COM SCI 133

Parallel and Distributed Computing

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

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Distributed memory and shared memory parallel architectures; asynchronous parallel languages: MPI, Maisie; primitives for parallel computation: specification of parallelism, interprocess communication and synchronization; design of parallel programs for scientific computation and distributed systems.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

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

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Requisites

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Enforced requisites: courses 131, M151B.

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COM SCI 133

COM SCI 131Programming Languages
- COM SCI 33Introduction to Computer Organization
  - COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II
- COM SCI 35LSoftware Construction
  - COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
  - COM SCI 32Introduction to Computer Science II

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