CS 3000 — Algorithms and Data
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath FQusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: T/FBostonOakland, CAOnlineOnlineTraditional
Introduces the basic principles and techniques for the design, analysis, and implementation of efficient algorithms and data representations. Discusses asymptotic analysis and formal methods for establishing the correctness of algorithms. Considers divide-and-conquer algorithms, graph traversal algorithms, and optimization techniques. Introduces information theory and covers the fundamental structures for representing data. Examines flat and hierarchical representations, dynamic data representations, and data compression. Concludes with a discussion of the relationship of the topics in this course to complexity theory and the notion of the hardness of problems.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Corequisites (same term)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 1 | 33 | 36 | 92% | 3.0 |
| Fall 2023 | 3 | 425 | 450 | 94% | 8.3 |
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 259 | 296 | 88% | 12.3 |
| Summer A 2024 | 2 | 218 | 253 | 86% | 17.5 |
| Summer B 2024 | 1 | 119 | 132 | 90% | 13.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 5 | 436 | 505 | 86% | 13.8 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 251 | 328 | 77% | 25.7 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 125 | 150 | 83% | 25.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 5 | 493 | 536 | 92% | 8.6 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 273 | 286 | 95% | 4.3 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 13% · T 75% · W 13% · Th 9% · F 69%
Common patterns: TF (65% of sections), async (12% of sections), MTWR (9% of sections), W (5% of sections), M (4% of sections), F (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Akshar Varma (36% of students) · reviews
- Andrew Van Der Poel (22% of students) · reviews
- Jonathan Ullman (18% of students) · reviews
- Rajmohan Rajaraman (9% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Huy Nguyen (39% of students) · reviews
- Akshar Varma (15% of students) · reviews
- Iraklis Tsekourakis (13% of students) · reviews
- Rajmohan Rajaraman (12% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Elena Strange (68% of students) · reviews
- David Stalfa (32% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- David Stalfa (78% of students) · reviews
- Akshar Varma (22% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
CIVE 4767, CIVE 4768, CS 4400, CS 4545, CS 4810, CS 4820, CS 4830, CS 4973, CY 4770, CY 4775, CY 4973, DS 4973, EECE 4520, EECE 4790, EECE 4791, EECE 5360, EECE 5550, EECE 5643, EECE 5645, EECE 7376, MUST 4600
Courses that list CS 3000 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (CS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CS courses · Plan it at numap.app