CMSC416

Introduction to Parallel Computing

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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CMSC330 and CMSC351; or permission of instructor. Restriction: Permission of CMNS-Computer Science department. Credit only granted for: CMSC416 or CMSC498X. Formerly: CMSC498X. Introduction to parallel computing. Topics include programming for shared memory and distributed memory parallel architectures, and fundamental issues in design, development, and performance analysis of parallel programs.

Spring 2026

Christopher Kauffman

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Fall 2025

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Past Semesters

Alan Sussman

3 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Alan Sussman

3 reviews
Average rating: 4.33

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Abhinav Bhatele

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.92

Include P/F semesters 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 3.11 between 658 students*

A-: 10.94%

A: 17.63%

A+: 29.18%

B-: 3.19%

B: 8.66%

B+: 6.23%

C-: 2.58%

C: 4.26%

C+: 3.95%

D-: 0.3%

D: 1.67%

D+: 0.46%

F: 2.28%

W: 7.6%

other: 1.06%

* "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.