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COM SCI 131 · CS 131Programming Languages

Computer Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Basic concepts in design and use of programming languages, including abstraction, modularity, control mechanisms, types, declarations, syntax, and semantics. Study of several different language paradigms, including functional, object-oriented, and logic programming.

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Enforced requisites: courses 33, 35L.

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  • COM SCI 33
  • COM SCI 35L

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COM SCI 131

  • COM SCI 33Introduction to Computer Organization
    • COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II
      • COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science Ianother path to it
  • COM SCI 35LSoftware Construction
    • COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
    • COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science IIanother path to it

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 6 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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COM SCI 131

  • COM SCI 130Software Engineering
    • COM SCI 263ALanguage and Thoughtanother path to it
    • COM SCI 263CAnimats-Based Modelinganother path to it
  • COM SCI 132Compiler Construction
    • COM SCI 232Static Program Analysis
  • COM SCI 133Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • COM SCI C137APrototyping Programming Languages
    • COM SCI C137BProgramming Language Design
  • COM SCI 231Types and Programming Languages
  • COM SCI 233AParallel Programming
    • COM SCI 233BVerification of Concurrent Programs
  • COM SCI C237APrototyping Programming Languages
    • COM SCI C237BProgramming Language Design
  • COM SCI 263ALanguage and Thought
    • COM SCI 265AMachine Learning
  • COM SCI 263CAnimats-Based Modeling

9 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 16 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.