Courses & Course Descriptions

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Spring 2022

• Course Schedule
• Course Descriptions
• Course Schedule (PDF)
• Course Descriptions (PDF)
• Eligibility/Prereq Registration Information (PDF)

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

• COMPSCI 532 Systems for Data Science, effective Fall 2022 (no undergrad section Spring 2022):
  FROM:  COMPSCI 311, COMPSCI 345, AND COMPSCI 377, ALL WITH A GRADE OF B OR BETTER.
  TO:  COMPSCI 377 AND COMPSCI 445 WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
• COMPSCI 561 (previously 590A) System Defense and Test, effective Spring 2022:
  FROM:  COMPSCI 460 (OR COMPSCI 597N OR COMPSCI 660) WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
  TO:  COMPSCI 460 (OR COMPSCI 597N OR COMPSCI 660) AND COMPSCI 453, BOTH WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
• COMPSCI 589 Machine Learning, effective Spring 2022:
  FROM:  COMPSCI 383 AND MATH 235 WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER.
  TO:  [ (MATH 545 C or better) AND (STAT 515 C or better) AND (COMPSCI 240 C or better) ]
  OR [ (MATH 545 C or better) AND (COMPSCI 240 B+ or better) ]
  OR [ (MATH 235 B+ or better) AND (MATH 233 B+ or better) AND (STAT 515 C or better) AND (COMPSCI 240 C or better) ]
  OR [ (MATH 235 B+ or better) AND (MATH 233 B+ or better) AND (COMPSCI 240 B+ or better) ]

The following request to change catalog number has been submitted to the Faculty Senate for approval:

• COMPSCI 529 Software Engineering Project Management, effective Fall 2022.
  FROM:  COMPSCI 529
  TO:  COMPSCI 429

COURSES NOT ON SPIRE - SPRING 2022:

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

• Courses will be listed here once submitted to the Faculty Senate.  There are currently no new experimental courses being added.

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.

Spring 2022 - 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. NOTE: Not for UWW section enrollment.

Override Information  The form is available.

Winter 2022

• UWW Course Catalog
• UWW Registration Instructions

winter 2022 - OVERRIDE Requests for CICS, COMPSCI and INFO courses

Process for students who require special permission to enroll in courses offered through UWW.
Override Information  The form is now available.

Other helpful links:

• Course Offering Plan
• New Course Numbers
• Previous Semester CS Schedules and Descriptions
• Final Exam Schedule
• Login SPIRE
• Registration Information from the Registrar

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.

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts
• Department of Computer Science, Amherst College
• Areas of Study:  Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Hampshire College
• Department of Computer Science, Mount Holyoke College
• Department of Computer Science, Smith College