Course Text Books
BIO403 Plant PathogenesisText Book : Agrios, G.N. (2004). Plant Pathology. (5th ed). San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
Additional Literature : NA
BIO405 Biological Data Analysis with PythonText Book : Python Programming for Biology: Bioinformatics and Beyond; Tim J. Stevens, Wayne Boucher; Cambridge University Press; 1st edition
Additional Literature : Molecular Biology of the Cell; W. W. Norton & Company; Seventh edition // Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition // Advanced Python for Biologists; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition
BIO407 Protein EngineeringText Book : Protein Structure and Function 1e, Whiteford D -2008 Wiley.
Additional Literature : Introduction to Protein Science; Architecture, Function and Genomics, Arthur M. Lesk, 2006 - Oxford.
BIO409 ImmunologyText Book : Punt, J., Stranford, S. A., Jones, P. P., & Owen, J. A. (2019). Kuby Immunology (8th ed.). W. H. Freeman & Company. ISBN 9781464189784.
Additional Literature : Janeway's Immunobiology, Kenneth Murphy & Casey Weaver 2022, Taylor and Francis Group., New York and London, 10th edition Sompayrac, Lauren M. (2022). How the Immune System Works (7th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-89068-3. Abbas, Abul K., Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai & Sarah Henrickson. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 11th ed., Elsevier Health Sciences, 2025. ISBN 978-0-443-28358-1.
BIO413 BiostatisticsText Book : Pagano, Marcello, Kimberlee Gauvreau, and Heather Mattie. Principles of biostatistics. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2022.
Additional Literature : #Rosner, Bernard A. Fundamentals of biostatistics. Vol. 6. Belmont, CA: Thomson-Brooks/Cole, 2015. #Motulsky, Harvey. Intuitive biostatistics: a nonmathematical guide to statistical thinking. oxford university press, 2014.
BIO507 Advanced Protein EngineeringText Book : Protein Structure and Function 1e, Whiteford D -2008 Wiley. Protein Science, Arthur Lesk, 2006, Oxford.
Additional Literature : Protein Science, Arthur Lesk, 2006, Oxford.
BIO508 Advanced Genetic EngineeringText Book : Research articles.
Additional Literature : Research the articles and materials provided by the professor.
BOS111 Spoken Bosnian IText Book : Prof. Dr. Mirzana Pašić Kodrić & Dženana Uzunović, MA: "Spoken Bosnian I" (Available in IUS Copy Store & Online in Microsoft 365 - Teams)
Additional Literature : 1. Elias-Bursac, Ellen, Alexander, Ronelle: "Bosnian,"Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook: With Exercises and Basic Grammar", University of Wisconsin Press, 2010 2. Elias-Bursac, Ellen, Alexander, Ronelle: "Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Audio Supplement: To Accompany Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook", University of Wisconsin Press, 2006 3. Mayhew, Anila, Alexander, Ronelle: "Eastern Europe Phrasebook & Dictionary" (Paperback), Lonely Planet Global Limited, Ireland, 2019.
BOS112 Spoken Bosnian IIText Book : Prof. Dr. Mirzana Pašić Kodrić & Dženana Uzunović, MA: "Spoken Bosnian II" (Available in IUS Copy Store & Online in Microsoft 365 - Teams)
Additional Literature : 1. Elias-Bursac, Ellen, Alexander, Ronelle: "Bosnian,"Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook: With Exercises and Basic Grammar", University of Wisconsin Press, 2010 2. Elias-Bursac, Ellen, Alexander, Ronelle: "Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Audio Supplement: To Accompany Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook", University of Wisconsin Press, 2006 3. Mayhew, Anila, Alexander, Ronelle: "Eastern Europe Phrasebook & Dictionary" (Paperback), Lonely Planet Global Limited, Ireland, 2019.
BUS601 Qualitative Research Methods in BusinessText Book : Michael D. Myers (2013). Qualitative Research in Business & Management (2nd Ed). Sage Publications.
Additional Literature : De Sordi, J. O. (2024). Qualitative Research Methods in Business: Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). (2017). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed.). Sage Publications.
