Winter 2021 Graduate Course Updates

Updated December 23, 2020

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 Fall 2020 enrollment or registration, all students can find updates from campus here.

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.

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 202	Algorithm Design and Analysis	Micciancio	125 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 203B	Convex Optimization Algorithms	Cheng	150 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 209B	Top/Seminar in Cryptography	Bellare	15 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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 216	Interaction Design Research	Klemmer	20 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 170 or equivalent for MS students. No prereq required for PhDs. 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 criteria. 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).	Course is entirely remote
CSE 219	Design at Large Seminar	Wang/Eikey	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 221	Operating Systems	Voelker	65 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 120 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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 222A	Computer Communication Networks	Schulman	30 seats	All seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 229A	Tops/Seminar/Computer Systems	Schulman	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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 229C	Tops/Seminar/Computer Security	Savage	25 seats	All seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 231	Advanced Compiler Design	Politz	65 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 232B	Database System Implementation	Deutsch	100 seats	Enforced prerequisite: Java programming, intro databases course, or experience with SQL databases required. 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 criteria. 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).	Course is entirely remote
CSE 239A	Topics/Seminar in Databases	Deutsch	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 240C	Advanced Microarchitecture	STAFF	20 seats	Enforced prerequisite: CSE 240A. 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 criteria. 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).	Course is entirely remote
CSE 240D	Application Specific Processors	Esmaeilzadeh	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 241A	VLSI Integr Cmputing Circuitry	Kahng	10 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 244A	VLSI Test	Orailoglu	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 251A	ML: Learning Algorithms	Chaudhuri	189 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. (Formerly CSE 250B; students cannot receive credit for both CSE 250B and CSE 251A)	Course is entirely remote
CSE 251B	ML: Neural Networks/Pattern Recognition	Cottrell	150 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. (Formerly CSE 253; students cannot receive credit for both CSE 253 and CSE 251B)	Course is entirely remote
CSE 252B	Computer Vision II	STAFF	75 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 259	Seminr/Artificial Intelligence	Cottrell	40 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 276E	Robotic Sys Design & Implemnt	Swanson	15 seats	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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 280A	Algorithms/Computational Biol	Bafna	25 seats	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.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 282	Bioinf II: Intro to Bioinf Algr	Pevzner	25 seats	All seats are currently reserved for CSE graduate student enrollment. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.	Course is entirely remote
CSE 290	Seminar: Various Topics in CSE	A00: Saul B00: Berg-Kirkpatrick C00: Bafna D00: Orailoglu E00: Cheng F00: Jhala G00: Chandraker H00: Christensen I00: Cheng J00: Pannuto	A00: 9 seats B00: 25 seats C00: 15 seats D00: 25 seats E00: 15 seats F00: 25 seats G00: 20 seats H00: 25 seats I00: 20 seats	A00, D00, F00, G00: 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. B00, E00, H00, J00: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll C00: 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. I00: This course is intended only for incoming students who need to show their enrollment in a hybrid course. Please submit an EASy request with a copy of your confirmed visa appointment to enroll in this class.	A00: Synchronous enrollment only I00: Hybrid All other CSE 290s will be entirely remote
CSE 291	Topics: Various Topics in CSE	C00: Savage D00: Zhou E00: Pasquale F00: Chandraker H00: Soosai Raj I00: Su J00: Polikarpova	C00: 25 seats D00: 20 seats E00: 25 seats F00: 30 seats H00: 30 seats I00: 50 seats J00: 40 seats	H00, I00, J00: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. C00: Please 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. D00: 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 criteria. E00: Enforced prerequisite is CSE 221. 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 criteria. F00: Interested students should email the course instructor for enrollment. The email should be titled “Request to enroll in CSE 291 F00” and include their PID. The email should state prior courses in vision and learning, as well as project or research experience in computer vision. H00: Please see an FAQ regarding the course here.	All CSE 291s will be entirely remote
CSE 294	Research Meeting	Voelker	15 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.	Course is entirely remote
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.	Course is entirely remote