With a continuing increase in the influx of computer science students at UMBC, it is only natural that class availability is increased as well or more sections opened. However, the computer science department decided to take the counter intuitive measure. They have decided that they will bar students who are on the waitlist to get into their required class. The result? Classes that fill up immediately and students left with very little choices in the classes that they take.

I am writing this petition to hopefully get the computer science department to accommodate the increase of students by increasing class sizes, adding more sections, and hopefully, allowing students into classes through the waitlist.

The Undergraduate Computer Science Department should increase funding for the program in hiring more instructors that could open up more sections for specific classes. If that is not possible, the department should allow each individual professor to let as many students in from the waitlist as there are seats available in the classroom. This allows more leverage for both the instructor and the student to take control of that specific class.

Thank you for addressing these concerns, and we appreciate your efforts in maintaining the ever-flourishing Computer Science department at UMBC.