BUS616 Seminar in Special Topics in FinanceText Book : Berk, J., & DeMarzo, P. (2020). Corporate Finance (5th Global Edition).
Additional Literature : Handouts
BUS622 Seminar in Organization Theory and DesignText Book : Scott, W. R., & Davis, G. F. (2015). Organizations and organizing: Rational, natural, and open systems perspectives. Routledge.
Additional Literature : Additional readings will be provided during the semester. Some of them are listed below as indicative examples of the literature that will be discussed. Galbraith, J. R. (1974). Organization design: An information processing view. Interfaces, 4(3), 28–36. Meyer, J. W., & Rowan, B. (1977). Institutionalized organizations: Formal structure as myth and ceremony. American Journal of Sociology, 83(2), 340–363. Pfeffer, J. (1992). Understanding power in organizations. California Management Review, 34(2), 29–50. Smith, W. K., & Lewis, M. W. (2011). Toward a theory of paradox: A dynamic equilibrium model of organizing. The Academy of Management Review, 36(2), 381–403. Corley, K. G., & Gioia, D. A. (2011). Building theory about theory building: What constitutes a theoretical contribution? The Academy of Management Review, 36(1), 12–32. Kessler, S. R., Nixon, A. E., & Nord, W. R. (2016). Examining organic and mechanistic structures: Do we know as much as we thought? International Journal of Management Reviews, 19(4), 531-555. Burton, R. M., & Obel, B. (2018). The science of organizational design: Fit between structure and coordination. Journal of Organization Design, 7, Article 5. Eckstein, D. (2025). Thirty-five years of sensemaking in business and management research: A bibliometric analysis, review, and discussion. Management Review Quarterly.
CS103 Introduction to Programming Text Book : Problem Solving with C++, 10th edition,Walter Savitch, Pearson Education, 2018.
Additional Literature : -Programming - Principles and Practice Using C++, 3rd edition, Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 2024. -Cisco Networking Academy (NetAcad) – C++ Essentials 1. Available at: https://www.netacad.com/courses/c-plus-plus-essentials-1
CS105 Advanced ProgrammingText Book : Walter Savitch, Absolute Java, 6th Edition Pearson; Carrano, Data Structures and Abstractions with Java, 4th Edition
Additional Literature : -
CS207 Analysis of AlgorithmsText Book : Data Structures and Abstractions with Java, 3rd Edition, Frank Carrano, ISBN: 9780136100911 AND -- Algorithm Design, 1st edition, Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos, ISBN: 9780137546350
Additional Literature : Absolute Java, 6th Edition, Walter Savitch, ISBN: 9780133947793
CS304 Computer ArchitectureText Book : Computer Organization and Architecture, W. Stalling, 10th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2016.
Additional Literature : David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 5th Edition, 2013.
CS305 Programming LanguagesText Book : Concepts of Programming Languages, Robert W. Sebesta, Addison-Wesley, 8th edition, 2008.
Additional Literature : TBA
CS306 Database ManagementText Book : Database Principles: Fundamentals of Design, Implementation, and Management, 11e, 2014. Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris, ISBN-13 978-1285196145
Additional Literature : T. Connolly and C. Begg, Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management, 6th ed. Pearson, 2015.
CS308 Software EngineeringText Book : Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10E. ISBN-10: 0134572793 • ISBN-13: 9780134572796
Additional Literature : Handouts
CS309 Advanced Logic DesignText Book : Morris M. Mano, Michael D. Ciletti, Digital Design, Pearson (5th Ed.)
Additional Literature : Brown, Stephen, and Zvonko Vranesic. "Digital Logic with VHDL Design." McGRAW HILL company (2005).
CS310 Human Computer InteractionText Book : Human Computer Interaction by Dix Alan, Finlay Janet E., Abowd Gregory D., Beale Russell, 3th Edition
Additional Literature : Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction by Shneiderman, Plaisant, Cohen, Jacobs, Elmqvist & Diakopoulos, 6th Edition Various online and multimedia resources will be presented in class on a weekly basis and will be available on the MS Teams channel.
