Additional Advising Information

• If you have more than one major requiring mandatory advising, your registration block will not be lifted until you have seen all your advisors. The last advisor you see will lift your block.
• Keep in mind that prerequisite information in testudo may not be accurate.
• Undergraduate Independent Study/Research (cmsc298/cmsc498/cmsc499A)
  • Guidelines for Undergraduate Independent Study
  • Application Undergraduate Independent Study
  • Guidelines for Independent Research
  • Application for Undergraduate Independent Research
  • The number of credits are decided by the professor and the student. E-mail ugrad for information/forms.
• CS Undergraduate Research - If you are interested in CS undergraduate research contact your CS academic advisor. Notice you don't need to wait for summer in order to do research.
• BS/MS Program - The CS Dept has a combined BS/MS degree that enables you to earn both a BS and an MS in 5 years. Additional information is available at BSMSProgram.
• Computer Science Undergraduate Honors Program - Information available at Honors Website.
• Applying for Graduation - Graduation Candidate Application.
• CS Tracks
  • CS Tracks: main/regular, cybersecurity, and data science.
  • Your track will be noted on your transcript (each track is a separate major code).
  • You can switch tracks back and forth any time, just before your last semester.
  • If you don't satisfy a track, you need to switch to the regular track.
  • Taking the courses associated with a track does not switch you automatically to that track. Some of you might already be in in a specific track as you specified it when you applied to college. To change to a track (other than the default main/regular track) e-mail ugrad@cs.umd.edu.
  • Cybersecurity and Data Science Specialization - Information available at the bottom of the web page CS Degree Requirements.
• Links for those interested in graduate school: Grad School and Grad Decision.
• University policy stipulates you may only attempt a class twice, and there is a total of only 18 repeat credits. The only way beyond that is an exception to policy for rare or extraordinary circumstances. Additional info at Exceptions to Policy.
• Areas for CS 12-credit upper level concentration - Some areas that seem to allow you to get right into 300 and 400-level courses are: PHIL, BSST, EDCP, CCJS, BMGT, ASTR, GEOG, CLAS, EDHD, WMST, AAST. Verify this information with testudo and advisors.