Covers the principles governing computer-systems design and complexity; familiarity with memory, storage, and networking; concurrency and synchronization; layering (abstraction and modularity); naming; client-server and virtualized system models; and performance. Requires significant programming projects demonstrating mastery of these concepts.
19 terms
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University of California, Santa Cruz
CSE 130 at UCSC: average GPA 2.81 across 5,464 students. Grade distribution by term. Covers the principles governing computer-systems design and complexity…
Average GPA: 2.81
Grade distribution records: 5,464 students across 19 terms.
Prerequisite(s): CSE 12; and CSE 101, or CSE 15 and CSE 15L; and knowledge of C programming language.
2026–2027 · UCSC catalog
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 204 | 3.7% |
| A | 640 | 11.7% |
| A- | 626 | 11.5% |
| B+ | 744 | 13.6% |
| B | 717 | 13.1% |
| B- | 498 | 9.1% |
| C+ | 353 | 6.5% |
| C | 487 | 8.9% |
| C- | 4 | 0.1% |
| D+ | 72 | 1.3% |
| D | 89 | 1.6% |
| D- | 50 | 0.9% |
| F | 372 | 6.8% |
| P | 105 | 1.9% |
| NP | 240 | 4.4% |
| S | 3 | 0.1% |
| U | 1 | 0.0% |
| W | 254 | 4.6% |
Based on 5,464 student grade records across 19 terms and 12 professors.
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