CS 61 series is an introduction to computer science, with particular emphasis on software and on machines from a programmer’s point of view. In CS 61B, we move to a somewhat more detailed (and to some extent, more basic) level of programming. In CS 61B,we’re concerned also with engineering. An engineer, it is said, is someone who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar. Much of 61B will be concerned with the tradeoffs in time and memory for a variety of methods for structuring data. We’ll also be concerned with the engineering knowledge and skills needed to build and maintain moderately large programs.
