WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO GRADUATE WITH HONORS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE?
• Be a computer science major and have a 3.5 GPA in computer science, and a GPA of 3.0 overall. • Achieve A’s in at least THREE 400-level upper level CMSC courses that are not reading-research courses (so 498A is excluded). • Complete one semester of CMSC 390 with a grade of A. • Complete an honors project in computer science with a CS professor or a mentor outside of the department who is approved by a CS professor. (Contact gasarch@cs.umd.edu to request approval of an outside mentor.) Note: No student is allowed to graduate with CMSC honors if they have an XF on their transcript. If these requirements are fulfilled by the end of the 7th semester, pending the completion of the research project, the student shall have “Departmental Honors” listed on the diploma. If the requirements are not met by the end of the 7th semester, then the student may still graduate with Departmental Honors but this will not be listed on the diploma. The project is the important thing. Your CS faculty adviso
