ICS Course Restrictions

Fall 2023: ICS Course Restrictions

This timeline for ICS course restrictions updates is being provided to help students with planning during the open enrollment period.

It is highly recommended that students check this page periodically. The timeline will be followed for the most part, but course restrictions are subject to change, such as in the case of highly impacted courses where restrictions may be extended or adjusted at a time other than initially planned.

ICS Student Affairs reserves the right to adjust restrictions and the timeline at any time.

Important Notes:

Graduates outside of the School of ICS

  • Graduate students outside of the School of ICS must wait until 8:00am September 5, 2023 to enroll in ICS courses. No exceptions to this registration schedule will be made.

Graduates within the School of ICS 

  • ICS Graduate Students who wish to enroll in a restricted ICS course may contact an ICS graduate counselor for assistance.
  • ICS Graduate Students wishing to enroll in an ICS undergraduate level course may send an email requesting authorization to ucounsel@uci.edu beginning September 15, 2023.

ICS Undergraduate Students

  • ICS Undergraduate Students seeking to take an ICS graduate level course and receives permission from the instructor may email gcounsel@ics.uci.edu for assistance beginning September 15, 2023.

ICS strictly enforces the campus' Week 2 add/drop deadline.

  • The add/drop deadline for Fall 2023 is 5:00pm, Friday October 13, 2023.

School/Major restrictions on GRADUATE courses will follow the below timeline:

GRADUATE  COURSE  UPDATES
Starting Date(s) Restriction Updates

5/22/23
Spring 2023
Week 8

School/Major restrictions active

COMPSCI: Restricted to CS, NS, SE, and STATS graduate students only, except:

  • CS 268, CS 273A, CS 284A: CS, CmptSci, NS, SE graduate students only
  • All courses with suffix 'P', e.g., CS 220P: are restricted to students in the MCS and/or MDS programs only

Data: All courses are restricted to students in the MDS program only

IN4MATX: Restricted to INF, SE, CS, and STATS graduate students only, except:

  • INF 280, INF 281, INF 282: Restricted to students in the MHCID program only

NET SYS: Restricted to NS graduate students only

STATS: Restricted to Stats graduate students only, except:

  • Stats 201, Stats 281A: All graduate students except Statistics
  • All coures with suffix 'P', e.g., Stat 200AP: restricted to students in the MDS program only

SWE: Restricted to INF, SE, CS, and STATS graduate students only, except:

  • All courses with suffix 'P', e.g., SWE 240P: restricted to students in the MSWE program only
5/29/23

Campus closed in observance of Memorial Day.
9/4/23

Campus closed in observance of Labor Day.

9/5/23

School/Major restrictions lifted

8:00am: School/Major Restrictions removed from ICS graduate level courses.

  • ICS graduate level courses now open to all graduate students.
  • Undergraduate majors may begin requesting permission to enroll in open, ICS graduate level courses. Send inquiries to gcounsel@ics.uci.edu

9/15/23

5:00pm: Fee payment deadline for the Fall 2023 quarter

  • Missing the fee payment deadline will result in your being dropped from Fall courses
  • ICS Graduate Students wishing to enroll in an ICS undergraduate level course may send an email requesting authorization to ucounsel@uci.edu
  • ICS Undergraduate Students seeking to take an ICS graduate level course and receives permission from the instructor may email gcounsel@ics.uci.edu for assistance.
9/20/23

12:00pm: WebReg re-opens for continuing registration
9/28/23
Fall 2023
Week 1

First day of Fall quarter instruction.

10/13/23
Fall 2023
Week 2

5:00 pm: Add, Drop, Change Grade Option deadline

  • Last day to add, drop, or change grade option in WebReg for any ICS course.
  • Check your position in any waitlisted course(s), and be sure to drop if it is no longer needed/desired.

updated: 8/15/2023
posted: 5/8/2023

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