COP 3503C

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Programming Fundamentals 2

4-3 credits

Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer

Computer and Information Science & Engineering

Weed-out

Object-oriented programming, inheritance, generics, basic algorithm analysis, and intermediate data structures. The direct gateway to COP 3530.

Typical workload: ~10 hrs/week outside class

Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 4 majors, and 45 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

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Scheduled in 5 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 2 (freshman year) and part of critical tracking for 4 majors.

Computer Engineering

Computer Science, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Computer Science, CLAS

Digital Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science

Data Science

Prerequisites

Chain shows catalog-listed prerequisite courses.

COP 3502CCOP 3503C

You need COP 3502C, and MAC 2311 first.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as COP 3503C.

What it unlocks

45 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

COP 3530 · Data Structures and Algorithms

CDA 3101 · Introduction to Computer Organization

CEN 3031 · Introduction to Software Engineering

CGS 4144 · Introduction to Bioinformatic Algorithms

CIS 4930 · Special Topics in CISE

EEL 3135 · Introduction to Signals and Systems

EEL 3850 · Data Science for ECE

EEL 4598 · Computer Communications

EEL 4732 · Advanced Systems Programming

EEL 4744C · Microprocessor Applications

EEL 4837 · Programming for Electrical Engineering 2

EEL 4853 · Cross Layered System Security

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Career relevance

Critical for: Software Engineer (Big Tech)

Fall 2026 sections

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Critical tracking for 4 majors

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