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)
• CS 4100: Programming Languages
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar
• CS 4980: Independent Study / iOS App Development

Fall 2018 Classes

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course) One required text for the class will be: The Design of Everyday Things, Revised and Expanded Edition by Don Norman, published in 2013. There will be a second book, too (details on this book given in class).
• CS 3750: Operating Systems I: Textbook not yet selected.
• CS 4100: Programming Languages: Digital copies of the required text will be available for the students; the book need not be purchased. The book is Principles of Programming Languages: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation (Third Edition), by Bruce J. MacLennan.
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems The required text for the class is Databases Illuminated, 3rd ed by C. Ricardo and S.D. Urban. ('Navigate 2 Advantage Access' offered by publishers is not necessary.)
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar (No required textbook.)

I have been a professor at CSU Stanislaus since Fall 2005. I earned my PhD at UC Berkeley, where I worked with the database research group.

Miscellany

CSU Stanislaus CS Class Prerequisites Chart

Recommended reading for undergraduates majoring in CS (magazines, books, etc)

Why major in computer science?

• ACM's Computing Careers
• Job Hunting Links for Undergrads - Advice and Listings

Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges - Southwestern Region

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

IEEE Computer Society

CS Education Links

Education Videos, collections of videos, etc

Job Hunting Links for CS Graduate Students (Created for Grace Hopper Conference 2006)

Large Data Sets Research Project wiki

Interesting Information

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Data.gov
• SocialCoder, ACM and SocialCoder
• Engineering for Change
• Engineers Without Borders
• Telecoms Sans Frontieres

Old Classes

Fall 2017 Classes

• CS 4100: Programming Languages
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4840: Computer Security and Cryptography
• CS 4950: Big Data and Cyber-Security (taught jointly with Drs Carter and Martin)
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar

Summer 2017 Class

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)

Spring 2017 Classes

• CS 3740: Computer Organization
• CS 4100: Programming Languages
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar

Winter 2017 Class

• CS 4980: iOS Programming with Swift

Fall 2016 Classes

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar

Spring 2016 Classes

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)
• CS 3740: Computer Organization
• CS 4100: Programming Languages
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar

Summer 2015 Class

• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)

Spring 2015 Classes

• CS 2700: Assembly Language and Computer Architecture
• CS 3500: Human-Centered Design (GE F1 course)
• CS 4250: Database Management Systems
• CS 4950: Big Data
• CS 4960: Senior Seminar