Core Coursework
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 401 | CS 450 | ECE 491 | MATH 450 | Numerical Analysis |
| CSE 402 | CS 420 | ECE 492 | Parallel Programming ** |
| CSE 408 |ECE 408 | CS 483 | Applied Parallel Programming |
| CSE 510 | CS 555 | Numerical Methods for PDEs |
| CSE 527 | CS 519 | Scientific Visualization |
**Update in Fall 2021: CSE is tentatively accepting CS 484 as an alternative.
Computing Electives
The courses below are topically organized and are cross-listed with a variety of departments. Double counting from Core Courses and Application Courses is not allowed.
Biological, Chemical, and Atmospheric Sciences
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CHEM 576 (was listed as CHEM 470) | Computational Chemical Biology |
| CS 466 | Introduction to Bioinformatics |
| CSE 564 | CEE 534 | Surface Water Quality Modeling |
| CSE 565 | CEE 557 | Groundwater Modeling |
| CSE 566 | ATMS 502 | CS 505 | Numerical Fluid Dynamics |
| CHEM 550 | Advanced Quantum Dynamics |
| CSE 505| BIOE 505 | Computational Bioengineering |
Computer Software, Hardware, and Graphics
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 402 | CS 420 | ECE 492 | Parallel Programming ** |
| CSE 422 | CS 433 | Computer System Organization |
| CSE 423 | CS 423 | Operating Systems Design |
| CSE 426 | CS 427 | Software Engineering I |
| CSE 427 | CS 418 | Interactive Computer Graphics |
| CSE 429 | CS 428 | Software Engineering II |
| CSE 521 | ECE 511 | Computer Architecture |
| CSE 522 | CS 533 | Parallel Computer Architecture |
| CSE 527 | CS 519 | Scientific Visualization |
**Update in Fall 2021: CSE is tentatively accepting CS 484 as an alternative.
Electronics and Electromagnetics
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 530 | ECE 540 | Computational Electromagnetics |
| CSE 532 | ECE 552 | Circuit Analysis |
Fluid Mechanics
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 450 | TAM 470 | Computational Mechanics |
| CSE 461 | AE 410 | Computational Aerodynamics |
| CSE 560 | TAM 570 | Computational Fluid Mechanics |
| CSE 561 | ME 554 | Computational Process Modeling |
| CSE 566 | ATMS 502 | Numerical Fluid Dynamics |
| CSE 412 | ME 412 | Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechanics |
Integrative Biology
| Course Number | Course Name |
| IB 491 | Biological Modeling |
| IB 494 | Theoretical Biology and Models |
| IB 501 | Programming for Genomics |
| IB 502 | Biological Networks |
| IB 504 | Genomic Analysis of Insects |
| IB 505 | Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
| IB 506 | Applied Bioinformatics |
| IB 507 | Statistical Genomics |
| IB 508 | Multivariate Biostatistics |
Numerical Computing
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 401 | CS 450 | ECE 491 | MATH 450 | Numerical Analysis |
| CSE 414 | CS 473 | MATH 473 | Fundamental Algorithms |
| CSE 441 | ECE 490 | Introduction to Optimization |
| CSE 510 | CS 555 | Numerical Methods for PDEs |
| CSE 511 | CS 556 | Iterative and Multigrid Solvers |
| CSE 512 | CS 554 | Parallel Numerical Algorithms |
| CSE 513 | CS 558 | Topics in Numerical Analysis |
| CSE 515 | CS 573 | Algorithms |
| CS 598 AK/APK | Integral Equation and Fast Algorithms |
| CSE 517 | TAM 574 | Advanced Finite Element Methods |
| CSE 553 | CEE577 | Computational Inelasticity |
Other Related Fields
| Course Number | Course Name |
| TAM598UQ | A E598UQ | Uncertainty Quantification |
| CS 598 AK/APK | Integeral Equations and Fast Methods |
| CEE 528 | Construction Data Modeling |
| ASTR 510 | Computational Astrophysic |
Physics and Materials Science
MSE 404 MIC (Formerly MSE 498AF)Computational MSE – MicroscaleMSE 404 ELA (Formerly MSE 498AF)Modeling ElasticityMSE 404 PLA (Formerly MSE 498AF)Modeling Plasticity
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 485 | MSE 485 | PHYS 466 | Atomic Scale Simulations |
| MSE 404 MAC (Formerly MSE 498AF) | Computational MSE – Macroscale |
| AE 527 (Formerly AE 598MMM) | Mult-scale Modeling of Materials |
| NPRE 555 * | Reactor Theory I |
| NPRE 560 * | Reactor Kinetics and Dynamics |
* Added in Fall, 2020
Power Systems, Control, and Signal and Image Processing
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 441 | ECE 490 | Introduction to Optimization |
| CSE 543 | ECE 547 | Topics in Image Processing |
| ECE 513 | Vector Space Signal Processing |
| ECE 558 | Digital Imaging |
Solid Mechanics
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 450 | TAM 470 | Computational Mechanics |
| CSE 451 | ME 471 | AE 420 | Finite Element Analysis |
| CSE 517 | TAM 574 | Advanced Finite Element Methods |
| CSE 551 | CEE 570 | Finite Element Methods |
| CSE 552 | CEE 576 | Nonlinear Finite Elements |
| ME 570 | Nonlinear Solid Mechanics Design |
| TAM 598 | Computational Nonlinear Dynamics |
Statistics and Data Sciences
| Course Number | Course Name |
| CSE 428 | STAT 428 | Statistical Computing |
| CSE 440 | STAT 440 | Statistical Data Management |
| CSE 448 | STAT 448 | Advanced Data Analysis |
| CSE 525 | STAT 525 | Computational Statistics |
| CSE 531 | STAT 530 | Bioinformatics |
| CSE 542 | STAT 542 | Statistical Learning |
| STAT 430 S1G | Big Data Analysis Foundation |
| STAT 430/ INFO 490 RB2 | Advanced Data Science |
| STAT 432 UG/GR (formerly STAT 430) | Basics of Statistical Learning |
| CS 412 | Introduction to Data Mining |
| CS 410 | Text Information Systems |
Suggest a course (faculty/staff only)
For any questions about this program, please contact CSE Education Coordinator- Bryan Wang bpcwang@illinois.edu