CMSC389O

Special Topics in Computer Science; The Coding Interview

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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC250 and CMSC216; and permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. A student-led course through Student-Initiated Courses (STICs) @ UMD: http://stics.umd.edu/ Please click here for more information.

Sister Courses: CMSC389A, CMSC389B, CMSC389C, CMSC389E, CMSC389F, CMSC389G, CMSC389I, CMSC389J, CMSC389K, CMSC389L, CMSC389M, CMSC389N, CMSC389P, CMSC389Q, CMSC389R, CMSC389T, CMSC389U, CMSC389V, CMSC389W, CMSC389X, CMSC389Y, CMSC389Z

Spring 2026

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Fall 2025

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Spring 2025

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Past Semesters

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Thomas Goldstein

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.55

Franklin Yang

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Dave Levin

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.73 between 1,645 students*

CMSC389O Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075808590% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 8.94%
A: 27.96%
A+: 50.09%
B-: 1.16%
B: 2.37%
B+: 4.07%
C-: 0.24%
C: 0.43%
C+: 0.55%
D: 0.36%
D+: 0.06%
F: 0.49%
W: 3.1%
other: 0.18%
* "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.