Fall 2021 Graduate Course Updates

Updated October 5, 2021

Graduate course enrollment is limited, at first, to CSE graduate students. Once all of our graduate students have had the opportunity to express interest in a class and enroll, we will begin releasing seats for non-CSE graduate student enrollment. Once all of the interested non-CSE graduate students have had the opportunity to enroll, any available seats will be given to undergraduate students and concurrently enrolled UC Extension students.

Please monitor your @ucsd.edu email address for course clearance information or course updates DAILY.

Please take a few minutes to carefully read through the following important information from UC San Diego regarding the COVID-19 response. If there are any changes with regard to enrollment or registration, all students can find updates from campus here.

Please note: For Fall 2021, all graduate courses will be offered in person unless otherwise specified below.

Enrollment & Waitlist Policy

In general, graduate students have priority to add graduate courses; undergraduates have priority to add undergraduate courses.
Read your @ucsd email. This is how we contact you to tell you if you were cleared to add a course. If you do not enroll by the deadline indicated in your clearance email, you will lose the seat!
CSE graduate students will request courses through the Student Enrollment Request Form (SERF) prior to the beginning of the quarter. When the window to request courses through SERF has closed, CSE graduate students will have the opportunity to request additional courses through EASy. CSE students should NOT use the WebReg waitlist as a way of indicating their desire to enroll in a class unless it is listed as the primary enrollment method in the table below.
Priority enrollment is given in the following order:
1. CSE PhD students
2. CSE Master's students
3. CSE BS/MS students
4. Non-CSE graduate students (from WebReg waitlist)
5. EASy requests from graduate students
6. EASy requests from undergraduate students
7. Concurrent (UC Extension) students
Satisfying the prerequisites for all courses is recommended, however, not every instructor will enforce the prerequisite. Please check our Current Courses & Preparation by Course page for specific information about how to prepare for this quarter's courses.
For course enrollment requests through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy), please allow up to five (5) business days to process your request. If you are a CSE graduate student who submitted an EASy request, you will need to be enrolled in less than 12 units to receive priority enrollment.
Students who have been accepted to the CSE BS/MS program who are still undergraduates should speak with a Master's advisor before submitting requests through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).
Sorry, no swaps. CSE courses are too full to allow "swaps." Be sure to enroll in or waitlist the section time you plan to attend and whose final exam you can attend.
CSE does not use add/drop cards - please do not contact instructors for enrollment approval. The add/drop card process has been replaced by the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).
We do not release names of instructors until their appointments are official with the University. If you see that a course's instructor is listed as STAFF, please wait until the Schedule of Classes is automatically updated with the correct information. The Student Affairs staff will not be able to let you know who is teaching.
In general, CSE graduate student typically concludes during or just before the first week of classes. Clearance for non-CSE graduate students will typically occur during the second week of classes. If space is available, undergraduate and concurrent student enrollment typically occurs later in the second week of classes. If you are still interested in adding a course after the Week 2 Add/Drop deadline, please submit a "Late Add" EASy request to indicate your desire to enroll. These requests will be reviewed by the instructor and may be approved only if you have been actively engaged in the course.

Enrolling in Multiple CSE 290 or CSE 291 Courses

WebReg will not allow you to enroll in multiple sections of the same course. You must enroll in the first section through WebReg and then submit an EASy request to enroll in any subsequent sections. Your request will be reviewed by the Enrollment Coordinator when space is available in the course.

Non-CSE Majors

Non-CSE graduate students should use WebReg to indicate their desire to add a course. If space is available after the list of interested CSE graduate students has been satisfied, you will receive clearance in waitlist order. If there is a different enrollment method listed below for the class you're interested in, please follow those directions instead.
Undergraduates outside of CSE who want to enroll in CSE graduate courses should submit an enrollment request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).

Non-CSE Courses

Each department handles course clearances for their own courses. Please contact the respective department for course clearance to ECE, COGS, Math, etc.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students who wish to add graduate courses must submit a request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). Requests to enroll will be reviewed by the instructor after graduate students have had the chance to enroll, which is typically by the beginning of Week 2. Depending on the demand from graduate students, some courses may not open to undergraduates at all. Seats will only be given to undergraduate students based on availability after graduate students enroll. Enrollment in graduate courses is not guaranteed. Please check your EASy request for the most up-to-date information.

Undergraduate Courses

Graduate students who wish to add undergraduate courses must submit a request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). Prerequisite clearances and approvals to add will be reviewed after undergraduate students have had the chance to enroll, which is typically after Friday of Week 1. Seats will only be given to graduate students based on seat availability after undergraduate students enroll. Enrollment in undergraduate courses is not guraranteed. Please check your EASy request for the most up-to-date information.

