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Interest in CS Honors Thesis
by Anitej Suklikar 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

Hi, I hope you’re doing well. My name is Anitej Suklikar and I am a rising senior at UMD and I wanted to reach out because I’m interested in pursuing a CS honors thesis and would love to learn more about the process and what it involves. Would you happen to be free sometime next week for a Zoom call to discuss it? I’d really appreciate the chance to get your perspective and guidance. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best, Anitej Suklikar 119800874

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CS Departmental Honors
by Avik Das 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Hello, I am Avik Das (UID: 118830865), an undergraduate CS/math student. I was planning on graduating with CS honors this spring. I have published several papers, and I should be able to carve out a portion which is my own for the thesis requirement. I believe I meet the other academic requirements (I took CMSC351H for the course requirement, and my GPA is fine). What do I need to do to make things official? Is there anything that needs to be submitted to the advising office? How should I submit a thesis? Is there any requirement of an oral defense of the thesis? Thanks, Avik Das UID: 118830865

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CS Honors - Graduate Course Inquiry
by Varun Rao 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

Hello, My name is Varun Rao, and I am a Computer Science and Math double major enrolled in the Computer Science Honors program. I am in my 6th semester, and I am planning to graduate at the end of the semester in May (Spring 2026). So far, I have completed the Honors seminar course CMSC396H. In terms of my other coursework, I have completed courses in CMSC416 (co-taught with CMSC616), CMSC420, CMSC475, and CMSC460. I am currently enrolled in CMSC426 and CMSC477. Last semester, before registering for my courses, I had emailed Dr. Levin about the graduate course requirement. As a result of my Math major and Robotics minor, I couldn't add a graduate course, so he told me that this requirement could be waived as long as the honors thesis was submitted. I am currently working on and plan to submit my Honors Thesis before May. However, before I move on with my independent research, I wanted to confirm whether I would still be eligible to graduate with Honors. While I have put in a lot of effort into this distinction and would be very proud of graduating with honors, I cannot add this graduate course requirement before graduating this semester. Please let me know if I can still graduate with Honors without having completed the graduate course, and if I should still continue with my Honors Thesis. Thank you in advance! Best, Varun Rao UID: 119551783

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Fwd: CS Honors - Graduate Course Requirement
by Varun Rao 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

Hello, This is Varun Rao, forwarding Dr. Levin's response to the graduate course requirement for CS Honors, as requested in a previous email. Best, Varun Rao UID: 119551783 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dave Levin <dml(a)umd.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM Subject: Re: CS Honors - Graduate Course Requirement To: Varun Rao <vrao1234(a)terpmail.umd.edu> Not strictly required. The things that MUST be done: GPA and honors thesis. On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM Varun Rao <vrao1234(a)terpmail.umd.edu> wrote: > Dear Professor Levin, > > I hope that this email finds you well. I am a senior CS student in the > departmental honors program. I have taken CMSC396H, and I am currently in > the process of writing my Honors Thesis. > > I am currently planning my courses for next semester, and I was wondering > if the graduate course requirement is still required for graduating with > honors? I recall that a previous year of students were able to get this > course requirement waived to graduate with honors, and I wanted to check in > on whether that was still the case. > > If not, how would I go about getting the prerequisites waived for a > graduate course in case I need to register? > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Best, > Varun Rao > UID: 119551783 >

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CS Honors Page Limit
by Anirudh Satheesh 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

Hi, I hope you are well. My name is Anirudh Satheesh, I'm a senior CS student in the CS honors program graduating this semester. I recently finished a paper with Prof. Furong Huang that I intended to use for my honors thesis, but it is 26 pages, significantly longer than the 5-12 page limit listed on the website. I have tried to reduce the content, but due to the theoretical nature of the work, it is not possible to reduce it to this limit. Is there a way I can upload an appendix or supplementary material, or is it acceptable to submit in its current status? Please let me know how to proceed. Thank you, Anirudh Satheesh UID: 119605097

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Honors Fix
by Addison Hanrattie 23 Feb '26

23 Feb '26

Hello Dr. Molloy and Dr. Liu, I was supposed to graduate with honors in CS last May since I had completed an honors thesis with Dr. Samet. However it never ended up showing on my transcript. I have been emailing with the registrar and Dr. Sussman who explained this could be remedied and is likely due to the system having been down. Please let me know what you would need from me. Best, Addison Hanrattie

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Testing the mailman account 1
by Erin Molloy 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

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