CS 7880 — Special Topics in Theoretical Computer Science
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: MBostonOnlinePortland, MaineOnlineTraditionalrepeatable for credit
Covers various topics including advanced cryptography, approximation algorithms, complexity theory, computational algebra, distributed computing, formal verification, network algorithms, online computation, parallel computing, and randomness and computation. May be repeated up to two times.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 16% | 24.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 13% | 34.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 29% | 5.0 |
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 50% · T 31% · W 13% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: M (38% of sections), T (31% of sections), async (19% of sections), MW (13% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
Spring
- Alan Jamieson (55% of students) · reviews
- Emanuele Viola (27% of students) · reviews
- Prashant Pandey (18% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (CS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CS courses · Plan it at numap.app