Course Reviews Database


Here you can find a collection of course reviews and descriptions from UBC students and TAs, sorted by year. Some have been sourced from Reddit and student websites. Students who are interested in contributing may edit the page with the “Edit on Github” link or fill the form to create a Github issue that will be reviewed by an officer.

NOTE: These reviews and descriptions are here as reference ONLY. Course content vary from year to year, so any materials on this website might be out of date. We are not responsible for any mistakes in the reviews and descriptions provided herein; however, we will accept notifications as such so we can place appropriate notices.

Prerequites graph for CS courses (Source)

CourseDescriptionReviews
CPSC 100Computational Thinking0
CPSC 103Introduction to Systematic Program Design0
CPSC 107Systematic Program Design0
CPSC 110Computation, Programs, and Programming11
CPSC 121Models of Computation13
CPSC 203Programming, Problem Solving, and Algorithms0
CPSC 210Software Construction9
CPSC 213Introduction to Computer Systems4
CPSC 221Basic Algorithms and Data Structures5
CPSC 259Data Structures and Algorithms for Electrical Engineers0
CPSC 298Co-operative Work Placement I (CS Co-ops)0
CPSC 302Numerical Computation for Algebraic Problems1
CPSC 303Numerical Approximation and Discretization1
CPSC 304Introduction to Relational Databases9
CPSC 310Introduction to Software Engineering9
CPSC 311Definition of Programming Languages6
CPSC 312Functional and Logic Programming3
CPSC 313Computer Hardware and Operating Systems10
CPSC 314Computer Graphics2
CPSC 317Internet Computing9
CPSC 319Software Engineering Project1
CPSC 320Intermediate Algorithm Design and Analysis8
CPSC 322Introduction to Artificial Intelligence2
CPSC 330Applied Machine Learning2
CPSC 340Machine Learning and Data Mining4
CPSC 344Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Methods1
CPSC 349Honours Research Seminar0
CPSC 368Databases in Data Science1
CPSC 404Advanced Relational Databases3
CPSC 406Computational Optimization2
CPSC 410Advanced Software Engineering0
CPSC 411Introduction to Compiler Construction1
CPSC 415Advanced Operating Systems1
CPSC 416Distributed Systems4
CPSC 418Parallel Computation1
CPSC 420Advanced Algorithms Design and Analysis0
CPSC 421Introduction to Theory of Computing1
CPSC 422Intelligent Systems1
CPSC 425Computer Vision3
CPSC 427Video Game Programming3
CPSC 430Computers and Society3
CPSC 436Topics in Computer Science (All)4
CPSC 440Advanced Machine Learning1
CPSC 444Advanced Methods for Human Computer Interaction0
CPSC 447Introduction to Visualization1
CPSC 448Directed Studies in Computer Science (All)3
CPSC 449Honours Thesis0
CPSC 490Student Directed Seminars (All)0
CPSC 491Interactive Digital Media Practicum1
CPSC 501Theory of Automata, Formal Languages and Computability0
CPSC 504Data Management0
CPSC 508Operating Systems0
CPSC 509Programming Language Principles0
CPSC 521Parallel Algorithms and Architectures0
CPSC 522Artificial Intelligence II0
CPSC 524Computer Graphics: Modelling0
CPSC 532Topics in Artificial Intelligence (All)0
CPSC 533Topics in Computer Graphics (All)0
CPSC 536Topics in Algorithms and Complexity (All)0
CPSC 538Topics in Computer Systems (All)1
CPSC 539Topics in Programming Languages0
CPSC 540Machine Learning0
CPSC 543Physical User Interface Design and Evaluation0
CPSC 544Human Computer Interaction0
CPSC 545Algorithms for Bioinformatics0
CPSC 549Master's Thesis (All)0
CPSC 550Machine Learning II0
CPSC 554Topics in Human-Computer Interaction0
CPSC 589M.Sc. Major Essay0
CPSC 649Doctoral Dissertation0