Which Courses Are Delivered in Canvas vs. Blackboard?

Between Spring 2025 and Summer 2026, UMass Lowell is transitioning from the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) to Canvas. Below is an overview of which courses will be offered through Canvas in Fall 2025.

Find out which LMS each of your classes will use by checking the links on your MyUML dashboard.

Courses with the following prefixes before the course number will be delivered in Canvas:

All Business courses beginning with:

  • ACCT
  • ENTR
  • FINA
  • MGMT
  • MIST
  • MKTG
  • POMS

All Health Sciences courses beginning with:

  • DPTH
  • EXER
  • HSCI
  • MLSC
  • NURS
  • PUBH

All Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (FAHSS) courses beginning with:

  • AEST
  • AEST
  • AMST
  • ARHI
  • ARTS
  • DGMD
  • CRIM
  • ECON
  • EDUC
  • ENGL
  • FAHS
  • GRFX
  • HIST
  • 惭鲍厂滨鈥�
  • PHIL
  • POLI
  • PSYC
  • SOCI
  • WLFR, WLSP, etc.. (all World Languages)

All additional courses beginning with:

  • ARSP
  • UMLO

Exceptions:

The following non-business, non-health sciences, and non-FAHSS courses will also be delivered in Canvas in Fall 2025:

Course Identification (ID)Course Title
CHEM. 1220.031Chemistry II
CHEM. 1220.201AChemistry II
CHEM. 1220.202AChemistry II
CHEM. 1220.203AChemistry II
CHEM. 1240L.801Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM. 1240L.802Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM. 1240L.803Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM. 1240L.804Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM. 1240L.805Chemistry II Laboratory
CIVE. 3100.201Engineering Materials
CIVE. 3100.202Engineering Materials
CIVE. 5320.031VTheoretical and Numerical Methods in Soil Mechanics
CIVE. 5320.201PTheoretical and Numerical Methods in Soil Mechanics
EECE. 5496.081Cyber-Physical Systems Modeling and Simulation
EECE. 5498.082Data-Driven Models, Decision Making, and Risk Management
EECE. 5840.201PProbability and Random Processes
EECE. 5840.031VProbability and Random Processes
ENGN. 2050.205Statics
ENGN. 2050.207Statics
ENGN. 2100.202Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.203Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.204Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.205Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.206Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 2100.207Professional Development Seminar
ENGN. 3100.TBACo-op Assessment 1
ENGN. 3200.TBACo-op Assessment 1 (6 months)
ENGN. 4100.TBACo-op Assessment 2
ENGN. 4200.TBACo-op Assessment 2 (6 months)
ENVE. 3105.101Materials Science for Environmental Engineering
ENVE. 3105.102Materials Science for Environmental Engineering
INFO. 1600.081Introduction to Information Systems
INFO. 1600.082Introduction to Information Systems
INFO. 2270.082Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
INFO. 2300.081Introduction to Multimedia
INFO. 2300.082Introduction to Multimedia
INFO. 2380.081Website Development
INFO. 2500.082Introduction to eCommerce
INFO. 2810.081Introduction to Internet of Things
MATH. 1205.031Applied Precalculus
MATH. 1205.032Applied Precalculus
MATH. 1205.033Applied Precalculus
MATH. 1320.204Calculus II
MATH. 1320.205Calculus II
MATH. 2310.031Calculus III
PLAS. 2100.201Professional Development Seminar
PLAS. 3100.TBACo-op Assessment I
PLAS. 3200.TBACo-op Assessment I (6 months)
PLAS. 4100.TBACo-op Assessment II
PLAS. 4200.TBACo-op Assessment II (6 months)
SCIE. 2100.204Professional Development Seminar
SCIE. 2100.205Professional Development Seminar
SCIE. 3100.TBACo-op Assessment I
SCIE. 3200.TBACo-op Assessment I (6 months)
SCIE. 4100.TBACo-op Assessment II
SCIE. 4200.TBACo-op Assessment II (6 months)