Undergraduate Courses

The following list contains all undergraduate courses that can appear on the Computer Science schedule, including selected courses offered by other departments. 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 160 Exploring Computer Science
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
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 284 Algorithmic Thinking
CS 311 Computational Structures
CS 415P Parallel Programming
CS 416P Computers, Sound and Music
CS 417 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
CS 418 Cultural Competence in Computing
CS 423 Rust Programming
CS 427 Introduction to Visual Computing
CS 429 Exploring Fractals
CS 430P Internet, Web, & Cloud Systems
CS 431 Introduction to Performance Measurement, Modeling and Analysis
CS 435 Accelerated Computing
CS 436 Fundamentals of Data Engineering
CS 439 Introduction to Computational Imaging
CS 440 Deep Learning: Computational Structures and Programming
CS 441 Classical Artificial Intelligence
CS 443 Large Language Models
CS 444 Natural Language Processing
CS 445 Machine Learning
CS 446 Reinforcement Learning
CS 447P Computer Graphics
CS 448 Virtual Reality
CS 449 Data Clustering
CS 451 Numerical Computation
CS 454 Software Engineering
CS 457 Functional Programming
CS 463 Intro to Web Development
CS 464P Front End Web Technologies
CS 465P Full Stack Web Development
CS 466 Voice Assistants
CS 471 Rust Embedded
CS 475 Generative Security Application Engineering
CS 483 Introduction to Quantum Computer Science
CS 485 Cryptography
CS 487P Database Management Systems Implementation
CS 489 Introduction to Privacy-aware Computing
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 410 Top: Advanced Topics in C++ Programming
CS 410 Top: Advanced Functional Programming
CS 410 Top: Advanced Java Programming
CS 410 Top: Advanced Topics in Program Verification
CS 410 Top: Code Large Language Models
CS 410 Top: Code Reading & Review
CS 410 Top: Computational Photography
CS 410 Top: Computer Vision and Deep Learning
CS 410 Top: Contemporary Software Development with Java and Android
CS 410 Top: Data with Python
CS 410 Top: Robust Software System Design
CS 410 Top: Formal Proof Foundations
CS 410 Top: Foundations of Computer Vision
CS 410 Top: Foundations of Emerging Technologies
CS 410 Top: Introduction to Computer Vision
CS 410 Top: Introduction to Healthcare Data Analytics
CS 410 Top: IoT Security
CS 410 Top: Mobile and Wireless Networks
CS 410 Top: Mobile Health
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: Rust Web Full-Stack
CS 410 Top: Secure System Administration and DevOps
CS 410 Top: Speech Synthesis
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

To review course descriptions of previously offered courses, please contact the instructor or review the PSU Bulletin . A list of older courses that are no longer being offered can be found here .