COMPSCI 900 is an advanced seminar covering recent research across various aspects of computer science.
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Covers deep learning for computer vision tasks like image classification, object detection, and medical image analysis.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Covers hardware and software solutions for advanced computing in engineering, with hands-on parallel programming assignments.
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Historical reviews of Dan Negrut: Reviewers note the class involves significant work, particularly weekly programming assignments, but consider them doable with effort.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026#4 ·COMPSCI 699
Directed Study
1–6 creditsCOMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 402 teaches students to lead CS clubs and workshops for K-12 students, designing activities to teach computational thinking and programming.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026#6 ·BIOCHEM/BME/BMI/CBE/COMPSCI/GENETICS 915
Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine
1 creditsA seminar for CIBM program trainees discussing current research in computation and informatics in biology and medicine.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 839 covers selected topics from advanced areas in computing.
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Reviewers rate the difficulty as low to moderate, with ratings of 2 and 3 out of 5.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 638 covers selected topics in computing, with content varying by instructor and offering.
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Historical reviews of Deborah Joseph, Laura Legault, Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau: Reviewers describe the course as generally easy, though one instructor is noted for requiring outside-the-box thinking.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A capstone course where students design, develop, and deliver a software project for a corporate client using agile techniques.
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The course imposes significant busywork on top of weekly meetings and project progress requirements.
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Fall 2024–Spring 2026Introduction to human-computer interaction focusing on user-centered design, prototyping, and usability evaluation through group projects.
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Workload perceptions vary significantly. Some reviewers describe the class as very easy with minimal coding, while others cite 8-10 hour weekly assignments and confusion over project requirements.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN 1 introduces the user experience design process, ethics, methods, and tools, including formative research and design proposals.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025A peer collaboration course discussing basic computer science concepts, programming, and coding techniques.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers HCI principles, research methods, data analysis, and a semester-long research project in critical domains.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI/ECE 533 covers the mathematical representation of images, including degradation models, enhancement, restoration, segmentation, coding, pattern recognition, and tomography.
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Historical reviews indicate high difficulty, citing assignment errors and unclear problem explanations in class.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 769 teaches advanced NLP algorithms and models for tasks like text categorization and machine translation.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 736 covers advanced operating system topics such as process communication, fault tolerance, and virtual machines.
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Historical reviews of Barton Miller: The course requires reading and a single project without tests or quizzes, though Miller enforces high expectations and takes class participation seriously.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 764 covers the implementation of database management systems, including distributed systems, concurrency control, query execution, and recovery mechanisms.
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Historical reviews of Alan Halverson: Reviewers suggest self-study via research papers is more effective than attending class, noting the professor explains little beyond the assigned readings.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 319 introduces data science programming in Python, covering basics, web scraping, databases, and visualization for research datasets.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to Computing provides a broad overview of computing topics like security, robotics, and AI, and algorithmic problem solving.
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The workload involves daily in-person attendance and completing assignments posted after lectures, often requiring students to bring fully charged computers. Some reviewers note that outside work can be long and that the Canvas page is disorganized.
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026COMPSCI 740 covers advanced topics in computer communications networks including congestion control, routing, and network services.
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One review criticizes class management and grading transparency, describing the experience as unfair due to mystery quizzes and exam proctoring issues.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025#21 ·COMPSCI 787
Advanced Algorithms
3 creditsCOMPSCI 787 covers advanced algorithm design and analysis, focusing on randomness, linear programming, and semi-definite programming for optimization and distributed problems.
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The course is mathematically rigorous with heavy proof requirements, though one historical review notes an average workload of two homeworks and one exam under a different instructor.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 880 covers advanced topics in algorithms, complexity, and cryptography.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI/STAT 403 allows students to earn academic credit for outside internships related to Computer Sciences or Data Science programs.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI/ECE 760 covers computational approaches to learning, including inductive inference, explanation-based learning, and cognitive modeling.
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One reviewer rated the difficulty as 5/5 and noted that students were expected to read PowerPoint slides to prepare for class.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 407 teaches the design and implementation of mobile applications and systems, addressing platform-specific constraints and features.
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Lab projects require guessing autograder implementations for Android development, which is described as impossible without documentation.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025Methods of Computational Mathematics I covers finite difference and volume methods for PDEs, analyzing accuracy and stability, and solving linear systems.
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One historical review describes the load as not heavy, while others do not specify workload intensity.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 639 is an undergraduate elective covering selected topics in computing, with specific content determined by the instructor for each offering.
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Reviewers describe the homework as interesting and hands-on, while one reviewer characterizes the overall class difficulty as hard.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Software Engineering teaches techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems, covering processes, architecture, and team management.
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The course focuses on agile team software projects and is considered easy if students participate, though logistics and reading quizzes add to the workload.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026#29 ·COMPSCI 765
Data Visualization
3 creditsCOMPSCI 765 covers principles of data visual presentation, surveying Information Visualization, Scientific Visualization, and Visual Analytics.
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Reviewers report that assignments toward the end of the semester felt like busywork rather than meaningful learning.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025COMPSCI 320 teaches intermediate data science programming in Python, covering data structures, reproducibility, and machine learning techniques.
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The workload consists of biweekly projects, midterms, and a final, with exams being online and attendance effectively optional due to full credit policies.
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