MSCS Course Waitlists and Information

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ACTC Students

Our first priority is to give seats to Macalester students in our classes. MSCS courses are closed to ACTC students until the last day of Macalester’s registration. ACTC students will need an instructor override for any course with a prerequisite, unless that prerequisite was taken at Macalester.

ACTC students who need courses for their major/minor (especially when their home institution does not offer such classes), should contact department chair Alicia Johnson (ajohns24@macalester.edu) as early as possible to check if we can reserve seats in classes.

COMP Courses    MATH Courses    STAT Courses

COMP Courses for Fall 2025

COMP 112, Introduction to Data Science, all sections

If and when all sections of 112 close during registration, a waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the COMP/STAT 112 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Andrew Beveridge (abeverid@macalester.edu).

COMP 123, Core Concepts in Computer Science, all sections

No signature required for this course. If and when all sections of 123 close during registration, a waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the COMP 123 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Amin Alhashim (aalhashi@macalester.edu) 

COMP 127, Object-Oriented Programming and Abstraction, all sections

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Starting last fall, there is no attached lab for this course! Questions? Contact Paul Cantrell (pcantrel@macalester.edu) 

COMP 128, Data Structures, all sections

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Suhas Arehalli (sarehall@macalester.edu) 

COMP 212, Intermediate Data Science

If and when sections of 212 close during registration, the waitlist will open.  At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT/COMP 212 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Amin Alhashim (aalhashi@macalester.edu)

COMP 221, Algorithm Design and Analysis

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Lian Duan (lduan@macalester.edu) 

COMP 225, Software Design and Development, all sections

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Bret Jackson (bjackson@macalester.edu)

COMP 240, Computer Systems Organization

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Getiria Onsongo (gonsongo@macalester.edu) 

COMP 320, Computational Biology

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Getiria Onsongo (gonsongo@macalester.edu) 

COMP 435, Data Visualization

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Bret Jackson (bjackson@macalester.edu)

COMP 445, Parallel & Distributed Processing

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Libby Shoop (shoop@macalester.edu)

COMP 456, Projects in Data Science

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. At that time, please come back and fill out this form. Questions? Contact Shilad Sen (ssen@macalester.edu)

COMP 473, Computational Geometry

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Lori Ziegelmeier (lziegel1@macalester.edu).

COMP 484, Intro to Artificial Intelligence

No signature required for this course. Note: Five seats for rising juniors will open when rising junior registration begins. Fill out the Comp 484 Waitlist form to be put on the waitlist. Questions? Contact Susan Fox (fox@macalester.edu)

COMP 494, Software in Production

No signature required for this course. Comp 494 waitlist is here. Questions? Contact Paul Cantrell (pcantrel@macalester.edu)

MATH Courses for Fall 2025

MATH 135, Applied Multivariable Calculus I, all sections

No signature required. If one section of the course fills, then the common Math 135 waitlist for all sections will open. Questions? Contact Yariana Diaz (ydiaz@macalester.edu).

MATH 137, Applied Multivariable Calculus II, all sections

No signature required. The Math 137 waitlist linked here will open once one section of the course fills. Questions? Contact Taryn Flock (tflock@macalester.edu).  

MATH 236, Linear Algebra, all sections

No signature required. If one section of the course fills, then the Math 236 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Lori Ziegelmeier (lziegel1@macalester.edu).

MATH 237, Applied Multivariable Calculus III, all sections

No signature required. If the course fills, then a waitlist will be posted here. Questions? Contact Will Mitchell (wmitchel@macalester.edu ).

MATH 279, Discrete Math, all sections

No signature required. If one section of the course fills, then the Math 279 waitlist linked here will open. Questions? Contact Andrew Beveridge (abeverid@macalester.edu)

MATH 312, Differential Equations

No signature required. If you are unable to register, fill out this form. Questions? Contact Dan O’Loughlin (doloughl@macalester.edu). 

MATH 354, Probability, all sections

Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this MATH/STAT 354 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Wednesday, April 16th. Questions? Contact Taylor Okonek (tokonek@macalester.edu).

MATH 377, Real Analysis, all sections

No signature required. If one section of the course fills, then the Math 377 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Taryn Flock (tflock@macalester.edu).  

MATH 394, Quiver Representation Theory

No signature required. If the course fills, then the Math 394 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Yariana Diaz (ydiaz@macalester.edu). 

MATH 432, Mathematical Modeling

No signature required. If the course fills, then a waitlist will be posted here. Questions? Contact Will Mitchell (wmitchel@macalester.edu ).

MATH 437, Topics in Applied Math (Computational Geometry)

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact: Contact Lori Ziegelmeier (lziegel1@macalester.edu).

STAT Courses for Fall 2025

STAT 112, Introduction to Data Science, all sections

If and when all sections of 112 close during registration, a waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the COMP/STAT 112 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Andrew Beveridge (abeverid@macalester.edu).

STAT 125, Epidemiology

Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this STAT 125 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Fri. April 18, 2025. Questions? Contact Kelsey McDonald (kmcdonal@macalester.edu).

STAT 155, Intro to Statistical Modeling, all sections

Once all sections of 155 are nearly full, a waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT 155 Waitlist Form. Please do not fill out the form prior to your registration time. Questions? Contact Alicia Johnson (ajohns24@macalester.edu).

STAT 202, Data and Society

Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this STAT 202 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students who fill out the form by Wednesday, April 16th. Questions? Contact Brianna Heggeseth (bheggese@macalester.edu)

STAT 212, Intermediate Data Science

If and when sections of 212 close during registration, the waitlist will open.  At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT/COMP 212 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Amin Alhashim (aalhashi@macalester.edu)

STAT 253, Statistical Machine Learning, all sections

If and when at least one section of 253 closes during registration, the waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT 253 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Kelsey Grinde (kgrinde@macalester.edu),

STAT 354, Probability, all sections

Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this MATH/STAT 354 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Wednesday, April 16th. Questions? Contact Taylor Okonek (tokonek@macalester.edu)

STAT 452, Correlated Data, all sections

Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this STAT 452 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students who fill out the form by Wednesday, April 16th. Questions? Contact Brianna Heggeseth (bheggese@macalester.edu)

STAT 456, Projects in Data Science

No signature required for this course. If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. At that time, please come back and fill out this form. Questions? Contact Shilad Sen (ssen@macalester.edu)