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Courses & Course Descriptions

Course Offering Plan
Offering Plan Exceptions - Academic Year 2024-25

fall 2024 - Subject to change

COURSES NOT YET ON SPIRE - fall 2024:

The following NEW experimental courses are being reviewed by the Faculty Senate and will not appear on SPIRE until fully approved:

  • INFO 390C Introduction to Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
    Instructor:  Anna Green
    Credits:  3
    This course is designed to provide Informatics students with a broad, practical introduction to the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. The course will discuss at a conceptual level the models and algorithms used to analyze biological sequence data, as well as practical applications and data analysis. Background in biology is not assumed. The primary focus of the course will be analysis of genomic data, including sequence alignment, genome assembly, genome annotation, phylogeny construction, mutation effect prediction, population genetics, RNA-seq data analysis, and genotype-phenotype association studies. Throughout the course, we will emphasize the unique challenges to working with biological data. Through lectures and hands-on programming problem sets, students will develop the necessary skills to tackle computational challenges in biology. This course counts as a CS Elective toward the CS Major and as an Elective toward the INFORM Major.
    Course URL:  https://people.cs.umass.edu/~annagreen/courses/info390x/
    Prerequisites:  INFO 248 WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER (OR CICS 210 AND COMPSCI 240 BOTH WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER).
    Eligibility:  JUNIOR AND SENIOR CS AND INFORM MAJORS ONLY.
    Class Notes:  JUNIOR AND SENIOR NON-CS AND NON-INFORM MAJORS WITH A C OR BETTER IN STATISTC 240 (OR EQUIVALENT) AND ONE OF COMPSCI 119, CICS 108, OR CICS 110 WITH INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION, IF AVAILABLE SEATS.
    Meeting Days/Times:  TT 1:00-2:15 pm

The following courses are in the process of being added and will appear on SPIRE as soon as Course & Classroom Management has the opportunity to add the course:

  • Courses not requiring Faculty Senate approval will be listed here once submitted to Course & Classroom Management.


SUMMER 2024

SUMMER 2024 - OVERRIDE Requests for CICS, COMPSCI, and INFO courses

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Spring 2024

Spring 2024 - OVERRIDE REQUESTS FOR CICS, COMPSCI AND INFO COURSES

Process for students who require special permission to enroll in university scheduled CICS, COMPSCI, and INFO courses. 

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The Faculty Senate has approved the following prerequisite changes for Undergraduates:

The Faculty Senate has approved the following catalog number changes:

The Faculty Senate has approved the following change in credits:

 

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    Courses outside the College

    Additional computer science-related courses are also offered in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass and at nearby Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges. The Five College Course Catalog combines course schedule information from these colleges as well as UMass.