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CSC 562 — OPTIMIZED C++ MULTITHREADING (CUR-243)

CSC 562 — OPTIMIZED C++ MULTITHREADING is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. Software architecture of applied C++ concurrency and multithreading fundamentals. Basic threading concepts: process model, threads, stacks, fibers, mutexes, semaphores, atomics and events. Leveraging advanced C++ language features relating to the memory model and the threading support in large multithreaded architectures. Architecting lock-based and lock-free concurrent data structures in applications.

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Computer Science
  • College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
  • Catalog: CSC 562
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Access: 🟢 Green — Open or routine access
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

Software architecture of applied C++ concurrency and multithreading fundamentals. Basic threading concepts: process model, threads, stacks, fibers, mutexes, semaphores, atomics and events. Leveraging advanced C++ language features relating to the memory model and the threading support in large multithreaded architectures. Architecting lock-based and lock-free concurrent data structures in applications. Designing a threaded management system to control the access and reuse of threads in applications. Designing multithreaded architecture for real-time performance. ( SE 450 or SE 456 ) and CSC 461 are prerequisites for this class.

Resource relevance

Relevant applied coursework per catalog description review (May 2026).

Notes

Catalog course key: CSC 562.

Catalog context

  • Recent schedule: 2026-2027 Autumn — Edward Keenan