Directed Independent Study

Pursuing an independent study program is a great way to explore a topic of particular interest while earning academic credit.

The best way to arrange an independent study is to begin talking to professors who study topics about which you’re interested in learning more. Once you have found a professor to work with and have decided on a topic, submit a Directed Independent Study Application. Computer Science majors are required to take three additional 1-unit CMSC electives at the 300 level. Without departmental approval, no more than one of these courses can be an Independent Study course.

Below is a list of recent independent study courses and mentors.

Fall 2023
Title	Faculty
Introduction to Computer Graphics	Dr. Mmachi Obiorah
Autonomous Robotic Teams	Dr. Patrick Martin
Studying ADHD with Smartphone Sensing and Ecological Momentary Assessment	Dr. Shweta Ware
Computer Security Seminar	Dr. David Balash
Link Prediction with LLMs	Dr. Jon Park
Parallel Algorithms for High Dimensional Clustering	Dr. Prateek Bhakta