Courses

Course Offering Plan 

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

Spring 2025-Subject to Change

Courses Not Yet on SPIRE

The following NEW (or Revised) 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.
     

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:

  • COMPSCI 692DQ* Seminar - Topics in Distributed Quantum Computing
    
Instructors:  Don Towsley/Gayane Vardoyan

    Credits:  1 or 3
    *alpha subject to change
    
Course Description:  This seminar focuses on distributed quantum computing (DQC). Topics include but are not limited to circuit knitting; architectures and platforms suitable for DQC; fault tolerance, magic state distillation, and quantum error correcting codes for DQC; applications that can be supported with DQC; the effects of topology and limited interconnectivity; the role of entanglement in DQC; cloud-based quantum computation with remote clients; resource management and scheduling. All students taking the seminar for credit will be expected to present papers on these topics and to participate in classroom discussion. Students taking the seminar for 3 credits will be expected to propose and complete a project. The main objective of this seminar is to bring everyone, including instructors, up to speed regarding the state of the art in distributed quantum computation.

    Eligibility:  CMPSCI AND ECE GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY.

    Class Notes:  SEC 01=3 CREDITS; SEC 02=1 CREDIT.  STUDENTS TAKING FOR 3 CREDITS ARE EXPECTED TO PROPOSE AND COMPLETE A PROJECT.  GRADUATE STUDENTS EXPECTED TO HAVE COMPLETED COMPSCI 590AB, COMPSCI 642, OR ECE 550/660, OR EQUIVALENT.  IF UNSURE, CONTACT INSTRUCTOR TO DISCUSS BACKGROUND.  UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS COMPLETING COMPSCI 490Q WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER, OR ONE OF THE OTHER COURSES LISTED, AS WELL AS UPD AND INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION.

    Meeting Days/Times:  Mon 9:00-11:00 AM

 

Spring 2025 - 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. 

Fall 2024

 

Fall 2024 - Overrides

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

Winter 2025

Winter 2025 - 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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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.