CMSC651

Analysis of Algorithms

Efficiency of algorithms, orders of magnitude, recurrence relations, lower-bound techniques, time and space resources, NP-complete problems, polynomial hierarchies, and approximation algorithms. Sorting, searching, set manipulation, graph theory, matrix multiplication, fast Fourier transform, pattern matching, and integer and polynomial arithmetic.

Spring 2026

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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 3.43 between 151 students*

CMSC651 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.58%
A: 22.52%
A+: 21.19%
B-: 5.3%
B: 8.61%
B+: 14.57%
C: 1.32%
C+: 1.32%
F: 0.66%
W: 3.97%
other: 7.95%
* "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.