CMSC330

Organization of Programming Languages

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC250 and CMSC216. Restriction: Must be in a major within the CMNS-Computer Science department; or must be in the Computer Science Minor program; or must be in Engineering: Computer program; and Permission of CMSC - Computer Science department. A study of programming languages, including their syntax, semantics, and implementation. Several different models of languages are discussed, including dynamic, scripting (e.g., Ruby, Python) functional (e.g., OCaml, Haskell, Scheme), and memory safe systems programming (e.g., Rust). Explores language features such as formal syntax, scoping and binding of variables, higher-order programming, typing, and type polymorphism. Introduces finite automata, context free grammar, parsing, lambda calculus, and basics of security attacks and software security.

Spring 2026

Anwar Mamat

58 reviews
Average rating: 3.59

Cliff Bakalian

111 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Fall 2025

Anwar Mamat

58 reviews
Average rating: 3.59

Cliff Bakalian

111 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Summer 2025

Anwar Mamat

58 reviews
Average rating: 3.59

Spring 2025

Anwar Mamat

58 reviews
Average rating: 3.59

Cliff Bakalian

111 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Average GPA of 2.80 between 12,007 students*

A-: 9.48%

A: 15.49%

A+: 6.8%

B-: 7.77%

B: 15.48%

B+: 12.25%

C-: 4.59%

C: 9.05%

C+: 7.57%

D-: 0.22%

D: 2.65%

D+: 0.81%

F: 2.9%

W: 4.61%

other: 0.32%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.

CMSC330

Organization of Programming Languages

Spring 2026

Fall 2025

Summer 2025

Spring 2025

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