| Fall 2020 | Spring 2021 | Summer 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Banner Listing | Banner Listing | Banner Listing |
| Course Name | Course Name | Course Name |
| Chart (pdf) | Chart (pdf) | Chart (pdf) |
Before continuing, please read the Brown CS 2020-21 Plan, which may replace some of the information below.
The following is a comprehensive list of Computer Science course offerings. For simpler, per-semester lists, choose one of the links in the box to the right. "Banner" is the Brown Online Course Announcement.
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Computer Science Courses
Courses offered this year are in bold.
| CSCI0020 | (CS002) | The Digital World |
| CSCI0030 | (CSCI0931) | Introduction to Computation for the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| CSCI0040 | (CS004) | Introduction to Scientific Computing and Problem Solving |
| CSCI0050 | A Data-Centric Introduction to Programming | |
| CSCI0060 | Practical Systems Skills | |
| CSCI0080 | A First Byte of Computer Science | |
| CSCI0090-A | (CS009-3) | Building a Web Application |
| CSCI0090-B | (CS009-1) | Computers and Human Values |
| CSCI0090-C | (CS009-2) | Talking with Computers |
| CSCI0100 | Data Fluency for All | |
| CSCI0111 | Computing Foundations: Data | |
| CSCI0112 | Computing Foundations: Program Organization | |
| CSCI0130 | User Interfaces and User Experience | |
| CSCI0150 | (CS015) | Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Computer Science |
| CSCI0160 | (CS016) | Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures |
| CSCI0170 | (CS017) | CS: An Integrated Introduction |
| CSCI0180 | (CS018) | CS: An Integrated Introduction |
| CSCI0190 | (CS019) | Accelerated Introduction to Computer Science |
| CSCI0220 | (CS022) | Introduction to Discrete Structures and Probability |
| CSCI0300 | (CSCI1310) | Fundamentals of Computer Systems |
| CSCI0310 | (CS031) | Introduction to Computer Systems |
| CSCI0320 | (CS032) | Introduction to Software Engineering |
| CSCI0330 | Introduction to Computer Systems | |
| CSCI0360 | (CS036) | Introduction to Systems Programming |
| CSCI0450 | Introduction to Probability and Computing | |
| CSCI0510 | (CS051) | Models of Computation |
| CSCI0530 | Coding the Matrix: an Introduction to Linear Algebra for Computer Science | |
| CSCI0920 | (CS092) | Educational Software Seminar |
| CSCI0931 | Introduction to Computation for the Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| CSCI1010 | (CSCI0510) | Theory of Computation |
| CSCI1230 | (CS123) | Computer Graphics |
| CSCI1234 | Computer Graphics Lab | |
| CSCI1250 | (CS125) | Introduction to Computer Animation |
| CSCI1260 | (CS126) | Compilers and Program Analysis |
| CSCI1270 | (CS127) | Database Management Systems |
| CSCI1280 | (CS128) | Intermediate 3D Computer Animation |
| CSCI1290 | (CSCI1950-G) | Computational Photography |
| CSCI1300 | User Interfaces and User Experience | |
| CSCI1301 | Livestreaming Reimagined | |
| CSCI1310 | Fundamentals of Computer Systems | |
| CSCI1320 | Creating Modern & Mobile Web Applications | |
| CSCI1330 | Computer Systems (Master's students only) | |
| CSCI1340 | (CS196-2) | Innovating Game Development |
| CSCI1370 | Virtual Reality Design for Science | |
| CSCI1380 | (CS138) | Distributed Computer Systems |
| CSCI1410 | (CS141) | Artificial Intelligence |
| CSCI1420 | (CSCI1950-F) | Machine Learning |
| CSCI1430 | (CS143) | Computer Vision |
| CSCI1440 | (CSCI1951-K) | Algorithmic Game Theory |
| CSCI1450 | (CSCI0450) | Probability for Computing and Data Analysis |
| CSCI1460 | (CS146) | Computational Linguistics |
| CSCI1470 | Deep Learning | |
| CSCI1480 | (CS148) | Building Intelligent Robots |
| CSCI1490 | (CS149) | Introduction to Combinatorial Optimization |
| CSCI1510 | Introduction to Cryptography and Computer Security | |
| CSCI1550 | (CS155) | Probabilistic Methods in Computer Science |
| CSCI1570 | (CS157) | Design and Analysis of Algorithms |
| CSCI1575 | Algorithms: In Depth | |
| CSCI1580 | Information Retrieval and Web Search | |
| CSCI1590 | (CS159) | Introduction to Computational Complexity |
| CSCI1600 | Real-time and Embedded Software | |
| CSCI1610 | (CS161) | Building High-Performance Servers |
| CSCI1620 | Computer Systems Security Lab | |
| CSCI1650 | (CSCI1951-H) | Software Security and Exploitation |
| CSCI1660 | (CS166) | Computer Systems Security |
