Registration Updates
Fall & Summer 2025 Registration Updates
If you are unable to self-enroll, please make sure to first READ YOUR ERROR MESSAGE AND THE CLASS NOTES IN SPIRE, then refer to this page for known issues/updates for registration in CICS, COMPSCI, and INFO courses.
If identified as an ongoing issue on this page, CONTINUE TO CHECK SPIRE.
DO NOT EMAIL INSTRUCTORS, as they are unable to assist you with registration issues.
Eligible non-CS and non-INFORM majors will have the opportunity to enroll after new students have regsitered (anticipated to be end of July or early August). Eligible non-majors should wait for the major eligibility restriction to be removed to self-enroll or add to the waitlist (if available) and SHOULD NOT REQUEST AN OVERRIDE.
Students needing special permission or who are still having unexpected issues enrolling should submit an override request via the Override Form.
COMPSCI Courses
New Course
COMPSCI 590 Q
COMPSCI 590Q Quantum Information Systems 3 cr
Instructor: Stefan Krastanov added to SPIRE on 4/17/2025
Fundamentals of quantum information systems, including quantum computation and quantum cryptography. Topics include: quantum circuit model, qubits, unitary operators, measurement, entanglement, quantum algorithms for factoring and search, quantum key distribution, error-correction and fault-tolerance, complexity of quantum computation. This course counts as a CS Elective for the CS Major (BA or BS). Prerequisites: UNDERGRADUATES: MATH 235 WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER. Eligibility: LEC 01: JUNIOR AND SENIOR CS MAJORS ONLY.; LEC 02: MS-CMPSCI STUDENTS ONLY.
Class Notes: MEETS WITH COMPSCI 648. LEC 01 FOR UNDERGRADS; LEC 02 FOR GRADS. KNOWLEDGE OF QUANTUM MECHANICS IS NOT A PREREQUISITE; QUANTUM CONCEPTS WILL BE INTRODUCED AS NEEDED. BACKGROUND SHOULD INCLUDE FAMILIARITY WITH CALCULUS (MATH 131, 132), KNOWLEDGE OF SOME PROBABILITY AND DISCRETE MATH. KNOWLEDGE OF ALGORITHMS AND COMPLEXITY ARE NOT PREREQUISITES; WILL BE INTRODUCED AS NEEDED. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/course-overrides
Anticipated updates for standing courses:
COMPSCI 220, 230, 240, AND 250
Seats are reserved for incoming transfer students until the end of New Student Orientation and Transfer (NSOT) enrollment period through July. Remaining seats will be released at that time for non-majors to enroll. Students needing special permission must request an override via the online form.
COMPSCI 311, 320, 326, AND 345
Seats are reserved for incoming transfer students until the end of New Student Orientation and Transfer (NSOT) enrollment period through July. Remaining seats will be released at that time for non-majors to enroll. Students needing special permission must request an override via the online form.
CICS Courses
CICS 110, 160, 210
Eligible non-CS and non-INFORM majors will have the opportunity to enroll after new student registration (anticipated to be early August). Eligible non-majors should wait for the major eligibility restriction to be removed to self-enroll and SHOULD NOT REQUEST AN OVERRIDE.
INFO Courses
No current updates.