MSCS Course Waitlists & Information (Fall 2026)

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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 ([email protected]) as early as possible to check if we can reserve seats in classes.

COMP Courses    MATH Courses    STAT Courses

COMP Courses for Fall 2026

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 Getiria Onsongo (gonsongo)

COMP 123, Core Concepts in Computer Science, all sections
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 Elizabeth Ernst (eernst)

COMP 127, Object-Oriented Programming and Abstraction, all sections
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact: Getiria Onsongo (gonsongo)

COMP 128, Data Structures, all sections
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Abby Marsh (amarsh1)

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)

COMP 221, Algorithm Design and Analysis
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Lian Duan (lduan) 

COMP 225, Software Design and Development
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Bret Jackson (bjackson)

COMP 240, Computer Systems Organization
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Susan Fox (fox) 

COMP 364, Human Computer Interaction
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Lauren Milne (lmilne)

COMP 381, Programming Languages
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Paul Cantrell (pcantrel)

COMP 382, Computing Futures
Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this COMP 382 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by April 15. Questions? Contact Joslenne Peña (jpena)

COMP 440, Collective Intelligence
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Shilad Sen (ssen)

COMP 456, Projects in Data Science
Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this COMP/STAT 456 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by April 15.  Questions? Contact Bret Jackson (bjackson)

COMP 484, Intro to Artificial Intelligence
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Susan Fox (fox)

COMP 487, Computer Security and Privacy
If and when sections begin to fill, a waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Abby Marsh (amarsh1)

MATH Courses for Fall 2026

MATH 135, Applied Multivariable Calculus I, all sections
If one section of the course fills, then the common Math 135 waitlist for all sections will open. Questions? Contact Yariana Diaz (ydiaz)

MATH 137, Applied Multivariable Calculus II, all sections
The Math 137 waitlist linked here will open once one section of the course fills. Questions? Contact Daniel O’Loughlin (doloughl)

MATH 236, Linear Algebra, all sections
If one section of the course fills, then the Math 236 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Taryn Flock (tflock)

MATH 237, Applied Multivariable Calculus III, all sections
If you can’t register for the course during your registration time, please fill out this form. Questions? Contact Will Mitchell (wmitchel)

MATH 279, Discrete Math, all sections
If one section of the course fills, then the Math 279 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Andrew Beveridge (abeverid)

MATH 312, Differential Equations
If you are unable to register, fill out this form. Questions? Contact Alexander Hanhart (ahanhart)

MATH 354, Probability
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 15. Questions? Contact Alexander Hanhart (ahanhart)

MATH 375, Graph Theory
If this course fills, a Math 375 waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Kristin Heysse (kheysse)

MATH 377, Real Analysis
If the course fills, then the Math 377 waitlist will open. Questions? Contact Taryn Flock (tflock)

MATH 494-01, Partial Differential Equations
If the course fills, please fill out this form. Questions? Contact Will Mitchell (wmitchel)

MATH 494, Discrete Optimization
If this course fills, a Math 494-02 waitlist form will be posted here. Questions? Contact Kristin Heysse (kheysse)

STAT Courses for Fall 2026

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 Getiria Onsongo (gonsongo)

STAT 155, Intro to Statistical Modeling, all sections
Once all sections of STAT 155 are full / nearly full, a waitlist will open. At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT 155 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Brianna Heggeseth (bheggese)

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)

STAT 253, Statistical Machine Learning, all sections
A waitlist will open after current First Years have registered, or if/when both sections of STAT 253 close during registration (whichever comes first). At that time, please check back and fill out the STAT 253 Waitlist Form. Questions? Contact Alicia Johnson (ajohns24) 

STAT 354, Probability
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 15. Questions? Contact Alexander Hanhart (ahanhart)

STAT 451, Causal Inference
Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this STAT 451 & STAT 452 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Wednesday, April 15. Questions? Contact Leslie Myint (lmyint)

STAT 452, Correlated Data
Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this STAT 451 & STAT 452 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Wednesday, April 15. Questions? Contact Brianna Heggeseth (bheggese)

STAT 456, Projects in Data Science
Permission of instructor required. Please fill out this COMP/STAT 456 Interest Form as soon as possible. Full consideration will be given to students that fill out the form by Wednesday, April 15. Questions? Contact Bret Jackson (bjackson)