CS313 Theory of ComputationText Book : Introduction to Theory of Computation, 3rd edition, Anil Maheshwari and Michiel Smid, Carleton University, 2024
Additional Literature : Introduction to the Theory of Computation, 3rd edition, Michael Sipser, Cengage Learning, 2012. Automata, Computability and Complexity: Theory and Applications, 1/E., Elaine A. Rich, 2008. Harry R. Lewis, and Christos H. Papadimitriou Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 1998
CS314 Systems ProgrammingText Book : System Programming in Linux – Weiss (2025)
Additional Literature : 1- Carlos Fenollosa, Understanding Linux Network Internals, 3rd Edition (2023)—No Starch Press. 2- Paul Orland, Linux for Developers: Jumpstart Your Linux Programming Skills, 2nd Edition (2021)—Addison-Wesley. 3- Björn Andrist & Erik Bakker, Mastering System Programming with C and Linux, 1st Edition (2022)—Packt Publishing
CS404 Artificial IntelligenceText Book : 1. Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020), Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (4th Edition), Pearson Education. 2. Szeliski, R. (2022), Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (2nd Edition), Springer. 3. Bernard, H. & Guss, D. (2020), Neural Networks from Scratch in Python: Understanding Deep Learning through Theory and Practice, Harrison Kinsley.
Additional Literature : Zhang, Aston, et al. "Dive into deep learning." arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.11342 (2021).
CS413 Developing the Interactive WebText Book : Online resources as provided by Upstart LLC
Additional Literature : none
CS417 Introduction to Data MiningText Book : Introduction to Data Mining, Pang Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, Vipin Kumar, Pearson, 2005.
Additional Literature : Data Mining: The Textbook, Charu C. Aggarwal Hardcover, Springer.
CS511 Advanced Artificial IntelligenceText Book :
Additional Literature : Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Third Edition), Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, Prentice Hall, 1994. Goodfellow, Ian, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville. Deep learning. MIT Press, 2016.
CS521 Modern CryptographyText Book : Introduction to Modern Cryptography by J. Katz and Y. Lindell
Additional Literature : Handbook of Applied Cryptography, by Alfred J.Menezes, Paul C. van Orshoot, Scott A. Vanstone A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography by Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup
CS525 Advanced Data MiningText Book : Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts, Williamson, Kirsty; Johanson, Graeme (Eds.), 2nd Edition, 2018. Chandos Publishing(Elsevier).
Additional Literature : Data Mining, Charu C. Aggarwal, Springer, ISBN-13: 978-3319141411, ISBN-10: 9783319141411
CS553 Research Methodologies in Computer ScienceText Book : TBD
Additional Literature : Selected books and peer-reviewed scientific papers provided by the instructor
ECON105 Understanding BusinessText Book : Ebert, R. J. & Griffin, R. W. (2013). Business Essentials. (9th ed.). Pearson Publishing.
Additional Literature : N/A.
ECON112 Introduction to MacroeconomicsText Book : Mankiw, G. N. (2021). Economics. 9th Edition. Cengage.
Additional Literature : Ocasional reading materials in relation to topics discussed.
ECON202 Intermediate MacroeconomicsText Book : Macroeconomics, 2021, by Olivier Blanchard, Eight Edition, Pearson
Additional Literature : Additional literature will be provided in the form of case studies in the class
ECON204 International Political EconomyText Book : Oatley, T. H. (2019). International Political Economy (Sixth edition). New York, NY: Routledge.
Additional Literature : Stiglitz, J. E. (2007). Making globalization work. WW Norton & Company. Berend, I.T. (2011). An Economic History of Twenty-First Century Europe: Economic Regimes from LAissez-Faire to Globalization. Press of the University of Cambridge Gros, D. and Steinherr, A. (2004). Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Press of the University of Cambridge
ECON316 Urban EconomicsText Book : Brueckner, J.K. (2011) Lectures on Urban Economics, MIT
Additional Literature : i. Glaeser, E.L., J. Kolko and A. Saiz. 2001. Consumer city. Journal of Economic Geography, 1, pp. 27-50. ii. Roback, J. 1982. Wages, rents, and quality of life. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 90, No. 6, pp. 1257-1278.