Which Courses Are Delivered in Canvas vs. Blackboard?

Between Spring 2025 and Summer 2026, UMass Lowell is transitioning from the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) to Canvas. Below is an overview of which courses will be offered through Canvas in Spring 2026.

Find out which LMS each of your classes will use by checking the links on your MyUML dashboard.

Courses with the following prefixes before the course number will be delivered in Canvas:

All Business courses beginning with:

  • ACCT
  • ENTR
  • FINA
  • MGMT
  • MIST
  • MKTG
  • POMS

All Health Sciences courses beginning with:

  • DPTH
  • EXER
  • HSCI
  • MLSC
  • NURS
  • PUBH

All Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (FAHSS) courses beginning with:

  • AEST
  • AEST
  • AMST
  • ARHI
  • ARTS
  • DGMD
  • CRIM
  • ECON
  • EDUC
  • ENGL
  • FAHS
  • GRFX
  • HIST
  • MUSI 
  • PHIL
  • POLI
  • PSYC
  • SOCI
  • WLFR, WLSP, etc.. (all World Languages)

All Kennedy College of Sciences courses beginning with:

  • BIOL
  • CHEM
  • COMP
  • ENVI
  • ENVS
  • GEOL
  • INFO
  • LIFE
  • MATH
  • MSIT
  • PHYS
  • RADI
  • SCIE

All additional courses beginning with:

  • ARSP
  • UMLO

Exceptions:

For Spring 2026, only Engineering courses will still be using Blackboard, except for the following Engineering courses, which will be using Canvas:

Course Identification (ID)Course Title
EECE. 5492.081System, Modeling & Simulations
EECE. 5494.082Model-Based Systems Eng
ENGN. 2100.201Prof Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.202Prof Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.203Prof Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.206Prof Development Seminar
ENGN. 3200 DS 1 TBACo-op Assessment I (6 months)
ENGN. 4200 P 1 TBACo-op Assessment 2 (6 months)
PLAS. 2100.204Prof Development Seminar
PLAS. 3200 DS 1 TBACo-op Assessment I (6 months)
PLAS. 4200 DS 1 TBACo-op Assessment 2 (6 months)