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CMDA-3634: Computer Science Foundations for Computational Modeling and 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: 26

Average GPA: 3.08 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 40.70%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.38%

Eileen R Martin202043.7%33.4%13.3%3.7%6.0%0.0%3.064
Timothy Warburton202355.8%17.8%11.6%3.9%6.8%4.2%3.177
Jason R Wilson202451.8%20.9%15.1%6.2%4.9%1.2%3.096
Russell J Hewett202146.7%23.2%12.2%5.1%7.2%5.7%3.006
Johann Rudi202348.1%27.1%11.2%4.4%6.8%2.3%3.052
Matthew Chalmers201850.1%13.3%5.9%5.9%11.8%13.2%2.931

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