Congratulations on your admission to UCSD and into the Computer Science and Engineering Department!

Program Advising: CSE Undergraduate Advisors are dedicated to helping you understand CSE program requirements and can assist with the following:

During summer 2008 (mid-June), you will receive notification from your college with enrollment information. Please be sure to visit your colleges website and follow their instructions, before you contact the CSE Department.

The CSE Department will offer an orientation two days before classes begin on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:30pm in the Auditorium of the Computer Science and Engineering Building (EBU3B) room 1202.

Please remember to submit all official transcripts to the Office of Admissions prior to the deadline of July 15. Please check to make sure that grades for classes you have completed are submitted, it is your responsibility to ensure that UCSD receives these transcripts.Call 858/534-8007 to speak with a transcript evaluator if your course grades are not yet posted on TritonLink. Check out "Academic History".

Course Equivalencies and Enrolling into CSE Courses
You must make sure that all of your courses have been transferred by checking your "Academic History" via TritonLink. You may find that not all of the courses you transferred in are equivalent to UCSD classes. Another website that may assist you with determining equivalent courses is Assist.org.

If you transferred in a class that you feel is equivalent to a required course for your major, and the course did not get listed as equivalent to a UCSD course, you will need to submit a petition. In order to submit a petition for review, you need to complete a general petition form, and attach a copy of the course description for the course that you took at your college. This process can take up to several weeks, so please be sure to submit your petition as early as possible. The courses you completed at your college must be listed as equivalent to our UCSD courses, in your Academic History on TritonLink, to be counted for your degree requirements.

Sometimes, transferable course numbers are listed incorrectly underAcademic History in TritonLink. The CSE Student Affairs Staff can fix CSE transferable courses so that you get credit, if you let us know that a course is listed incorrectly in your Academic History. An error like this will keep you fromenrolling into other CSE courses.

CSE 91 - Perspectives in CSE
Two unit seminar. Waived for all transfer students. You do not need to take this course.

Enrollment into CSE 8A, CSE 8AL, CSE 8B, and CSE 11
If you completed a programming course in Java and the course is not listed as equivalent to CSE 8A/8AL, CSE 8B or CSE 11, then you have to submit a petition for review and approval. Please do this as soon as you can. Also, you should enroll into CSE 8A/8AL or CSE 11 to secure a seat. Last day to enroll before the quarter starts is Monday, September 21, 2008.

Enrollment into CSE 12
If you completed a programming course in Java and the course did show up as equivalent to CSE 8B or CSE 11, then you are approved to enroll into CSE 12 (Data Structures and OO Programming). If your Java Programming course is equivalent to only CSE8A/8AL, then you must still complete either CSE 8B or CSE 11, before you can enroll into CSE 12.

Suggested Class Schedules for Fall 2008
These schedules should help you registrar for fall classes. We do not recommend enrolling into more than 3 courses for your first quarter at UCSD if you are coming from a semester system.You should be able to complete a full load (4 courses) the following quarter if you do well in your first quarter at UCSD.

After you select one of the options listed below you should contact your CSE Adviser Viera Kair A-L or Patricia Raczka M-Z and let us know what courses you choose.