Winter 2022 Graduate Course Updates

Updated January 14, 2022

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 Winter 2022, 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 will need to enroll in the first CSE 290/291 course through WebReg. If you are interested in enrolling in any subsequent sections, you will need to submit EASy requests for each section and wait for the Registrar to add you to the course. If you have already been given clearance to enroll in a second class and cannot enroll via WebReg, please submit the EASy request and notify the Enrollment Coordinator of your submission for quicker approval.

If you are asked to add to the waitlist to indicate your desire to enroll, you will not be able to do so if you are already enrolled in another section of CSE 290/291. Please submit an EASy request to enroll in any additional sections. Your requests will be routed to the instructor for approval when space is available.

CSE Majors and Other Graduate Students with Priority

CSE Graduate Students

Unless otherwise noted below, CSE graduate students begin the enrollment process by requesting classes through SERF
After SERF's final run, course clearances (AKA approvals) are sent to students and they finalize their enrollment through WebReg
Once SERF is complete, a student may request priority enrollment in a course through EASy only if they have fewer than 12 units approved and/or enrolled
- If a student is enrolled in 12 units or more, they will have their requests denied. Students in 12+ units will need to add themselves to the WebReg waitlist if they want to maintain their current enrollment and add another class.
- If a student drops below 12 units, they are eligible to submit EASy requests for priority consideration.

EC79 and/or BISB Students

Students with these major codes are only able to enroll in a pre-approved subset of courses after all of the CSE student enrollment requests have been satisfied
- EC79: CSE 202, 221, 224, 222B, 237A, 240A, 243A, 245
- BISB: CSE 200, 202, 250A, 251A, 251B, 258, 280A, 282, 283, 284
Unless otherwise noted below, students will submit EASy requests to enroll in the classes they are interested in
- Requests will be reviewed and approved if space is available after all interested CSE graduate students have had the opportunity to enroll
If you are requesting priority enrollment, you are still held to the CSE Department's enrollment policies
- If a student is enrolled in 12 units or more, they will have their requests denied. Students in 12+ units will need to add themselves to the WebReg waitlist if they want to maintain their current enrollment and add another class.
- If a student drops below 12 units, they are eligible to submit EASy requests for priority consideration.

Non-CSE Majors

Non-CSE graduate students without priority 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	Impagliazzo	196 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 203B	Convex Optimization Algorithms	Cheng	295 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 209A	Top/Sem/Algrthms,Complxty&Logc	Impagliazzo	28 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 216	Interaction Design Research	Klemmer	20 seats	All seats are currently reserved for priority graduate student enrollment through EASy. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.	Course is canceled
CSE 219	Design at Large	Cartwright	20 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 221	Operating Systems	Voelker	70 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. 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 222A	Computer Communication Networks	Shalev	35 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 224	Graduate Networked Systems	G. Porter	325 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is remote
CSE 229A	Tops/Seminar/Computer Systems	Savage	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	Stefan	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 232B	Database System Implementation	Deutsch	100 seats	Enforced prerequisite: Introductory Java or Databases course. 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 237A	Intro to Embedded Computing	Rosing	48 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is remote
CSE 239A	Topics/Seminar in Databases	Deutsch	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.
CSE 239B	Top/Sem/Programming Languages	Polikarpova	25 seats	Enrollment is restricted to PL Group members. Please send the course instructor your PID via email if you are interested in enrolling in this course.
CSE 240C	Advanced Microarchitecture	Mirbagher	25 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 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 241A	VLSI Integr Cmputing Circuitry	Kang	10 seats	All seats are currently reserved for priority graduate student enrollment through EASy. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.
CSE 249B	Topics/Seminar in VLSI	Kahng	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 251A	ML: Learning Algorithms	Berg-Kirkpatrick	295 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)
CSE 251B	ML: Neural Ntwrks/Pttrn Recogn	Cottrell	146 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)
CSE 252B	Computer Vision II	Ochoa	70 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 259	Seminr/Artificial Intelligence	Saul	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.	Course is remote
CSE 272	Advanced Image Synthesis	Li	25 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 273	Computational Photography	Ochoa	50 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 274	Discrete Differential Geometry (Selected Topics in Graphics)	Chern	25 seats	All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll.
CSE 276B	Human-Robot Interaction	Riek	30 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.
CSE 276E	Robotic Sys Design & Implemnt	Swanson	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.
CSE 280A	Algorithms/Computational Biol	Bafna	30 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.
CSE 282	Bioinf II:Intro to Bioinf Algr	Pevzner	25 seats	All seats are currently reserved for priority graduate student enrollment through EASy. Once CSE students have had the chance to enroll, available seats will be released for general graduate student enrollment.	Course is remote
CSE 290	A00: Scientific Writing B00: Adv Topics - Computational Bio C00: Topics in Robotics D00: Computer Vision Seminar E00: Computer Architecture Research Seminar F00: Embedded Systems Seminar	A00: Saul B00: Pevzner C00: Christensen D00: Ramamoorthi E00: Tullsen F00: Shalev G00: Su	A00: 10 seats B00: 15 seats C00: 20 seats D00: 25 seats E00: 20 seats F00: 20 seats G00: 40 seats	A00: Add yourself to the WebReg waitlist if you are interested in enrolling in this course. This course is only open to CSE PhD students who have completed their Research Exam. The course instructor will be reviewing the WebReg waitlist and notifying Student Affairs of which students can be enrolled. B00, C00, D00, E00, G00: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. F00: TBA	A00: Course is remote
CSE 291	Topics: Various Topics in CSE (Find available titles and course description information here)	1: Paturi 2: Dasgupta 3: Nakashole 4: Polikarpova 5: Stefan 6: Savage 7: Zhou 8: Su 9: Zhang 11: Rosing 12: Vaccaro 13: Pannuto 14: Thomé	1: 50 seats 2: 120 seats 3: 50 seats 4: 30 seats 5: 28 seats 6: 30 seats 7: 30 seats 8: 100 seats 9: 50 seats 11: 15 seats 12: 50 seats 13: 48 seats 14: 25 seats	1: Course has been cancelled as of 1/3/2022. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13: All available seats have been released for general graduate student enrollment. Please use WebReg to enroll. 6: 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. 8: 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. 14: Enforced prerequisite: CSE 202. 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).	11: Course is remote
CSE 294	Research Meeting	A00: Voelker B00: Orailoglu	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.
CSE 599	Teaching Methods in CSE	Elsherif, Mai	75 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.