MCS 109: Algorithms and Everyday Life

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Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; individualized study,3 hours

Catalog page 497

Prerequisites: MCS 005 with a grade C- or better

Description: Examines technologies including artificial intelligence, Tinder, and Uber to examine cultures of algorithms, data, and code Explores the use of algorithms to shape futures, govern bodies, advance systemic violence, and conceal injustices. Also addresses the use of data to intervene in these unjust data scapes.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 29/30 29/30
2022-23 32/35 32/35
2019-20 36/35 36/35
2018-19 40/40 40/40