| CSCI1670 | (CS167) | Operating Systems |
| CSCI1680 | Computer Networks | |
| CSCI1690 | (CS169) | Operating Systems Laboratory |
| CSCI1695 | Operating System Design and Implementation | |
| CSCI1729 | Programming Languages Lab | |
| CSCI1730 | (CS173) | Design and Implementation of Programming Languages |
| CSCI1760 | Multiprocessor Synchronization | |
| CSCI1780 | (CS178) | Parallel and Distributed Programming |
| CSCI1800 | (CSCI1950-P) | Cybersecurity and International Relations |
| CSCI1805 | (CSCI1951-F) | Computers, Freedom and Privacy: Current Topics in Law and Policy |
| CSCI1810 | (CS181) | Computational Molecular Biology |
| CSCI1820 | Algorithmic Foundations of Computational Biology | |
| CSCI1850 | Deep Learning in Genomics | |
| CSCI1870 | Cybersecurity Ethics | |
| CSCI1900 | csciStartup | |
| CSCI1950-C | Advanced Programming for Digital Art and Literature | |
| CSCI1950-E | Human-Robot Interaction Seminar | |
| CSCI1950-F | (CS195-5) | Intro. to Machine Learning |
| CSCI1950-G | (CS195-G) | Computational Photography |
| CSCI1950-H | Computational Topology | |
| CSCI1950-I | Designing, Developing and Evaluating User Interfaces | |
| CSCI1950-J | Introduction to Computational Geometry | |
| CSCI1950-L | (CS196-1) | Algorithmic Foundations of Computational Biology |
| CSCI1950-N | 2D Game Engines | |
| CSCI1950-P | Cybersecurity and International Relations | |
| CSCI1950-Q | Programming for the Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| CSCI1950-R | (CS195R) | Compiler Practice |
| CSCI1950-S | Fundamentals of Computer Systems | |
| CSCI1950-T | Advanced Animation Production | |
| CSCI1950-U | Topics in 3D Game Engine Development | |
| CSCI1950-V | Advanced GPU Programming | |
| CSCI1950-W | Topics in Data Science | |
| CSCI1950-X | Software Foundations | |
| CSCI1950-Y | Logic for Systems | |
| CSCI1950-Z | Computational Methods for Biology | |
| CSCI1951-A | Data Science | |
| CSCI1951-B | Virtual Citizens or Subjects? The Global Battle Over Governing Your Internet | |
| CSCI1951-C | Designing Humanity Centered Robots | |
| CSCI1951-D | Projective Geometry via Interactive Proof Assistants | |
| CSCI1951-E | Computer Systems Security: Principles and Practice | |
| CSCI1951-G | Optimization Methods in Finance | |
| CSCI1951-H | Software Security and Exploitation | |
| CSCI1951-I | CS for Social Change | |
| CSCI1951-J | Interdisciplinary Scientific Visualization | |
| CSCI1951-L | Blockchains & Cryptocurrencies | |
| CSCI1951-M | Great Ideas in Computer Science | |
| CSCI1951-N | VR+X, the Potential of Virtual Reality to Transform Nearly Everything | |
| CSCI1951-O | Design of Robotic Systems | |
| CSCI1951-R | Introduction to Robotics | |
| CSCI1951-S | Virtual Reality Software Review | |
| CSCI1951-T | Surveying VR Data Visualization Software for Research | |
| CSCI1951-U | Software Engineering of Large Systems | |
| CSCI1951-V | Hypertext/Hypermedia Seminar: The Web Was Not the Beginning and the Web Is Not the End | |
| CSCI1951-W | Sublinear Algorithms for Big Data | |
| CSCI1970 | (CS193/4) | Individual Independent Study |
| CSCI1971 | (CSCI1950N) | Independent Study in 2D Game Engines |
| CSCI1972 | (CSCI1950-U) | Topics in 3D Game Engine Development |
| CSCI2000 | Computer Science Research Methods | |
| CSCI2240 | (CS224) | Interactive Computer Graphics |
| CSCI2270 | (CS227) | Topics in Database Management |
| CSCI2300 | (CSCI2951-L) | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar |
| CSCI2310 | (CS231) | Human Factors and User Interface Design |
| CSCI2330 | (CS233) | Programming Environments |
| CSCI2340 | (CS234) | Software Engineering |
| CSCI2370 | (CS237) | Interdisciplinary Scientific Visualization |
| CSCI2390 | Privacy-Conscious Computer Systems | |
| CSCI2410 | (CS241) | Statistical Models in Natural-Language Understanding |
| CSCI2420 | Probabilistic Graphical Models | |
| CSCI2440 | (CS244) | Topics in Game-Theoretic Artificial Intelligence |
| CSCI2470 | Deep Learning | |
| CSCI2500-A | (CS250) | Advanced Algorithms |
| CSCI2500-B | (CS250) | Optimization Algorithms for Planar Graphs |
| CSCI2510 | (CS251) | Approximation Algorithms |
| CSCI2520 | (CS252) | Computational Geometry |
| CSCI2531 | Internet and Web Algorithms | |
| CSCI2540 | (CS254) | Advanced Probabilistic Methods in Computer Science |
| CSCI2550 | (CS255) | Parallel Computation: Models, Algorithms, Limits |
