Catalog Description: Ideas and techniques underlying the design of intelligent computer systems. Topics include search, game playing, knowledge representation, inference, planning, reasoning under uncertainty, machine learning, robotics, perception, and language understanding.

Units: 4

Related Areas:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Prerequisites: COMPSCI 61A, COMPSCI 61B, and COMPSCI 70.

Formats:
Summer: 6.0-6.0 hours of lecture and 2.0-3.0 hours of discussion per week
Fall: 3.0-3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0-1.5 hours of discussion per week
Spring: 3.0-3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0-1.5 hours of discussion per week

Grading Basis: letter

Final Exam Status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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Class Schedule (Fall 2025):
CS 188 – TuTh 17:00-18:29, Wheeler 150 – Emma Pierson, Peyrin Kao

Class Notes
* Time conflicts ARE allowed.

* Lecture will be recorded for playback later.

* Any undergraduate UC Berkeley student can waitlist for this class. Once the reserve caps end on the first day of class, open seats will be filled solely based on waitlist position.

* Please email cs188@berkeley.edu if you have any questions about policies for this class.

Class Schedule (Spring 2026):
CS 188 – TuTh 12:30-13:59, Lewis 100 – Stuart J Russell

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