CS 5010 — Programming Design Paradigm
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FArlington, VABostonMiami, FLOakland, CAOnlinePortland, MaineSeattle, WASilicon Valley, CAVancouver, CanadaHybridLive CastOnlineTraditional
Introduces modern program design paradigms. Starts with functional program design, introducing the notion of a design recipe. The latter consists of two parts: a task organization (ranging from the description of data to the creation of a test suite) and a data-oriented approach to the organization of programs (ranging from atomic data to self-referential data definitions and functions as data). The course then progresses to object-oriented design, explaining how it generalizes and contrasts with functional design. In addition to studying program design, students also have an opportunity to practice pair-programming and public code review techniques, as found in industry today.
Corequisites (same term)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 11 | 372 | 631 | 59% | 23.5 |
| Spring 2024 | 8 | 235 | 366 | 64% | 16.4 |
| Fall 2024 | 10 | 395 | 573 | 69% | 17.8 |
| Spring 2025 | 10 | 308 | 498 | 62% | 19.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 12 | 537 | 917 | 59% | 31.7 |
| Spring 2026 | 9 | 213 | 409 | 52% | 21.8 |
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 11% · T 67% · W 13% · Th 6% · F 58%
Common patterns: TF (55% of sections), W (12% of sections), T (10% of sections), M (10% of sections), R (4% of sections), F (3% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Amit Shesh (40% of students) · reviews
- Vidoje Mihajlovikj (13% of students) · reviews
- Joydeep Mitra (10% of students) · reviews
- Zhuoqun Cheng (8% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Amit Shesh (26% of students) · reviews
- Joydeep Mitra (26% of students) · reviews
- Zhuoqun Cheng (12% of students) · reviews
- Brianna Dym (9% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
CS 5400, CS 5500, CS 6510, CS 7980
Courses that list CS 5010 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (CS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CS courses · Plan it at numap.app