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

Class Notes
- Time conflicts are allowed

- Alternate final will be offered

- Lectures will be recorded

- Seats reserved for students with enrollment permission are not open. They are reserved for students in internal programs. Please DO NOT ask faculty or staff for one of these seats. The students who qualify have already been notified.

- FAQ: https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs188/fa25/sp26-faqs/

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