Teaching at JMU

Fall 2025:

CS 345 - Software Engineering
CS 349 - Developing Multimedia

Other Semesters:

CS 139/149 - Introduction to Programming
CS 159/239 - Advanced Programming
CS 240 - Data Structures and Algorithms
CS 345 - Software Engineering
CS 349 - Developing Multimedia
CS 361 - Computer Systems II
CS 446 - Software Analysis and Design
CS 460 - TCP/IP Networks
CS 462 - Network Application Development
CS 480 - Personal Navigation Systems
CS 488 - Computer Graphics Applications
CS 531 - Secure Programming
CS 555 - Secure Software Engineering
CS 588 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (w/ Applications in Forensics and InfoSec)
CS 665 - Software Requirements and Design
CS 685 - Secure Mobile Applications
CS 685 - Programming for the WWW
Math 483 - Scientific Visualization and Animation
TECH 230 - Travel + Tech

Teaching at Other Universities

Dr. Bernstein was on the faculty at MIT and Princeton prior to joining the faculty at JMU. In the past he has taught such classes as:

The Science and Technology of Decision-Making
Electronic Commerce
Network Optimization
Equilibrium and Game-Theoretic Models in Operations Research
Nonlinear Optimization
Transportation Systems Analysis
GIS for Transportation Planners and Engineers
Transportation Network Equilibrium Analysis
Topics in Transportation and Land-Use Interactions
Algorithms for Transportation and Land-Use Modeling

at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Teaching (and Related) Awards

While at JMU, Dr. Bernstein was named one of the "Best 300 Professors" in 2012 by The Princeton Review (Thoughts), was a finalist for the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013, received the CISE Outstanding Student Mentor Award in 2014, and received the Faculty Emereti Association Legacy Grant in 2016.

While at Princeton, Dr. Bernstein was awarded the Engineering Council's Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995 and 1999, and the President's Award (the highest award for teaching at Princeton) in 1999.