Updated: April 14th, 2026
Welcome to the Summer 2026 Updates page!
Here you will learn: important Summer 2026 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:
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Students will need to assume everything is in person and/or synchronous only unless stated otherwise in the "Notes" below for the course section. Course components with the location listed as RCLAS on the Schedule of Classes/WebReg will be remote/online course components.
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Artificial Intelligence Major Change Policy:
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Selective Major: The CS29 (Artificial intelligence) major will NOT be an option for the Selective Major Process at this time.
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CS25, 26, and 27 Majors: CSE students majoring in CS25 Computer Engineering, CS26 Computer Science, and CS27 Computer Science with a Specialization in Bioinformatics may NOT request to switch to the CS29 Artificial Intelligence major during the 2025-2026 academic year. All request will be DENIED.
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CS 29 Majors: CSE students majoring in CS29 Artificial Intelligence may switch into another CSE major (CS25, CS26, or CS27) without restriction. However, they will not be able to switch back into CS29 until this policy is revisited.
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CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment concerns. This includes questions pertaining to waitlists, late adds, general enrollment, major restrictions, and/or graduate requests. All enrollment questions need to be relayed in the VAC.
- Advising
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Advising Options
We offer drop-in advising (all students) and advising appointments (current CSE majors only), which can be conducted via Zoom or in person.
For quick advising related questions, please use the Virtual Advising Center (vac.ucsd.edu).
To schedule an appointment, please fill out the CSE Undergraduate Advising Appointment Request Form.
Intake Office
Our front Intake Office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 - 3:30 PM during the Spring Quarter.
Stay tuned for summer hours of operation.
Please visit our CSE Student Affairs Office Hours page or Undergraduate Advising page for more information.
**Hours are subject to change, please check the calendar on our CSE Student Affairs Office Hours page for the most up to date information.**
Contact
For general inquiries, email csestudent@ucsd.edu.
All advising questions should be submitted in the Virtual Advising Center (vac.ucsd.edu).
- Major Priority
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Major priority will not take pace Summer 2026. All undergraduate students should expect to be enrolled in courses in waitlist order only.
- Late Add Policy
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No Late Adds - No Exceptions
The CSE department does not allow students to add courses past week 1 for summer.
If a student is not enrolled in enough units by the beginning of week 1, they should contact their department advisors via the VAC.
EASy requests for Late Adds in the CSE Department will be denied, so please plan accordingly.
Waitlisted Students
If you are on the waitlist for a class, you are expected to:
- Attend class for the first two weeks.
- Complete all course assignments during that time.
Important: Attending class and completing course assignments does not guarantee enrollment.
If you miss class meetings or assignments while on the waitlist and later secure a seat in the course, you will receive a “0” for all missed work.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with late add requests, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment or late add concerns.
- Waitlist Policy
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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 run depends on the session (Summer Session 1- July 1st, and Summer Session 2 - August 5th).
The CSE department will NOT manually clear any students to enroll even if space becomes available on the last day of enrollment.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment or waitlist concerns.
- Enrollment/Course Policies and Procedure
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EASy
For course clearances, please use the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). This may take 5 business days to be processed.
Enrollment Strategies
See Enrolling in CSE Courses to learn the best strategies for getting into CSE classes.
Petitions
If you need to petition a course for transfer credit, please use our ONLINE PETITION to do so. Please view our CSE Petitions page for detailed information. This may take up to 6 weeks to be processed.
Prerequisites
Enforced for ALL classes.
View the Prerequisites for CSE Undergraduates page for information on all our prerequisites as it pertains to transfer courses and course substitutions.
Please make sure to carefully review our Upper Division Prerequisite Policy.
Swaps
No swaps - no exceptions
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) or a duplicate version of the course, the system will drop you from the waitlist or will not allow you to enroll because it recognizes you are already enrolled or waitlisted for the other 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.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment concerns.
- Non-CSE Majors and Major Restricted Courses
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Major Restricted Courses
Major-restricted courses are various CSE courses (indicated with an asterisk * below). Please see CSE Course Prerequisites webpage for information on which majors are approved for major restricted courses.
