Provides for the study of topics of current interest in computer science: A. Foundations; B. Software Systems; C. Programming Languages and Software Engineering; D. Information Management; E. Architecture; F. Networking; G. Security; H. Scientific Computing; I. Intelligent and Interactive Systems; N. General.

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

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Engineering

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COBURN T
Katie Coburn
3.1
62 reviews
Laura Baracaldo
1.9
27 reviews
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15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
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PHELP1530
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16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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Fall 2025 . Coburn K M
SH 1431
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15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
CMPSC 190DD Singh A K Fall 2021 Total: 23
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2.5
PSTAT120a . Coburn T 2 Months Ago

Dr. Coburn was great in lectures, and made the concepts seem simple to understand, but the ease of homework, examples and quiz questions left me improperly prepared for the midterm and final question styles. Very accesible, and office hours are helpful. Weekly homework and quizzes, a midterm and a final exam.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 2 Months Ago

The professor is calm and cool. The exams are a bit hard and I would recommend studying with lots of practice problems weeks before exams. I found that the practice exams were not as helpful as the lecture examples.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

honestly 120A was fine if you studied and showed up to class. it was hard but idk who expects it to be easy

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

All my friends said that he was the easy professor for 120A, but his practice tests were NOTHING like the actual exams. Lectures were boring and not useful. Fully made me lose the passion that I had for statistics. Ended up taking this class P/NP and dropped my stats minor. None of the content is interesting or applicable to the real world.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

Test materials are different from lectures. He said he would not test the materials he had taught in the last several minutes, yet he still gave one.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

Studied hours a week and still nearly failed. The student's effort doesn't pay off because the tests were not taught properly in the lectures either.

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CMPSC 190DD
0 / 30 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science
T B A
T R
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
CMPSC 190H
100 / 100 Full
Special Topics in Computer Science: Scientific Computing
T B A
T R
17:00 PM - 18:15 PM
CMPSC 190I
77 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: Intelligent and Interactive Systems
Chang Shiyu
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
CMPSC 190N
47 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: General
Arpit Gupta 2.4
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
CMPSC 190I
65 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: Intelligent and Interactive Systems
Chang Shiyu
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
CMPSC 190N
21 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: General
Gupta A
M W
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
CMPSC 190H
68 / 100 Enrolled
Special Topics in Computer Science: Scientific Computing
Niu M Y
T R
17:00 PM - 18:15 PM