There are ten breadth categories. Only the graduate courses appearing below have been approved to be on the breadth list. If the course you want to take does not appear below, it may still count as an elective course. Check the list of approved elective courses. CMPSand CE courses have prefixes CMPSand CMPEin the UCSC catalog.

Computer Architecture and Networks

• CMPE202: Computer Architecture
• CMPE220: Advanced Parallel Processing
• CMPE230: Computer Performance Evaluation
• CMPE250: Multimedia Systems
• CMPE252A: Computer Networks
• CMPE252B: Principles of Computer Communication
• CMPE254: High Speed Computer Networks
• Invalid Course
• CMPE257: Wireless and Mobile Networks
• CMPE258: Unix Networking Internals

Computer Graphics/ Scientific Visualization

• CMPS260: Computer Graphics
• CMPS261: Advanced Visualization
• CMPS262: Computer Animation
• CMPS290B: Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics

Databases

• CMPS277: Principles of Database Systems
• CMPS278: Design and Implementation of Database Systems
• CMPS290H: Topics in Database Systems
• TIM260: Information Retrieval
• TIM245: Data Mining

Interactive Computing and Gaming

• CMPE231: Human-Computer Interaction
• CMPE233: Human Factors
• CMPS244: Artificial Intelligence in Games
• CMPS248: Interactive Narrative

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

• CMPS240: Artificial Intelligence
• CMPS241: Knowledge Engineering
• CMPS242: Machine Learning
• CMPS290C: Advanced Topics in Machine Learning
• CMPS290D: Neural Computation

Software Engineering and Programming Languages

• CMPS204: Compiler Design
• CMPE220: Advanced Parallel Processing
• CMPS253: Advanced Programming Languages
• CMPE276: Software Engineering
• CMPS279: Software Reuse and Component-Based Software Engineering
• CMPS290E: Object-Oriented Programming Methodology
• CMPS290G: Topics in Software Engineering
• CMPS290T: Topics in Computing for Society

Statistics

• AMS205: Mathematical Statistics
• AMS206: Classical and Bayesian Inference
• AMS207: Intermediate Bayesian Statistical Modeling
• EE262: Statistical Signal Processing I
• TIM207: Random Process Models in Engineering

Systems and Security

• CMPS221: Advanced Operating Systems
• CMPS223: Advanced Computer Security
• CMPS229: Storage Systems
• CMPS232: Distributed Systems
• CMPS290S: Advanced Topics in Computer Systems
• CMPS290X: Cryptography and Computer Security

Theoretical Computer Science

• CMPS210: Computational Models and Complexity
• CMPS211: Combinatorial Algorithms
• CMPS217: Logic in Computer Science
• CMPS290A: Topics in Algorithms and Complexity Theory: Probabilistic Algorithms and Average Case Analysis

Vision, Multimedia, and Image Processing

• CMPE250: Multimedia Systems
• EE250: Digital Signal Processing
• EE262: Statistical Signal Processing I
• CMPE264: Image Analysis and Computer Vision
• EE264: Image Processing and Reconstruction
• CMPE263: Data Compression
• Invalid Course
• CMPE290V: Advanced Topics in Visual Computing

CMPS Courses NOT in any breadth category

• CMPS250: Introduction to Information Theory
• CMPS272: Evolutionary Game Theory
• CMPS280A: Seminar in Computer Science Research
• CMPS280G: Seminar on Software Engineering
• CMPS280S: Seminar on Computer Systems
• CMPS290F: Applications of Combinatorics
• CMPS290I: Internet Technology and Policy
• CMPS297F: Independent Study or Research
• CMPS296: Masters Project
• CMPS297: Independent Study or Research
• CMPS299: Thesis Research
• TIM209: Data Mining and Business Analytics in Knowledge Services

If a course is not listed here, you should assume it will not count.