While these courses are restricted to CSE majors, non-CSE undergraduate students may still submit an enrollment request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy). to be considered for enrollment.
Requests from non-CSE major undergraduate students to be cleared to enroll in major restricted courses may take 5 business days, please plan accordingly.Note: Major restriction is separate from major priority. Major priority is CSE's lower-division core courses, plus CSE 100 and CSE 101. Major restriction is select upper division courses.
*Major Restricted courses are indicated with an asterisk (
*) below.Non-CSE Majors
If you are not able to enroll in your CSE courses in Summer 2026, you may need to enroll in a subsequent quarter.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment or major restriction concerns.
- Non-CSE Courses
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For questions about enrolling in ENG 100D or ENG 100L, please see Global Ties
Each department handles course clearances for their own courses. Please contact the respective department for course clearance to ECE, COGS, MGT, etc.
- Graduate Students Enrolling in Undergraduate Courses
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Graduate students who wish to add undergraduate CSE courses must submit a request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).
Review Process and Deadlines
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Requests will be reviewed after undergraduate students have had a chance to enroll, typically by the beginning of Week 1.
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Prerequisite clearances and approvals will be reviewed by the end of Week 1, only if seats remain available after undergraduates have enrolled.
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Some courses may not open to graduate students at all.
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The CSE Department does not allow adds after Week 1; no late adds or exceptions (including cases where an EASy request remains pending instructor approval).
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Enrollment in undergraduate courses is not guaranteed. Please check your EASy request status history for the most up-to-date information.
Coscheduled Courses
For CSE courses that are officially or unofficially coscheduled:
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Undergraduate students must enroll in the undergraduate version.
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Graduate students must enroll in the graduate version.
Note: This policy applies even if the corresponding undergraduate or graduate course is at capacity or is not offered in the same quarter. Students may not enroll in both versions of a co-scheduled course or in the graduate version if they have already completed the undergraduate one. No add, credit, or late-drop exceptions will be granted.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they are enrolled in the correct version.
*Coscheduled courses are indicated with an triangle (▲) below.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment concerns.
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- Co-scheduled Courses
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For CSE courses that are officially or unofficially coscheduled:
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Undergraduate students must enroll in the undergraduate version.
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Graduate students must enroll in the graduate version.
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Admitted CSE BS/MS students may request to enroll in the graduate version of the course after being admitted into the MS program.
Note: This policy applies even if the corresponding undergraduate or graduate course is at capacity or is not offered in the same quarter. Students may not enroll in both versions of a co-scheduled course or in the graduate version if they have already completed the undergraduate one. No add, credit, or late-drop exceptions will be granted.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they are enrolled in the correct version.
*Co-scheduled courses are indicated with an triangle (▲) below.
CSE instructors are not directly involved with student enrollment, do not contact the course instructor regarding enrollment concerns.
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- Max Unit Exceptions
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Max Unit Enrollment
During fall, winter, and spring registration, you can enroll in up to 11.5 units during the first pass.
During the second pass you can enroll in up to 19.5 units, including wait-listed courses.
Starting on Monday of Week 1 of the quarter, you may request a max unit exception via Enrollment Authorization System (EASy) to enroll in more than 22 units.
Important Notes
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When the college grants a max unit exception it is for the course requested, not the quarter.
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If a seat becomes available in a waitlisted class, the system will bypass students requiring a max unit exception. The seat will be offered to the next student on the waitlist who is under the max unit limit. Student needing the max unit exception will not be added because the available seat will be taken.
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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).
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We will not approve requests to enroll in CSE courses exceeding the max unit limit if there is a waitlist. Please plan accordingly.
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CSE Undergraduate Courses - Summer 2026
Major priority courses are indicated with a diamond (◇) below.
Major restricted courses are indicated with an asterisk ( *) below.
Coscheduled course (official/unofficial) are indicated with a triangle (▲) below.
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. |
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