Updated: May 27th, 2025
CSE 190 - Topics in Computer Science and Engineering
CSE 190 is a topics of special interest in Computer Science and Engineering course. Topics may vary from quarter to quarter.
Prerequisites also vary per course/per instructor. Department approval required.
Units: 4
CSE 190 is typically offered every quarter as staffing allows.
CSE 190 may be repeated for credit a maximum of 3 times (maximum of 12 units; assuming courses taken for a different topic)
A maximum of one CSE 190 may be enrolled/waitlisted per quarter
Note: For the Fall 2023 Computer Science (CS26) curriculum, all CSE 190 courses will be labeled with a corresponding "Tag(s)" (Systems, Theory/Abstraction, and/or Applications of Computing). CSE 190 offerings before Fall 2023 are untagged but may be used as an Open CSE Elective for Computer Science majors who have changed to the FA23 CS26 curriculum.
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Fall 2025
CSE 190 A00 : Human-Centered AI with Kristen Vaccaro
Prerequisite: No course prerequisites
CS Curriculum Tag(s): Applications of Computing
To enroll: Submit an application via this form: https://go.ucsd.edu/4kh1Fye
Description: This course provides an introduction to harnessing the power of AI so that it benefits people and communities. Topics will include: agency and initiative, fairness and bias, transparency and explainability, confidence and errors, and privacy, ethics, and trust. Students will build a number of interactive technologies powered by AI, gain practical experience with what makes them more or less usable, and learn to evaluate their impact on individuals and communities. Students will learn to think critically (but also optimistically) about what AI systems can do and how they should be integrated into society.