Spring Undergraduate Course Updates

Updated: March 14, 2023 

Welcome to the Spring 2023 Updates page!

Here you will learn: important Spring 2023 course information, how we manage the waitlists, enrollment priority information for CSE majors, when we are opening any available seats, and how non-CSE majors can request to enroll in CSE restricted courses. 

Due to the high demand for CSE courses, enrolling in CSE courses can be difficult and confusing. Please read the following page in detail. This page is subject to change periodically so we recommend checking our website and the Schedule of Classes for the most up to date information. 

The capacity in each course is determined by multiple variables (not just the classroom size), including but not limited to: 

• Classroom size availability 
• Instructor availability 
• Instructor teaching load
• Instructional support availability (TA/tutor support) 
• Scalability of the course

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

1. Students will need to assume everything is in person and/or synchronous only unless stated otherwise in the "Notes" below for the course section. 
2. Course components with the location listed as RCLAS on the Schedule of Classes/WebReg will be remote/online course components. 
3. Sorry, no swaps. Be sure to enroll or waitlist in the section with the assigned time you will attend and the assigned final exam you can attend. This includes R (remote) courses. If a student is waitlisted for a course and then enrolls in the R version (or vice versa), the system will drop you from the waitlist because it recognizes you are already enrolled in the course. We will not clear students to add to the course in these situations as the system moves on and automatically adds the next eligible student on the waitlist. Due to the high demand for CSE classes, the large volume of requests, and limited staff resources, the CSE department does NOT allow students to swap sections, even if they find another student who is willing to swap with them. No exceptions.

Advising

Current students may contact us via the Virtual Advising Center (vac.ucsd.edu) or csestudent@eng.ucsd.edu. We are offering virtual drop-in advising (all students) and advising appointments (current CSE majors only) which can be conducted via Zoom or in-person. To schedule an appointment, please email csestudent@eng.ucsd.edu.

Our front Intake Office is currently open Monday 1:00 - 3:30 PM, Tuesday, Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 - 3:30 PM and Friday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The front Intake Office is closed every Wednesday. **Hours are subject to change, please check our website for the most up to date information. 

Due to increased volume and demand, in weeks 1-2 of the Spring 2023 quarter, CSE advising temporary suspends individual advising appointments. Our office will offer more drop in advising hours during that period. 

Please visit our Academic Advising page or Undergraduate Advising page for more information. 

Spring 2023 Enrollment for CSE Majors

• We have reserved some seats in our lower-division and core CSE courses for our current CSE Majors (see chart below). 
• We reserve these seats by requiring students to add themselves to the waitlist and then provide an authorization clearance to students to enroll.
• Please waitlist your CSE courses when your second pass enrollment window opens late-February. Please make sure to waitlist your CSE courses with reserved seats by Monday, March 6th at 11:59 PM. 
• The CSE department will clear CSE/EC26 majors for CSE courses with reserved seats starting Tuesday, March 7th. CSE majors are cleared in waitlist order as seats become available (only for courses/sections with reserved seats). This is NOT a guarantee for a requested course.
• The course clearance process is not automatic - Students waitlisted for lower-division and core courses with reserved seats must follow the course clearance instructions sent to them via email on Tuesday, March 7th and take enrollment action.
• CSE Majors will need to monitor their @ucsd.edu email daily for course clearance and follow the directions provided before the deadline listed in the email (be sure to check your SPAM/Junk folder).

For non-CSE majors, if you are not able to enroll in your CSE courses in Spring 2023, you may need to enroll in a subsequent quarter.

Late Add Policy

The CSE department does not allow students to add courses past week 2. If a student is not enrolled in enough units by the start of week 1, the student should contact their department advisor.

Students who add CSE courses during the first two weeks will not be allowed to make up missed assignments. If you are on the waitlist for a course, you are expected to attend the class for the first two weeks and complete assignments. If students choose not to attend class or to not turn in assignments on due dates, the student will receive a "0" on all missed assignments/quizzes/etc. No exceptions are made.

Please refer to the 2022-2023 academic and administrative calendar for important enrollment dates and deadlines. 

Waitlist Policy

CSE/EC26 Major Spring 2023 Priority Deadline: Monday, March 6th at 11:59 PM- Current CSE/EC26 majors who want enrollment priority must waitlist their requested courses by this date/time. CSE majors are cleared in waitlist order as seats become available (only for courses/sections with reserved seats). This is NOT a guarantee for a requested course.

