WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO GRADUATE WITH HIGH HONORS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE?
• Be a computer science major and have over 3.5 GPA in computer science, a GPA of 3.0 overall, and more than 45 credits. • Achieve A’s in at least FOUR 400 level CMSC courses that are NOT reading-research courses (so 498A is excluded). • Complete an honors project in computer science with a CS faculty advisor or a mentor outside of the department who is approved by a CS faculty member. (Contact gasarch@cs.umd.edu to request approval of an outside mentor.) • Receive nomination for high honors by your faculty advisor. • Receive approval for high honors by the honors director(s). IMPORTANT: High Honors are rarely given; the advisor’s recommendation is necessary but not sufficient, and the honors director(s) make the final decision. In the rare cases that it has happened in the past, the student has done TWO honors projects or ONE that gets into a refereed conference or journal. • WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE HONORS PROJECT? The rough guideline is that it must have int
• Be a computer science major and have over 3.5 GPA in computer science, a GPA of 3.0 overall, and more than 45 credits. • Achieve A’s in at least FOUR 400 level CMSC courses that are NOT reading-research courses (so 498A is excluded). • Complete an honors project in computer science with a CS faculty advisor or a mentor outside of the department who is approved by a CS faculty member. (Contact gasarch@cs.umd.edu to request approval of an outside mentor.) • Receive nomination for high honors by your faculty advisor. • Receive approval for high honors by the honors director(s). IMPORTANT: High Honors are rarely given; the advisor’s recommendation is necessary but not sufficient, and the honors director(s) make the final decision. In the rare cases that it has happened in the past, the student has done TWO honors projects or ONE that gets into a refereed conference or journal. • WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE HONORS PROJECT? The rough guideline is that it must have int
• Be a computer science major and have over 3.5 GPA in computer science, a GPA of 3.0 overall, and more than 45 credits. • Achieve A’s in at least FOUR 400 level CMSC courses that are NOT reading-research courses (so 498A is excluded). • Complete an honors project in computer science with a CS faculty advisor or a mentor outside of the department who is approved by a CS faculty member. (Contact gasarch@cs.umd.edu to request approval of an outside mentor.) • Receive nomination for high honors by your faculty advisor. • Receive approval for high honors by the honors director(s). IMPORTANT: High Honors are rarely given; the advisor’s recommendation is necessary but not sufficient, and the honors director(s) make the final decision. In the rare cases that it has happened in the past, the student has done TWO honors projects or ONE that gets into a refereed conference or journal. • WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE HONORS PROJECT? The rough guideline is that it must have int
