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COM SCI M51A · CS M51ALogic Design of Digital Systems

Computer Science · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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(Same as Electrical and Computer Engineering M16.) Introduction to digital systems. Specification and implementation of combinational and sequential systems. Standard logic modules and programmable logic arrays. Specification and implementation of algorithmic systems: data and control sections. Number systems and arithmetic algorithms. Error control codes for digital information.

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COM SCI M51A

  • COM SCI M151BComputer Systems Architecture
    • COM SCI 133Parallel and Distributed Computing
    • COM SCI 152BDigital Design Project Laboratoryanother path to it
    • COM SCI 251AAdvanced Computer Architecture
      • COM SCI 252AArithmetic Algorithms and Processors
    • COM SCI 251BParallel Computer Architectures
    • COM SCI 254AAdvanced Graphics Processing Unit Microarchitecture for Artificial Intelligence and Graphics Rendering
    • COM SCI 256AAdvanced Scalable Architectures
  • COM SCI M152AIntroductory Digital Design Laboratory
    • COM SCI M171LData Communication Systems Laboratory
  • EC ENGR 110Circuit Theory II
    • EC ENGR 110LCircuit Measurements Laboratory
      • EC ENGR 115ALAnalog Electronics Laboratory I
      • EC ENGR 184DAIndependent Group Project Designanother path to it
      • EC ENGR 184DBIndependent Group Project Designanother path to it
    • EC ENGR 111LCircuits Laboratory II
      • EC ENGR 110Circuit Theory IIanother path to it
      • EC ENGR 110HCircuit Theory II (Honors)another path to it
      • EC ENGR 115ALAnalog Electronics Laboratory Ianother path to it
    • EC ENGR 112Introduction to Power Systems
    • EC ENGR 115AAnalog Electronic Circuits I
      • COM SCI M258ADesign of VLSI Circuits and Systemsanother path to it
      • EC ENGR 115ALAnalog Electronics Laboratory Ianother path to it
      • EC ENGR 115BAnalog Electronic Circuits II3 more beyond
      • EC ENGR 115CDigital Electronic Circuitsanother path to it
    • EC ENGR C115PPower Electronics
    • EC ENGR 184DAIndependent Group Project Design
      • EC ENGR 184DBIndependent Group Project Designanother path to it
    • EC ENGR 184DBIndependent Group Project Design
    • EC ENGR C215PPower Electronics
  • COM SCI M213BEnergy-Aware Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems
  • COM SCI 258GLogic Synthesis of Digital Systems
  • EC ENGR 110HCircuit Theory II (Honors)
  • COM SCI M258ADesign of VLSI Circuits and Systems
    • COM SCI 258HAnalysis and Design of High-Speed VLSI Interconnects
    • COM SCI M258CLSI in Computer System Design
  • EC ENGR 115CDigital Electronic Circuits
    • EC ENGR 201AVLSI Design Automation
    • EC ENGR 201CArtificial Intelligence on Chip
    • EC ENGR 201DDesign in Nanoscale Technologies
    • EC ENGR 215BAdvanced Digital Integrated Circuitsanother path to it
  • EC ENGR M116CComputer Systems Architecture
    • COM SCI 152BDigital Design Project Laboratory
    • EC ENGR 201CArtificial Intelligence on Chipanother path to it
  • EC ENGR M116LIntroductory Digital Design Laboratory
    • EC ENGR M171LData Communication Systems Laboratory
  • EC ENGR M202BEnergy-Aware Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems
  • EC ENGR M216ADesign of VLSI Circuits and Systems
    • EC ENGR 215BAdvanced Digital Integrated Circuits
    • EC ENGR 215ESignaling and Synchronization
    • EC ENGR M216CLSI in Computer System Design

12 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 51 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 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.