Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
Introduction to programming languages and compilers, covering theory, practice, and language feature implications for implementation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course involves six cumulative programming projects, each requiring approximately 20 hours, which some students find tedious, vague, or overly complicated.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 639 is an undergraduate elective covering selected topics in computing, with specific content determined by the instructor for each offering.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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 2026Senior-level introduction to information security covering cryptographic primitives, security protocols, and system security.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Earlence Fernandes, Rahul Chatterjee: Workload varies by instructor, with some describing simple, fun homework and others citing unnecessarily hard coding assignments. Exams are often open-book, but one review warns that OS security topics can be extremely difficult and heavily weighted.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 702 is a Graduate Cooperative Education course where students apply computer science principles in a hands-on, professional setting.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMPSCI 790 is a Master's Thesis course for graduate students, focusing on independent research and thesis completion.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMPSCI 839 covers selected topics from advanced areas in computing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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 899 is a pre-dissertator research course for master's graduates preparing for doctoral dissertation work under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMPSCI 990 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for students with dissertator status.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Introduction to the technical aspects of cryptography and secure digital information transmission.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course includes five graded homeworks, two midterms, and a final. While some find exams manageable with lecture notes, others report they are unexpectedly difficult or narrowly focused.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026