Computer Science 250 - Theory of Computation

Theoretical Foundations

Fall
2026
01
4.00
R. Jordan Crouser

M 1:40 PM - 2:55 PM; W 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Smith College
CSC-250-01-202701
jcrouser@smith.edu
Automata and finite state machines, regular sets and regular languages, push-down automata and context-free languages, linear-bounded automata, computability and Turing machines, nondeterminism and undecidability. Prerequisites: CSC 110 and MTH 153. Enrollment limited to 30.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.