Undergraduate Courses

The following list contains all undergraduate courses that can appear on the Computer Science schedule, including selected courses offered by other departments.  (The schedules for the 2023-2024 academic year are available, together with schedules for previous years.)  Please note that some courses are experimental and may not be offered on a regular basis. These may be subject to change each academic year.

Required Courses:

• CS 161 Introduction to Programming and Problem-solving
• CS 162 Introduction to Computer Science
• CS 163 Data Structures
• CS 205 System Programming and Architecture
• CS 250 Discrete Structures I
• CS 251 Discrete Structures II
• CS 302 Programming Methodologies and Software Implementation
• CS 305 Social, Ethical, and Legal Implications of Computing
• CS 314 Elements of Software Engineering
• CS 333 Introduction to Operating Systems
• ECE 341 Intro. to Computer Hardware
• CS 350 Algorithms and Complexity
• CS 358 Principles of Programming Languages
• CS 469 Software Engineering Capstone I
• CS 470 Software Engineering Capstone II
• CS 486 Introduction to Database Management Systems

Active Electives:

• CS 311 Computational Structures
• CS 415P Parallel Programming
• CS 418 Cultural Competence in Computing
• CS 430P Internet, Web, & Cloud Systems
• CS 431 Introduction to Performance Measurement, Modeling and Analysis
• CS 435 Accelerated Computing with GPU's and Xeon Phi
• CS 440 Deep Learning: Computational Structures and Programming
• CS 441 Artificial Intelligence
• CS 445 Machine Learning
• CS 447P Computer Graphics
• CS 451 Numerical Computation
• CS 454 Software Engineering
• CS 457 Functional Programming
• CS 463 Intro to Web Development
• CS 464P Front End Web Development
• CS 465P Full Stack Web Development
• CS 466 Voice Assistants
• CS 480 Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis
• CS 485 Cryptography
• CS 487P Database Management Systems Implementation
• CS 488P Cloud & Cluster Data Management
• CS 489 Blockchain Development & Security
• CS 490 Introduction to Multimedia Computing and Networking
• CS 491 Introduction to Computer Security
• CS 492 Malware Reverse Engineering
• CS 493 Digital Forensics
• CS 494P Internetworking Protocols
• CS 495 Web and Cloud Security
• CS 496 Network Security

Special Topic Courses (Active):

• CS 199 Special Studies: Programming and Problem Solving: A First Exploration
• CS 299 Special Studies: Algorithmic Thinking
• CS 410 Top: Advanced Functional Programming
• CS 410 Top: Advanced Java Programming
• CS 410 Top: Advanced Topics in Program Verification
• CS 410 Top: Adventures in Natural Language Processing
• CS 410 Top: Code Large Language Models
• CS 410 Top: Code Reading & Review
• CS 410P Top: Programming Language Compilation
• CS 410 Top: Computational Photography
• CS 410 Top: Computer Game Design
• CS 410 Top: Computer Vision and Deep Learning
• CS 410P Top: Computers, Sound and Music
• CS 410 Top: Contemporary Software Development with Java and Android
• CS 410 Top: Data Clustering
• CS 410 Top: Data Engineering
• CS 410 Top: Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
• CS 410 Top: Exploring Fractals
• CS 410 Top: Formal Proof Foundations
• CS 410 Top: Foundations of Computer Vision
• CS 410 Top: Foundations of Emerging Technologies
• CS 410 Top: Generative Security Applications
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Computational Imaging
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Computational Photography
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Data Mining
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Healthcare Data Analytics
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Privacy-aware Computing
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Quantum Computing
• CS 410 Top: Large Language Models
• CS 410 Top: Mobile and Wireless Networks
• CS 410 Top: Mobile Health
• CS 410 Top: Natural Language Processing
• CS 410 Top: Networked Markets
• CS 410 Top: Operating System Internals
• CS 410P Top: Programming Language Compilation
• CS 410 Top: Proof Assistants and Program Verification
• CS 410 Top: Reinforcement Learning
• CS 410 Top: Rust for Small Systems Programming
• CS 410 Top: Rust Programming
• CS 410 Top: Rust Web Development
• CS 410 Top: Secure System Administration and DevOps
• CS 410P Top: The Joy of Coding with Java and Android
• CS 410 Top: Unconventional Cameras
• CS 410 Top: Usability Engineering
• CS 410 Top: Wireless Networks and Applications
• CS 410 Top: Virtual Reality

Other Courses:

• CS 202 Programming Systems
• CS 420P Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• CS 421 Programming Language Implementation: Syntax and Stat
• CS 422P Programming Language Implementation: Code Generation
• CS 438 Computer Architecture
• CS 442P Advanced Artificial Intelligence: Combinatorial Games
• CS 443 Advanced Artificial Intelligence: Combinatorial Search
• CS 446 Advanced Topics in Machine Learning
• CS 452 Building Software Systems with Components
• CS 461P Open Source Software Development Laboratory
• CS 462 Advanced Open Source Software Engineering
• CS 467 The Wireless Web
• CS 497 Sensor Networks
• CS 498 Introduction to Wireless Network Protocols

Other Special Topics Courses:

• CS 399 Special Studies: COBOL and Legacy Systems
• CS 410 Top: Advanced Topics in C++ Programming
• CS 410 Top: Advanced Topics in Concurrency
• CS 410 Top: Algorithms Coding
• CS 410 Top: Generative AI
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to HCI
• CS 410 Top: Introduction to Visual Computing
• CS 410 Top: Languages and Low-Level Programming
• CS 410 Top: Markets and the Internet
• CS 410 Top: Modern Agile and Other XP Software Engineering
• CS 410 Top: Modern Embedded Computing
• CS 410 Top: Network Security
• CS 410 Top: Practicum in Asynchronous Systems and Algorithms
• CS 410 Top: Software Design Patterns
• CS 410 Top: Spoken Language Interfaces
• CS 410 Top: Theorem Proving and Program Verification
• CS 410 Top: Topics in Software Validation
• CS 410 Top: Unit Test Branching Strategy
• CS 410 Top: User Interfaces
• CS 410 Top: Compilers and Interpreters

To review course descriptions of previously offered courses, please contact the instructor or review the PSU Bulletin.