Spring 2026 Course Search

Introduction to Computer Science 2: Algorithms and Application — CS4384.01

Instructor: Darcy Otto
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

Introduction to Computer Science 2 continues the design-recipe approach started in Introduction to Computer Science 1. We extend our toolkit from structural recursion into generative recursion, abstraction, and algorithmic problem-solving. Students move beyond simple data definitions to work with more sophisticated structures (trees, graphs, sets, maps) while beginning to reason about program efficiency and resource use.

The Songwriters Guitar — MIN4362.01

Instructor: Omeed Goodarzi
Days & Time: FR 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

Self-taught guitar playing often begins with the recognition of simple patterns, evolving into complexity. These patterns, while helping us gain familiarity, can eventually become a constrictive box, requiring new material to refresh the old.  How do we make a song more effective through focusing on guitar, how can we make a song find its destination? This course develops each student’s guitar practice in tandem with songwriting, while challenging players to hear all notes, chords, rhythms, and breaks as viable.

Special Projects in Advanced Japanese — JPN4801.01

Instructor: Ikuko Yoshida
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

This course enables students to undertake the research essential for composing their thesis or completing a project within their field of study or area of interest. Enrollment requires the submission of a comprehensive project proposal to Ikuko Yoshida, which must include a project title, a brief description, a list of relevant preparatory courses, and clearly articulated objectives and goals.