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COM SCI 180

Introduction to Algorithms and Complexity

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.17
n = 2,624 · 13 terms · ± 0.011
A range
42%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
2.6%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
30 of 171
18% full
 fills MW 8:00am-9:50am Sarrafzadeh, M.
3.00n=1,239 · this instructor
Lec 2 Closed
162 of 162
100% full
 fills TR 4:00pm-5:50pm Batista, S.
3.24n=387 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 35321F
  • 2522W
  • 23122S
  • 25622F
  • 19123W
  • 19623S
  • 22523F
  • 15224W
  • 22524S
  • 23424F
  • 15325W
  • 23425S
Enrolment by term: 21F 353, 22W 25, 22S 231, 22F 256, 23W 191, 23S 196, 23F 225, 24W 152, 24S 225, 24F 234, 25W 153, 25S 234
Peak 353 Most recent 234 in 25S 12 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 233 · 8.9%
  • A 604 · 23.0%
  • A- 267 · 10.2%
  • B+ 249 · 9.5%
  • B 577 · 21.9%
  • B- 169 · 6.4%
  • C+ 116 · 4.4%
  • C 291 · 11.1%
  • C- 51 · 1.9%
  • D+ 2 · 0.1%
  • D 40 · 1.5%
  • F 25 · 1.0%
  • I 5 · 0.2%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
SARRAFZADEH, MAJID 3.00 3.00 1,239 6 32%
HSIEH, CHO-JUI 3.28 3.28 544 2 47%
BATISTA, SANDRA 3.24 3.25 387 2 42%
REINMAN, GLENN D 3.13 3.13 234 1 43%
OSTROVSKY, RAFAIL 3.79 3.83 195 1 86%
GAFNI, ELIEZER M 3.33 3.42 25 1 52%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term