DS 3500 — Advanced Programming with Data
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Presents a deep dive into the design and implementation of enterprise-grade software systems with an emphasis on software architectures for more complex data-driven applications. Covers extensible architectures that support testing, data provenance, reuse, maintainability, scalability, and robustness. Uses software APIs and libraries for wide-scale adoption and ease of use. Offers students an opportunity to design, implement, and test complex, data-centric pipelines using large, real-world datasets. Explores the features, capabilities, and underlying design of popular data analysis and visualization frameworks.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 100 | 115 | 87% | 15.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 142 | 150 | 95% | 8.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 155 | 150 | 103% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 217 | 165 | 132% | 0.0 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 99 | 120 | 83% | 21.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 134 | 150 | 89% | 16.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 115 | 274 | 42% | 53.0 |
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 17% · T 93% · W 17% · Th 17% · F 78%
Common patterns: TF (78% of sections), MTWR (10% of sections), MWR (7% of sections), T (5% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- John Rachlin (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- John Rachlin (76% of students) · reviews
- Rushit Sanghrajka (24% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- John Rachlin (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
CS 4130, CS 4160, CS 4180, CS 4220, CS 4545, CS 4550, CS 4610, CS 4973, CY 4973, DS 4300, DS 4973
Courses that list DS 3500 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (DS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All DS courses · Plan it at numap.app