| Course Title: Data Structures |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course builds on the basic programming concepts learned in COMSC-151, shifting the focus to the organization of data in order to improve efficiency and simplicity of programs. Topics include the study of abstract data types and data structures (such as linked lists, stacks, queues, and binary trees). This course is programming-intensive and introduces the Java programming language. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Barbara Lerner   |           | blerner@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   | Lecture   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 10:30AM - 11:45AM   | KNDD - Kendade   | 303   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: One of the following: COMSC-151 (with a grade of C or better) or COMSC-161 (with a grade of C or better). | Take previously   | Required   |
| Coreq: COMSC-205L. | Take concurrently   | Required   |
| Comments         |
| Students taking the 01 lecture must take either the 01 or 02 lab.   |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| NXDTA0001   | NXDTA: Nexus in Data Analytics and Society   | This course is approved for the Data Analytics   |
| DATA0001   | DATA-SCI: Data Science Core Course   | This is a required core course of the Data Science major.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 28     | Enrollment: 21     | Available: 7     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |