Code	Name	Description
CMSC 101	Minds and Machines	Formal deduction in propositional logic. The fundamentals of computer architecture. An elementary exploration of the extent to which symbolic reasoning can be automated, including a consideration of related results in fields such as neuroscience and...
CMSC 105	Elementary Programming	Solving problems by writing computer programs. Introduction to computer architecture. Emphasis on symbolic reasoning using examples from a particular computing context. For non-majors. Not open to students who have completed any computer science cour...
CMSC 150	Introduction to Computing	Techniques for writing computer programs to solve problems. Topics include elementary computer organization, object-oriented programming, control structures, arrays, methods and parameter passing, recursion, searching, sorting, and file I/O. Three le...
CMSC 190	Integrated Science/Math/Computer Science with Lab	One of two courses taught fall semester as part of the Integrated Quantitative Science program. Each semester of the course will be organized around a guiding principle that integrates several concepts. Along with co-requisites, will include ten hour...
CMSC 195	Selected Topics	Special topics satisfying neither major nor minor requirements.
CMSC 221	Data Structures	Introduction to data structures, including stacks, queues, linked lists, and binary trees. Topics include abstraction, object-oriented programming, recursion, and computational complexity. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week.
CMSC 222	Discrete Structures for Computing with Lab	Sets, functions, elementary propositional and predicate logic, elementary graph theory, recurrence relations, proof techniques (including mathematical induction and proof by contradiction), combinatorics, probability, and random numbers, with applica...
CMSC 240	Software Systems Development	Introduction to techniques necessary for development of large-scale software systems. Topics include the development life cycle; design considerations including OOP, patterns, reuse, and usability; repository management; testing, debugging, and stati...
CMSC 288	Computer Science Apprenticeship	Participation in development of software, with supervision of computer science faculty. Does not count for computer science major or minor. No more than a total of 1.5 units of Computer Science 288 may count toward the total number of units required...
CMSC 301	Computer Systems and Architecture I	Fundamentals of computer organization. Topics include instruction and, data representations, assembly language, processor data path design, memory systems and I/O. Also includes examination of how software characteristics impact hardware design and o...
CMSC 315	Algorithms and Data Structures	Design, analysis, and implementation of advanced computer algorithms. Emphasis is given to problem-solving techniques, including the greedy method, divide-and-conquer, and dynamic programming. Specific problem domains vary. Topics may include sorting...
CMSC 321	Operating Systems	Structure of operating systems, process management, memory management, file systems, and case studies. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per week.
CMSC 322	Software Engineering Practicum	Project-oriented course. Principles of software engineering will be emphasized throughout. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per week.
CMSC 323	Design and Implementation of Programming Languages	Concepts in design and implementation of programming languages, including compile-time and run-time issues. Support for block-structured procedural languages, object-oriented languages, and functional languages. Three lecture and one laboratory hour...
CMSC 325	Database Systems	Introduction to systematic management of data: design and implementation of relational databases, data modeling, normalization, indexing, relational algebra, query processing, and transaction management. Programming projects include substantial use o...
CMSC 326	Simulation	Introduction to simulation. Discrete-event simulation, Monte Carlo simulation, simulation of queuing and inventory systems, random number generation, discrete and continuous stochastic models, elementary statistics, point and interval parameter estim...
CMSC 327	Machine Learning	The mathematics and computer programming underlying practical ma- chine learning applications, and how to construct and evaluate the quality of such systems. Linear and logistic regression, artificial neural networks, support vector machines, K-means...
CMSC 328	Numerical Analysis (See Math 328)	(See Mathematics 328.)
CMSC 330	Theory of Computation	Finite state machines, regular languages, push-down automata, and context-free languages. Turing machines, recursive functions, and related topics. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per week.
CMSC 331	Introduction to Compiler Construction	Regular languages, context-free languages, finite automata, push-down automata, lexical analysis, parsing, intermediate representation, and code generation. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per week.
CMSC 332	Computer Networks	Principles and techniques for data communication between computers. Topics include design and analysis of communication protocols, routing, congestion control, network-centric applications, and recent advances. Three lecture and one laboratory hour p...
CMSC 333	Parallel Programming	Principles and techniques for programming computers that have multiple processors. Writing programs for parallel computers that enhance run-time efficiency, portability, correctness, and software modifiability. Three lecture and one laboratory hour p...
CMSC 334	Computer Security	Theory, mechanisms, and implementation of computer security and data protection. Topics include encryption and authentication, program and language security, operating system security, and network security. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per w...
CMSC 335	Computer Graphics	Device independent two- and three-dimensional computer graphics, interactive graphics, user interfaces, and human factors. Consideration of advanced modeling and rendering. Three lecture and one laboratory hour per week.
CMSC 340	Directed Independent Study	To enable well-qualified students who have completed basic requirements for major to work independently in areas not included in curriculum.
CMSC 388	Individual Internship	No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.
CMSC 395	Special Topics	Selected topics in Computer Science
CMSC 406	Summer Undergraduate Research	Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 8 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...

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