| CSCI2560 | (CS256) | Advanced Complexity |
| CSCI2570 | (CS257) | Introduction to Nanocomputing |
| CSCI2580 | (CS258) | Solving Hard Problems in Combinatorial Optimization: Theory and Systems |
| CSCI2590 | Advanced Topics in Cryptography | |
| CSCI2730 | (CS273) | Programming Language Theory |
| CSCI2750 | (CS275) | Topics in Parallel & Distributed Computing |
| CSCI2820 | (CSCI2950-L) | Advanced Algorithms in Computational Biology and Medical Bioinformatics |
| CSCI2950-C | (CS296-5) | Algorithms for Cancer Genomics |
| CSCI2950-E | (CS296-9) | Stochastic Optimization |
| CSCI2950-G | (CS296-2) | Large-Scale Networked Systems |
| CSCI2950-J | Cognition, Human-Computer Interaction and Visual Analysis | |
| CSCI2950-K | Special Topics in Computational Linguistics | |
| CSCI2950-L | (CS295-2) | Medical Bioinformatics: Disease Associations, Protein Folding and Immunogenomics |
| CSCI2950-O | (CS295-7) | Topics in Brain-Computer Interfaces |
| CSCI2950-P | Special Topics in Machine Learning | |
| CSCI2950-Q | (CS296-4) | Topics in Computer Vision |
| CSCI2950-R | Special Topics in Advanced Algorithms | |
| CSCI2950-T | (CS295-11) | Topics in Distributed Databases & Systems |
| CSCI2950-U | Special Topics on Networking and Distributed Systems | |
| CSCI2950-V | Topics in Applied Cryptography | |
| CSCI2950-W | Online Algorithms | |
| CSCI2950-X | (CS296-1) | Topics in Programming Languages & Systems |
| CSCI2950-Z | (CS296-3) | Robot Learning and Autonomy |
| CSCI2951-A | Robots for Education | |
| CSCI2951-B | Data-Driven Vision and Graphics | |
| CSCI2951-C | Autonomous Agents and Computational Market Design | |
| CSCI2951-D | Topics in Information Retrieval and Web Search | |
| CSCI2951-E | Topics in Computer System Security | |
| CSCI2951-F | Learning and Sequential Decision Making | |
| CSCI2951-G | Computational Protein Folding | |
| CSCI2951-H | Algorithms for Big Data | |
| CSCI2951-I | Computer Vision for Graphics and Interaction | |
| CSCI2951-J | Topics in Advanced Algorithmics: Algorithmic Game Theory, 3D Computational Geometry, Quantum Computing | |
| CSCI2951-K | Topics in Collaborative Robotics | |
| CSCI2951-L | Human-Computer Interaction Seminar | |
| CSCI2951-M | Advanced Algorithms Seminar | |
| CSCI2951-N | Advanced Algorithms in Computational Biology | |
| CSCI2951-O | Foundations of Prescriptive Analytics | |
| CSCI2951-P | Human-Robot Interaction Seminar | |
| CSCI2951-Q | Topics in Advanced Algorithms | |
| CSCI2951-R | Personal Informatics Seminar | |
| CSCI2951-S | Distributed Computing through Combinatorial Topology | |
| CSCI2951-T | Data-Drive Computer Vision | |
| CSCI2951-U | Topics in Software Security | |
| CSCI2951-V | Systems for Interactive Data Exploration | |
| CSCI2951-W | Creative Artificial Intelligence for Computer Graphics | |
| CSCI2951-X | Reintegrating AI | |
| CSCI2951-Y | Special Topics in Formal Semantics and Notional Machines | |
| CSCI2951-Z | Advanced Algorithmic Game Theory | |
| CSCI2952-A | Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies | |
| CSCI2952-B | Topics in Computer Science Education Research | |
| CSCI2952-C | Learning with Limited Labeled Data | |
| CSCI2952-D | Computational Semantics | |
| CSCI2952-E | Topics in Network Management: Data-driven and Programmable Networks | |
| CSCI2952-F | Distributed Systems at Scale: Microservices Management | |
| CSCI2952-G | Deep Learning in Genomics | |
| CSCI2952-H | Recent Progress in Reinforcement Learning | |
| CSCI2952-I | Language Processing in Humans and Machines | |
| CSCI2952-J | Computing with Emerging Technology | |
| CSCI2952-K | Topics in 3D Computer Vision and Deep Learning | |
| CSCI2952-V | Algorithms for the People | |
| CSCI2955 | The Design and Analysis of Trading Agents | |
| CSCI2956-F | Machine Learning Reading Group | |
| CSCI2980 | (CS297/8) | Reading and Research |
| DATA0080 | Data, Ethics and Society | |
| DATA0200 | Data Science Fluency | |
| DATA1030 | Hands-on Data Science | |
| DATA1050 | Data Engineering | |
| DATA2040 | Deep Learning | |
| DATA2050 | Data Practicum | |
| DATA2080 | Data and Society | |
| ENGN2502 | 3D Photography | |
| ENGN2520 | (CSCI1950-F) | Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning |
| XLIST_BIOL_1430 | Computational Theory of Molecular Evolution | |
| XLIST_ENGN2911-I | 3D Photography and Geometry Processing |
