UCSD Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Undergraduate Course Descriptions

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CSE3 - Fluency in Information Technology
CSE4GS - Mathematical Beauty in Rome
CSE5A - Introduction to Programming I
CSE6GS - Mathematical Beauty in Rome Lab
CSE8A - Introduction to Computer Science: Java
CSE8AL - Introduction to Computer Science: Java Lab
CSE8B - Introduction to Computer Science: Java
CSE11 - Introduction to Computer Science and Object-Oriented Programming: Java (Accelerated Pace)
CSE12 - Basic Data Structures and Object-Oriented Design
CSE15L - Software Tools and Techniques Laboratory
CSE20 - Discrete Mathematics
CSE21 - Mathematics for Algorithm and Systems
CSE30 - Computer Organization and Systems Programming
CSE70 - Software Engineering
CSE80 - UNIX Lab
CSE86 - C++ for Java Programmers
CSE87 - Freshman Seminars
CSE90 - Undergraduate Seminar
CSE91 - Perspective in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE92 - Fundamental Ideas in CSE
CSE99 - Independent Study in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE100 - Advanced Data Structures
CSE101 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CSE102 - File and Storage Structures
CSE103 - A Practical Introduction to Probability and Statistics
CSE105 - Theory of Computability
CSE107 - Introduction to Modern Cryptography
CSE111 - Object Oriented Software Design
CSE112 - Software Engineering (Formerly CSE 110)
CSE118 - Ubiquitous Computing
CSE120 - Principles of Computer Operating Systems
CSE121 - Operating Systems: Architecture and Implementation
CSE123 - Computer Networks (Formerly CSE 123A)
CSE124 - Networked Services (Formerly CSE 123B)
CSE125 - Software System Design and Implementation
CSE127 - Introduction to Computer Security
CSE128 - Concurrency
CSE130 - Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms
CSE131 - Compiler Construction (Formerly CSE 131B as of Fall 2007. )
CSE132A - Database System Principles
CSE132B - Database System Appplications
CSE133 - Information Retrieval (Formerly CSE 181)
CSE134A - Web Server Languages
CSE134B - Web Client Languages
CSE135 - Server-side Web Applications
CSE136 - Enterprise-class Web Applications
CSE140 - Components and Design Techniques for Digital Systems
CSE140L - Digital Systems Laboratory (Formerly CSE 175B)
CSE141 - Introduction to Computer Architecture (Formerly CSE 170B)
CSE141L - Project in Computer Architecture
CSE142 - Advanced Digital Logic Design
CSE143 - Microelectronic System Design
CSE144 - Computer-Aided Design of VLSI Circuits (Formerly CSE 172B)
CSE146 - Introduction to Reliable Hardware
CSE148 - Advanced Processor Architecture Design Project
CSE150 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Search and Reasoning (Formerly CSE 162)
CSE151 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CSE152 - Introduction to Computer Vision
CSE160 - Introduction to Parallel Computing (Formerly CSE 174)
CSE166 - Image Processing
CSE167 - Computer Graphics (Formerly CSE 177)
CSE168 - Computer Graphics II: Rendering
CSE169 - Computer Animation
CSE171 - User Interface Design
CSE175 - Social and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
CSE181 - Molecular Sequence Analysis
CSE182 - Biological Databases
CSE184 - Computational Molecular Biology
CSE190 - Topics in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE191 - Seminar in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE192 - Senior Seminar
CSE195 - Teaching
CSE197 - Field Study in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE198 - Directed Group Study
CSE199 - Independent Study for Undergraduates