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CMDA-3634: Computer Science Foundations for Computational Modeling & Data Analytics

Description: Survey of computer science concepts and tools that enable computational science and data analytics. Data structure design and implementation. Analysis of data structure and algorithm performance. Introduction to high-performance computer architectures and parallel computation. Basic operating systems concepts that influence the performance of large-scale computational modeling and data analytics. Software development and software tools for computational modeling. Not for CS major credit.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CS-2114

Required By: CMDA-4634, CMDA-4864

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: CS-3634

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 3.10 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 38.58%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.66%

Jason R Wilson202452.5%22.8%14.7%5.2%3.6%1.3%3.169
Eileen R Martin202043.7%33.4%13.3%3.7%6.0%0.0%3.064
Russell J Hewett202146.7%23.2%12.2%5.1%7.2%5.7%3.006
Timothy Warburton202356.5%17.5%13.1%3.6%5.0%4.4%3.233
Johann Rudi202348.1%27.1%11.2%4.4%6.8%2.3%3.052

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W