College of Chemistry Course Guide

CS 61 - Data Structures (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.

Prerequisites

CS 61A, CS 88, or E 7

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide