This course is the first in the 2-course Computer Science Capstone sequence. Student teams learn about modern software design and engineering techniques and work together to use them and their past educational experiences at UCSB to analyze, specify, design, and prototype innovative solutions to complex, real world problems using computers.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 48 or 56 or 148 or 156 or 172; Senior standing in computer science or computer engineering.

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Seniors only

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Engineering

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Chandra Krintz
4.0
18 reviews
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17:00 PM - 18:50 PM
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CS190B . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

I really enjoyed the class. It is one of the few CS classes at UCSB that feel like they actually would matter in industry. The midterm was hard, and the slides are long making it harder to review. The labs take time to finish, but with enough effort and reading anyone can get an A on them. The quarter long project was really interesting.

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CS190B . 2 Years Ago

Prof. Krintz's 190B class was genuinely one of my favorite classes at UCSB. The class was extremely hard and pulled a lot of information from every other CS class (Databases, Comp Architecture, Networking, etc...), but the content we learned was highly applicable and useful. Lectures were amazing and engaging, labs were hard, project was fun.

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CS190B . 2 Years Ago

First time this class (IoT Systems) is offered. Prof Krintz is super passionate about IoT. The lectures cover a wide range of topics like Arduino and MCUs, networking protocols, and radios. The lectures are engaging, labs are fun and very useful, and group projects are self-paced, and she is always there to give assistance. Can't recommend enough

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CS48 . 5 Years Ago

CS48 is a project class. We have teammates evaluation and counted for like 10%. But Prof. Krintz showed us how much you got from your teammates evaluation, which is awful.

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CMPSC48 . 6 Years Ago

Chandra is awesome! I believe that this was her first time teaching CS48, but she was absolutely amazing. Very passionate, very high energy, very nice if you talk to her. Requirements were generally pretty clear, but she also gives you a lot of freedom. If you apply yourself in the class, you will learn a LOT. If not, you won't get much from it.

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CS32 . 14 Years Ago

She is an excellent lecturer and exam material is very straightforward. There are few homework assignments but the last few labs take about three hours each, which is fine considering 25% of your final grades is homework and lab. I strongly recommend this course

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CMPSC 190I
65 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: Intelligent and Interactive Systems
Chang Shiyu
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
76.6% A
CMPSC 190DD
1 / 30 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science
Katie Coburn 3.3 Laura Baracaldo 1.8
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
90.0% A
CMPSC 190N
47 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: General
Arpit Gupta 2.4
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
99.0% A
CMPSC 190N
21 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: General
Gupta A
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
99.0% A
CMPSC 190I
77 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: Intelligent and Interactive Systems
Chang Shiyu
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
76.6% A
CMPSC 190DD
0 / 30 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science
T B A
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
90.0% A