CMSC 216-030X-040X
Here are answers to some questions that commonly arise before or around when
classes begin:
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The course syllabus is above. Registered students are able to see all
other course materials on ELMS.
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The textbook is required, but if you want to read it
without buying it, McKeldin Library has copies available at Course
Reserves. (Please don't use illegal copies of textbooks; if you don't
want to buy the textbook just read it at McKeldin for free.)
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The textbook information is available in the Schedule of Classes- click
on the book link to the right of any section.
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About seats and enrollment:
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I do not have any authority to let students into the course or to
open more seats in the course, or to add sections to it. The CMSC
department handles these issues and instructors in the CMSC
department do not have any ability to give waivers to the department
policies, and are not able to give permission for students to get
into courses, or to allow anyone to add courses that are full.
(This is the case in most departments- the department's
undergraduate office manages these things and individual instructors
can't do anything about them.) If you have questions about getting
into the course or want permission to add it you should ask your
academic advisor, instead of me as the course instructor. (If you
don't have an academic advisor yet, or if you are not a CMSC/ENCE
major or minor, ask the CMSC undergraduate office; their contact
info is at
https://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/).
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As of this writing there are open seats in a few of my sections of the
course, but that may change between now and when classes begin.
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If all my sections of the course do fill up and the CMSC department
is able to add any seats or sections to the course they will show up
in the Schedule of Classes, so you can just keep checking there.
(However, it is very unlikely that seats or sections would be added
to any course if other sections of the course still have open
seats.)
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Currently there is not a waitlist option for the course, but that
should change by when classes begin. But if you are trying to
register for the course (this applies to any course) and any
sections do have open seats you should sign up for one of them, as
opposed to getting on the waitlist for a full section in the hopes
that more seats will be added to it.
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If anyone who does get on the waitlist around the beginning of the
semester is reading this then, or if anyone is still trying to get
permission to register for the course, go to class- meaning
both lecture and discussion section- starting on the first day of
the semester, while you are trying to get registered. That
way you will not miss any material and will not be behind if you do
get in the course.
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Note that every classroom has a legal seating capacity set by the
Fire Marshal, and if a lecture or section is already at the room's
maximum seating capacity it isn't legal for the CMSC department to
let anyone else into it, no matter how much someone wants to be able
to get into that section. (This is one reason that in most cases
you should not expect seats to be added to full sections of
courses.)
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