The four-year plan is designed for students with no advanced placement credit. It is imperative that each student draw up a suitable schedule based on her/his specific circumstances. To plan your schedule, consult the Schedule of Current Course Offerings.  It's important to know what courses to take and when to take them. Once you have reviewed your major requirements, take some time to put together your academic plan. Use the following worksheets to record your quarterly class schedules.

• Academic Tracking Sheet (pdf) (Adobe Acrobate Reader)
• Academic Tracking Sheet (Excel Spreadsheet)

• Requirements for students admitted as of Fall 2001

• All CSE undergraduate courses are open for enrollment
• All courses must be taken for a letter grade (except CSE 8A and CSE 8AL)
• If you have any problems with enrollment, please send email to ugradinfo@cs.ucsd.edu or call 858/534-3621 and 858/822-1535
• AP Credit: Effective Fall 2004, the CSE Department accepts a score of four on the A Exam as credit for CSE 8A and CSE 8AL.  Students must complete CSE 11
• AP Credit: Effective Fall 2004, the CSE Department accepts a score of five on the A Exam as credit for CSE 11
• AP Credit: Effective Fall 2004, the CSE Department accepts a score of four or five on the AB Exam as credit for CSE 11
• 8A/8AL and CSE 8B are not required if a student completes CSE 11
• CSE 11 is a faster paced version of CSE 8A/8AL and CSE 8B
• Students will self-select which programming course to start with
• Students without any programming experience in a compiled language are advised to take CSE 8A/8AL and then CSE 8B, instead of CSE 11
• CSE 12 - prerequisite CSE 15L will be waived
• CSE 21 - prerequisite CSE 20 will be waived
• CSE 100 - prerequisite CSE 30 and CSE 70 will be waived
• BILD 94 - overview of issues and topics in bioinformatics) is recommended in your first spring quarter of study at UC San Diego
• Bioinformatics Series: CSE 181 is cross-listed with BIMM 181 and BENG 181
• Bioinformatics Series: CSE 182 is cross-listed with BIMM 182 and BENG 182
• Bioinformatics Series: CSE 184 is cross-listed with BIMM 184 and BENG 184
• Bioinformatics Series: BENG 183, BIMM 185, and Math 186 are not cross-listed with any other courses.

Students must complete five CSE technical electives from the approved list. Select at least one course from each of the three groups for a total of five electives:

Group I: CSE 30, 111, 131A, 131B, 134A, 135

Group II: CSE 105, 150, 151, MATH 184A

Group III: CSE 132A, 132B, 133