• CSE will use first-come, first-served order of the waitlists. Depending on the demand for the course, continuing CSE and ECE undergraduate majors might be given clearance to add a course prior to other majors being allowed into the course if they waitlist by the CSE Major Priority Deadline listed above. Note that even for CSE/EC26 majors we use first-come, first-served order.
• CSE Double Majors: If CSE is not your first major, you will not receive CSE Major Priority for courses with a waitlist that require manual clearance (i.e. seats reserved for CSE majors)
• Read your @ucsd email DAILY. This is how we contact you to tell you if you were cleared to add a course with reserved seats. If you do not respond by the deadline, you will lose the seat!
• Once all seats are released, students will only be added to courses with waitlists in waitlist order via the automatic waitlist enrollment process. The last waitlist add runs on Thursday of week2. The CSE department will NOT manually clear any students to enroll even if space becomes available on the last day of enrollment (typically Friday of week 2). 
• Please refer to the 2022-2023 academic and administrative calendar for important enrollment dates and deadlines. 
• For non-CSE majors, if you are not able to enroll in your CSE courses in Spring 2023, you may need to enroll in a subsequent quarter.

In general, undergraduates have a priority to add undergraduate CSE courses; graduate students have priority to add graduate CSE courses. Priority is not given to:

• Students who postpone taking a course hoping for a particular instructor in a future quarter.
• Seniors (or others) who do not use their 1st and 2nd pass early-enrollment times.
• Students who failed or withdrew from the course in a previous quarter.

Late coursework:

• Students who add CSE courses during the first two weeks will not be allowed to make up missed assignments. If you are on the waitlist for a course, you are expected to attend class for the first two weeks and complete assignments. If students choose not to attend class or to not turn in assignments on due dates, the student will receive a "0" on all missed assignments/quizzes/etc. No exceptions are made.

Max Unit Exceptions: 

• Students who are on the waitlist will not be moved into the course if they need a max unit exception. When the college grants a max unit exception it is for the course requested, not the quarter. If a seat becomes available in the waitlisted class the system will bypass the student needing a max unit exception and add the next student on the waitlist to the course, which means that the student needing the max unit exception will not be added because the available seat will be taken. If a student wants to be added off of the waitlist, they would need to be under the max unit limit (enrolled and waitlisted courses combined) so the system can bring them into the course if a seat opens up (in waitlist order of course). We will not approve requests to enroll in CSE courses exceeding the max unit limit if there is a waitlist. Please plan accordingly. 

Enrollment/Course Policies

• Granting exceptions to prerequisites is rare and requires documentation of extenuating circumstances. 
• See Enrolling in CSE Courses to learn the best strategies for getting into CSE classes.
• For course clearances, please use the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). These may take 5 business days to be processed. 
• Sorry, no swaps. Be sure to enroll or waitlist in the section with the assigned time you will attend and the assigned final exam you can attend. This includes R (remote) courses. If a student is waitlisted for a course and then enrolls in the R version (or vice versa), the system will drop you from the waitlist because it recognizes you are already enrolled in the course. We will not clear students to add to the course in these situations as the system moves on and automatically adds the next eligible student on the waitlist. Due to the high demand for CSE classes, the large volume of requests, and limited staff resources, the CSE department does NOT allow students to swap sections, even if they find another student who is willing to swap with them. No exceptions.
• We do not release names of instructors until their appointments are official with the University. Once official, instructor names are posted on the Schedule of Classes and WebReg
• If you need to petition a course for transfer credit, please use our ONLINE PETITION to do so.

Non-CSE Majors

Non-CSE Undergraduates who want to enroll in CSE Major restricted courses should submit an enrollment request through Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). Major restricted courses are indicated with an asterisk (*) below. Please see CSE Course Prerequisites webpage for information on which majors are approved for major restricted courses. 

Since CSE instructors aren't directly involved with student enrollment, please do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment concerns.

Requests from non-CSE major undergraduate students to be cleared to enroll in CSE major restricted courses will be placed on a "Department Hold" until after CSE Majors have had the opportunity to enroll. The requests may be reviewed between Monday, March 13th and the start of classes if there are seats available.

Clearance to enroll/waitlist a CSE undergraduate course with a large waitlist does NOT indicate we intend to offer additional seats. The courses and sections we intend to offer are listed in the Schedule of Classes. 

For all courses with reserved seats for Spring 2023 CSE majors, any remaining seats will be released Monday, March 13th after our CSE majors have had a chance to enroll.

Non-CSE Courses 

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

For questions about enrolling in ENG 100D or ENG 100L, please see Global Ties

Graduate Students 

Graduate students who wish to add undergraduate courses please submit a request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). Prerequisite clearances and approvals to add will be reviewed by the end of week one of classes based on if there is seat availability after undergraduates enroll.

Graduate Course Request: Please see the Graduate Courses and Enrollment Information

The courses listed below are the courses/sections we intend to offer in Spring 2023. 

Major restricted courses are indicated with an asterisk (*) below.