Course eligibility is based on prerequisites posted to your official UMass transcript. Be sure to have all transcripts and AP scores sent to the Admissions Office. If you believe credit has been withheld by the Admissions Office erroneously, you may submit a Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) for review/approval prior to New Student Orientation (NSO), so that you get the right courses. Schedule changes may be made before class start, depending on whether seats are available.
The first pair of courses in our curriculum is generally our introductory Java programming sequence (COMPSCI 121/187)
COMPSCI 121 is the introductory course intended for students with little or no prior Java programming experience.
COMPSCI 187 is the introductory Data Structures course and requires 121 as a prerequisite.
Bear in mind that enrolling in a course for which you have already received AP or transfer credit will cause the equivalent UMass course (with grade) to be posted on your UMass transcript for zero credits. This means that the course will not be included in your UMass GPA. AP credit may be removed (allowing credit to be awarded for the course taken at UMass), however, this option does not apply to transfer credit.
FRESHMEN: Students enroll in eligible courses according to documented prerequiste coursework on their UMass transcripts. Request overrides at NSO for any CS courses where prerequisite posting is not finalized. Permission to bypass an undocumented prerequisite is not permitted for incoming Freshmen at NSO.
TRANSFER STUDENTS: Request overrides at NSO for CS courses awaiting final posting of prerequisite transfer coursework. Prior to NSO, if needed, courses should be reviewed for UMass CS equivalency using the Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) process. Enrollment in CS courses for the first semester are subject to drops if prerequisites are not documented prior to class start.
Registration and Overrides at NSO: