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CSCI240 - Algorithms and Data Structures I

Course Details

Course Code: CSCI240 Course ID: 5307 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate

This course strengthens and broadens students' awareness of existing trends in the development of object-oriented programming. Students expand their use of a structured design method to provide systematic analysis of performance and systematic proof of correctness. Students gain a deeper understanding of concepts like implementations of abstract data types and present data structures linked to stacks, queues, and hashes. The course will also address advanced concepts related to algorithms that will include divide-and-conquer and dynamic programming. Students will also learn how to analyze different algorithm development as well as various sorting strategies. (Prerequisites: CSCI140 or CSCI150)

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
Registration02/23/2026 - 07/31/2026 Course Dates08/03/2026 - 09/27/2026 Start Month August SessionSummer 2026 Session I Weeks8 Week session
Registration04/27/2026 - 10/02/2026 Course Dates10/05/2026 - 11/28/2026 Start Month October SessionFall 2026 Session B Weeks8 Week session
Registration06/29/2026 - 12/04/2026 Course Dates12/07/2026 - 01/31/2027 Start Month December SessionFall 2026 Session D Weeks8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.