Course	Title	Instructor	Expected # of Seats	Enrollment Status & Other Notes	COVID-19 Course Status
CSE 200	Computability and Complexity	Lovett	75 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 101 or 105 or equivalent. Please submit an EASy request with proof that you have satisfied the prerequisite in order to enroll. Student Affairs will be reviewing the responses and approving students who meet the requirements. The first seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released to other graduate students who meet the prerequisite(s).
CSE 202	Algorithm Design and Analysis	Paturi Paturi	196 seats 196 seats	Enforced Prerequisite: CSE 101 or equivalent. Do NOT contact the instructor for enrollment information. All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 206A	Lattice Algorithms & Applictns	Micciancio	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 209A	Top/Sem/Algrthms,Complxty&Logc	Lovett	15 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 210	Principle/Software Engineering	Griswold	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 219	Design at Large	Fox	25 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 221	Operating Systems	Zhou	100 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 120 or equivalent. Please submit an EASy request with proof that you have satisfied the prerequisite in order to enroll. Student Affairs will be reviewing the responses and approving students who meet the requirements. The first seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released to other graduate students who meet the prerequisite(s).
CSE 227	Computer Security	Savage	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 229A	Tops/Seminar/Computer Systems	Zhang	25 seats	Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled.
CSE 229C	Tops/Seminar/Computer Security	Savage	30 seats	Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled.
CSE 230	Principles/Program Languages	Jhala	A00: 130 seats B00: 70 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Section B00 will be offered remotely All lectures and assignments offered asynchronously
CSE 232	Principles/Data Base Systems	Papakonstantinou	150 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 234	Data Systems for ML	Kumar	100 seats	Enforced prerequisite: A mainstream ML algorithms course, and either a mainstream DB system internals course or a mainstream OS course. Graduate students: Email the course instructor with your qualifications and prerequisite information. The course instructor will collect your information and create a Google Sheet to share with Student Affairs. The approved students will be allowed to enroll at a later date. Undergraduate students: Email the course instructor with your qualifications and then submit an EASy request if approved. Attendance at the discussion section for this course is optional
CSE 237C	Validation&Testing/EmbeddedSys	Kastner	32 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 239A	Topics/Seminar in Databases	Kumar	15 seats	Email the course instructor if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will collect your information and create a Google Sheet to share with Student Affairs. The approved students will be allowed to enroll at a later date.
CSE 239B	Top/Sem/Programming Languages	Lerner	25 seats	Enrollment is restricted to PL Group members. Please send the course instructor your PID if you are interested in enrolling in this course.
CSE 240A	Princ/Computer Architecture	Zhao	75 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course will be offered remotely All course materials offered asynchronously
CSE 243A	Intr Synthesis Method VLSI CAD	Orailoglu	25 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 249B	Topics/Seminar in VLSI	Kahng	10 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 250A	Probabilistic Reason&Learning	Saul	400 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is fully remote
CSE 252A	Computer Vision I	Ochoa	196 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 257	Search and Optimization	Gao	196 seats	Enforced prerequisite for undergraduates: CSE 150B All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 258	Recommender Sys&Web Mining	McAuley	B00: 200 seats C00: 200 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	All course components offered asynchronously Section C00 will be offered remotely
CSE 259	Seminr/Artificial Intelligence	Dasgupta	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 260	Parallel Computation	Chin	N/A	Course has been cancelled for this quarter.
CSE 274	Selected Topics in Graphics	Ramamoorthi	50 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 167 or equivalent. Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled.
CSE 276A	Introduction to Robotics	Christensen	48 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 276C	Mathematics for Robotics	Christensen	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 290	Seminar: Various Topics in CSE	1: Gao 2: Bafna 3: Christensen 4: Zhou 5: Ramamoorthi 6: Li 7: Vaccaro 8: Tullsen 9: Orailoglu 11: Minnes-Kemp 12: Pannuto	1: 30 seats 2: 15 seats 3: 25 seats 4: 15 seats 5: 25 seats 6: 25 seats 7: 15 seats 8: 25 seats 9: 15 seats 11: 20 seats 12: 20 seats	1: Complete this Google Form if you are interested in enrolling. The course instructor will be reviewing the form responses and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled. 2: Complete this Google Form if you are interested in enrolling. The course instructor will be reviewing the form responses and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled. 5, 9: Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 291	Topics: Various Topics in CSE (Find available titles and course description information here)	1: Dasgupta 3: Schulman 4: Weibel 5: Yu 6: Sherman	1: 50 seats 3: 50 seats 4: 10 seats 5: 50 seats 6: 30 seats	1,3, 6: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. 4: Please submit an EASy request in order to enroll. In the Justification section, please answer the question, "Why are you interested in Human-Centered AI?" The course instructor will review the submissions and notify Student Affairs of the students approved to enroll. 5: Enforced prerequisite: 1. CSE 150B (or equivalent) & CSE 151A (or equivalent), or CSE 250A; and 2. CSE 151B (or equivalent). Please submit an EASy request with proof that you have satisfied the prerequisite in order to enroll. Student Affairs will be reviewing the responses and approving students who meet the requirements. The first seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released to other graduate students who meet the prerequisite(s).
CSE 292	Faculty Research Seminar	Sherman	100 seats	This course is intended for PhD students only. Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. We will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and enrolling qualified students at a later date.
CSE 294	Research Meeting	G. Porter	10 seats	Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled.
CSE 599	Teaching Methods in CSE	Minnes-Kemp	50 seats	All seats are currently reserved for TAs of CSE courses. If you are serving as a TA, you will receive clearance to enroll in the course after accepting your TA contract.