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CSC 397 — TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE — Introduction to Quantum Computing and Programming (CUR-529)

Summary 🟡 ~

  • Resource type: course
  • Owner Unit: Computer Science
  • College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
  • Catalog: CSC 397
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-16

Course access

  • Level: yellow (Prerequisites Required)
  • Rationale: Flyer lists undergraduate prerequisites CSC 301 and MAT 140; graduate prerequisite CSC 403. Catalog topics shells defer prerequisites to instructor/syllabus.
  • Prerequisites:
  • Undergraduate (CSC 397) — CSC 301 and MAT 140 (per course flyer)
  • Graduate (CSC 595) — CSC 403 (per course flyer)

Verification

  • Status: flyer_backed_topics_offering (~)
  • Rationale: Official catalog confirms CSC 397 and CSC 595 as Topics in Computer Science shells. Specific Winter 2026–2027 topic title, instructor, dual numbering, and flyer prerequisites evidenced by School of Computing course flyer; instructor corroborated by DePaul faculty profile.
  • Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/csc
  • Last verified: 2026-07-16

Catalog description

Flyer-backed Winter 2026–2027 topics offering under the catalog shell CSC 397 (undergraduate) / CSC 595 (graduate). Introduction to quantum computing and programming with Qiskit and the IBM Quantum Platform: qubits and superposition, quantum gates, circuits and measurement, entanglement, quantum algorithms; build, simulate, and run circuits on cloud quantum hardware; explore quantum machine learning, optimization, and cryptography applications. Catalog shell text: Specific topics will be selected by the instructor and may vary with each quarter. Can be repeated for credit.

Resource relevance

Hands-on quantum circuit programming via Qiskit and IBM Quantum Platform (cloud tools / NISQ-era hardware access — not DePaul-owned quantum hardware).

Notes

Catalog course key: CSC 397.

Provenance (promotion record)

  • Promotion date: 2026-07-16
  • Promotion batch: intake-quantum-computing-topics-2026-07-16
  • Extraction status: promoted
  • Evidence packets:
  • intake-form-flyer
  • curator-catalog-check
  • Discovery themes: quantum, computing
  • Program tags: school_of_computing
  • Evidence captures:
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-07-16-introduction-to-quantum-computing-and-programming/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-csc-397-595-excerpt.md
  • Notes: Also listed as CSC 595 for graduate enrollment on the same flyer. Instructor Jindi Wu (PER-129). Thematic adjacency to cryptology courses CUR-526/527/528 (catalog mentions of quantum cryptography). GRA-036 is the same PI's quantum computing research grant — topical, not proof the grant funds this course. Chicago Quantum Exchange remains a deferred candidate partner.