Frequently Asked Questions

Information for:

• Current Students
• Prospective Students
• Transfer Students

Please Note:
If you do not find answers to your questions here, please see the Undergraduate Coordinator’s website.

For the latest course information please visit the UMass Lowell on-line Academic Catalog.

Information for Current CS Students

• Who is my advisor?
• How do I calculate my CS CUM?
• How do I automatically forward my CS e-mail to my Yahoo or Gmail or Hotmail or Comcast or any other external e-mail account? (PDF document)
• Where do I log into the iSiS Student Records System?
• How do I change my major to CS?
• How do I minor in CS?

General Program Information

• Where do I find the University’s official CS advising webpages?
• What is the difference among computer science, computer engineering, information technology and etc.? (PDF document)
• Where do I find the undergraduate curriculum overview?
  • Curriculum Overview Alternate View (PDF document)
  • Course Prerequisite Flowchart (PDF document)
  • Course Descriptions

Semester-Specific Information

• What CS courses are being offered?
• What CS project courses are being offered?
• Where do I find a list of all UMass Lowell courses being offered?
• Where do I find the official UMass Lowell Undergraduate Academic Calendar? (pdf)

Computer Science Department Policies

• What courses count as natural science electives?
• Can I take any course I want as a general (free) elective?
• What is the ethics requirement (for students who become Computer Science majors after September 1998)?
• What courses form computer science project sequences?
• Can I take computer science courses offered by Continuing Education and count them toward my CS program?

Information for Prospective CS Students

• What is the difference between computer science, computer engineering, and information technology? (PDF document)
• How can I become a computer science major?
• Is there a computer science minor?
  

Information for Transferring CS Students

• Where do I find general admissions policies for transfer students?
• Where do I find specific policies for students transferring from Middlesex Community College? (Massachusetts)
  • UMass Lowell / Middlesex College Articulation Agreement (PDF document)
• Where do I find specific policies for students transferring from MassBay Community College? (Massachusetts, PDF document)
• Where do I find specific policies for students transferring from Northern Essex Community College? (Massachusetts)
• Where do I find specific policies for students transferring from a three-year University in India?
• Where do I find the Course Transfer Dictionary?
• The Commonwealth Transfer Compact (PDF document)

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