CS Special Topics Numbering System

CS special topics courses have the following numbering system:

 

A: Foundations
B: Software Systems
D: Information Management
I: Intelligent and Interactive Systems
J: General
N: General

A: Applications, General
D: Database and Information Systems 
G: Security and Cryptography 
H: Computational Science and Engineering 
I: Visual Computing and Interaction
K: Machine Learning and Data Mining    

A: Algorithms
C: Programming Languages and Software Eng.
F: Foundations, General
G: Security and Cryptography
H: Computational Science and Engineering 

B: Operating Systems and Distributed Systems
C: Programming Languages and Software Engineering
D: Database and Information Systems
E: Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems
G: Security and Cryptography
K: Machine Learning and Data Mining        
N: Networking
S: Systems, General

 

A list of past Special Topics courses offered is available at this link

Special Topics and Seminars Block
Course Name Quarter Instructor Course Area Enrollment Code Units
290B - Scalable Internet Services Fall 2014 Applications 9936 4.0, letter grade ONLY
290G - Foundation of Cryptography Fall 2014 Foundations 50260 4
595J - Seminar on Secure Search Fall 2014 Rachel Lin, Stefano Tessaro, Tao Yang TBA 2
595J Seminar on Large-Scale Information & Storage Systems Fall 2014 Tao Yang Systems 2