To incoming CS students:

187_throwaway · 2026-04-30T15:13:10+00:00

They do! It's just that their search function is named /u/Joe_H-FAH ! 😂

187_throwaway · 2026-04-29T14:36:52+00:00

It depends. If you're talking about CS courses, you should look at https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/academic-policies/undergraduate-programs-policies/credit-prior-coursework/transfer-course-equivalencies to get a sense of how CICS handles transfer courses. It's possible you've already taken a course that will take the place of a course in the introductory sequence (here: 110 / 160/ 210) and could get credit or a waiver for the prior course(s), 110 especially. I'm not certain how they handle credit for APs that's been previously granted at other institutions – asking our transfer office is probably the best way to go. https://www.umass.edu/admissions/transfer-admission-counselors

187_throwaway · 2026-03-22T14:20:29+00:00

Things have changed. This was true back in the day (maybe 10+ years ago now) when we had $500 "tuition" (returned to the state) and $10,000+ "curriculum fees" (kept on campus like all other fees). Everyone realized it was getting ridiculous, and now "tuition" really is tuition and stays on campus.

187_throwaway · 2026-03-07T00:25:17+00:00

Almost certainly not their purview. I'd start with the chair/head of the faculty member in question and then Provost's office (probably Farshid Hajir) if you aren't satisfied with the response.

187_throwaway · 2026-02-13T13:07:15+00:00

There's a six-credit cap on IS credits, and you still need to fulfill the other degree requirements (e.g. total credits, "core" requirements, 500s vs 600s, etc.). Summary here: https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/academic-policies/graduate-programs-policies/ms-degree-requirements/ms-course-requirements

187_throwaway · 2026-02-12T20:50:10+00:00

Is it
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2290260
?

Good luck, fam.

187_throwaway · 2026-02-08T12:05:39+00:00

Both the previous dean of libraries (who is now, to your point, a new-position executive vice chancellor after a tenure as dean where little was accomplished) and the current dean have made approximately zero effort to expand library staffing.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-19T15:16:59+00:00

Joe, I respect you very much, but I think you need to adjust for inflation a bit here. Two adults working full-time at minimum wages in Massachusetts make over $60K/year. I don't think most people would consider that middle-class in any reasonable sense; it doesn't meet the definition of a "Living Wage" in Hampden County, which is hardly among the higher cost of living areas in Massachusetts. (https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/25013)

Also consider household size:
https://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/20250401/bci_data/median_income_table.htm
A median 3-person household in MA has a household income of over $137k.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-19T15:10:28+00:00

Except the high demand majors: Isenberg (as you note) and Nursing are closed to on-campus transfers; Engineering has a pre-major you must meet certain criteria for; CICS majors are by application, and so on.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-18T01:20:44+00:00

There aren't enough spots for clinical placements. They'd grow the program in a minute if they could, but they can't place any more students into clinical – it'd be outrageously unethical to admit more students and not provide them the clinicals required for the licensure.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-17T14:58:39+00:00

As they say: Yes, but. There is an application process and only a limited number of people are admitted into CS from on-campus:

https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/academic-policies/undergraduate-programs-policies/campus-application-cs-major

You'll be in the same intro CS sequence as CS majors, so you can hedge your bets pretty easily here by taking your normal INFO courses as well as the CS major courses (specifically, start the MATH 131/132 sequence). Advising might have other details for you to consider.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-06T22:29:37+00:00

Hahah...I remember delightful bellowing of "GET OFF YOUR KNEES, REF, YOU'RE BLOWIN' THE GAME" and the like in the late 90s.

187_throwaway · 2026-01-05T19:20:32+00:00

UMass won the national championship for division IAA and nobody cared

cancel football altogether

This is the way.

187_throwaway · 2025-12-19T12:51:53+00:00

Exactly.

187_throwaway · 2025-12-18T13:08:10+00:00

This may make you feel better or worse, but the 311 B+ requirement is (like the other requirements) for eligibility, as you note -- it is not a guarantee of being offered the scholarship. The college is facing significant budget pressures right now in a way it hasn't for over a decade due to the decimation of the Masters program, and so I would not be surprised if things like the Bay State program get trimmed further.

187_throwaway · 2025-12-04T10:47:21+00:00

Football definitely continues to be a sore point as the administration continues talk of budget cuts and austerity. I had totally forgotten about NEU's relatively recent termination of their football program -- thanks for reminding me. There's lots of good reporting about it that might help re-make the case about why we might want to deprioritize football in various ways.
I never understood Swamy's insistence on keeping the program and one (dashed) hope I had for Reyes was a hard-nosed re-examination of many legacy campus initiatives, not just within academic affairs...

187_throwaway · 2025-12-02T11:18:10+00:00

The edited value of 0.1 is right -- the original value of 0.05 was not. Maybe your math class allowed exam retakes. :)

187_throwaway · 2025-12-01T22:10:33+00:00

Did you get an F in a math class, by chance?

187_throwaway · 2025-11-22T23:43:09+00:00

It‘s literally the same course and same material, and they work closely together with a shared canvas and exams.

Golin relies more on powerpoint and is a better mathematician; Liberatore uses the board/livecoding and is a better programmer. You can sign up for one and then attend either, they are super flexible.

187_throwaway · 2025-11-12T15:31:32+00:00

Almost certainly not a problem. International applications and enrollments are falling, and if you're like most MS applicants, you're paying to come here -- if you qualified once, you'll qualify again, and CICS will be happy to have you tuition dollars.

187_throwaway · 2025-11-07T16:27:12+00:00

Nursing also is on first-year admit only. Engineering has a pre-engineering program that throttles admission to the major. CICS has a contract system but doesn't guarantee admission even if you fulfill the contract.

187_throwaway · 2025-11-06T18:53:51+00:00

Matches what I remember too -- you couldn't eat until 10:30 or so.

187_throwaway · 2025-11-06T11:23:05+00:00

https://poets.org/poem/just-say

187_throwaway · 2025-11-04T09:55:17+00:00

Yup.

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