Getting into CS Classes

The tables below contain enrollment guidelines for Computer Science classes.

For more information about these enrollment guidelines, please view this Frequently Asked Questions page.
You can also find detailed, class-specific enrollment information at classes.berkeley.edu. Be sure to read the CLASS NOTES section for the class to see semester-specific details.

To see semester-specific enrollment information and FAQs, sign up for FREE to the EECS 101 section of the EDStem Discussion Dashboard.

If you have questions regarding getting into CS classes, please email: cs-enrollments@eecs.berkeley.edu

To learn about declaring the CS major, visit our page, Computer Science Bachelor of Arts.

Enrollment Guidelines

Lower Division Classes

CS 10
You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
ALL undergrad UC Berkeley students	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Graduate UC Berkeley students	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
Concurrent Enrollment	NA	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

CS 61A
You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
ALL undergrad UC Berkeley students	Most seats are reserved for specific student populations. Eligible students will be enrolled if reserved seats are available. Otherwise they will be waitlisted.		All waitlisted students are eligible to enroll in any remaining seats. System automatically fills seats based on waitlist position only.	No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
ALL undergrad UC Berkeley students	Unreserved are available to any UC Berkeley undergraduate student. Once the unreserved seats are filled, students will be placed on the waitlist.
Graduate UC Berkeley students	Can waitlist for this class.		Eligible to enroll in any remaining seats. System automatically fills seats based on waitlist position only.	Contact your GSAO for assistance.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
Concurrent Enrollment	NA	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

To learn more, read this list of commonly asked questions.

CS 61B
You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
EECS/EECS joint majors OR ENG Undeclared	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Non-EECS COE Majors
CS Majors
Intended CS terms 3-4
Data Science New transfers
Undeclared terms 3-4
Other Declared Majors	Can waitlist only	Can waitlist only	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist. System automatically processes waitlists based solely on waitlist position as seats become available.	No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Undeclared terms from 1-2 and 5+	Can waitlist only	Can waitlist only
Graduate UC Berkeley students	Can enroll or waitlist in this class.			Contact your GSAO for assistance.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
Concurrent Enrollment	N/A	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

CS 61C
You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
Declared EECS Major	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Declared EECS Joint Major
Compsci Major
Non-EECS COE Major
Undeclared	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.
Other Declared Majors
Graduate UC Berkeley students	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
Concurrent Enrollment	NA	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

How to enroll in Bridge Classes

Bridge Classes in EECS

Courses such as EECS 47D, COMPSCI 47B, or COMPSCI 47C are referred to as bridge courses. They are not actual courses, but are an option for students who have completed some, but not all, of the material in the actual course (e.g., EECS 16A, COMPSCI 61B or COMPSCI 61C). If you enroll in a bridge course you will complete specific portions of the regular course to cover concepts not covered by your previous coursework. The instructor of the regular course will determine how much of the course you will need to complete via the bridge course in order to satisfy that course requirement. By enrolling in a bridge course you are able to receive units (usually 1-2 units) and a grade for the work that you are completing. Bridge courses must be completed for a letter grade.

All COE students

If you are interested in enrolling into CS 47B, please contact Olivia Chan in ESS.
If you are interested in enrolling into any other EECS bridge course (CS47A, CS47C, or EECS 47DEF), please contact your ESS Adviser.

All non-COE students

If you are interested in enrolling into a CompSci bridge course (CS47ABC), please contact cs-advising@cs.berkeley.edu.
If you are interested in enrolling into an EECS bridge course (EECS 47DEF), please contact eecs-advising@eecs.berkeley.edu.

CS 70
You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
EECS/EECS joint majors OR ENG Undeclared	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Non-EECS COE Majors
New CS Transfers
CS Transfers terms 7+
Intended CS terms 3-4
CS Majors
Undeclared terms 3-4
Other Declared Majors	Can waitlist only	Can waitlist only	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist. System automatically processes waitlists based solely on waitlist position as seats become available.	No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
L&S undeclared other than terms 3-4	Can waitlist only	Can waitlist only
Graduate UC Berkeley students	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
Concurrent Enrollment	NA	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

Upper Division Classes

You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
Declared EECS Major	No restrictions to waitlist. Reserve caps may impact when qualified students can enroll in high demand classes from the waitlist. Please refer to the CLASS NOTES for any special enrollment rules. If none are listed in the class notes, students in this category can enroll/waitlist without restrictions as reserved seats are available.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
CS Declared Major
Declared EECS Joint Major
Non-EECS COE Major
Data Science Major	Enrollment ability restricted to a few classes (identified each semester)
L&S undeclared	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.
Other Declared Majors
EECS Graduate students	Can waitlist		Once reserve caps end, will be enrolled if seats are available	Consult with your GSAO for assistance.
non-EECS Graduate UC Berkeley students	Cannot enroll or waitlist in undergraduate classes. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session or self-study with past semester’s class website.
All MEng students (including EECS MEng)
Concurrent Enrollment	N/A	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

Graduate Level Classes

You Are:	Phase 1	Phase 2	Adjustment Period	Post-Adjustment Period
EECS Graduate Students (including MEng)	No restrictions. Can enroll or waitlist.			Consult with a Graduate Student Advisor
EECS MEng Students	Enrollment ability restricted to a few classes (identified each semester)			Consult with EECS MEng Program Manager
Non-EECS Graduate Students	Ability to waitlist but enrollment not guaranteed - instructor preference. Refer to CLASS NOTES for each class for details.		For MOST graduate classes: once reserve caps end, the system will automatically enroll non-EECS Graduate students if seats are available	Consult with a Graduate Student Advisor
Non-EECS MEng Students	Non-EECS MEng students are prevented from waitlisting or enrolling.
Any UC Berkeley Undergraduate	System automatically blocks undergrads from enrolling in or waitlisting for grad classes.			No further enrollment or drops without following the student’s college’s late change process.
Any UC Berkeley Undergraduate	No permission codes distributed	Enrollment permitted only by permission of the instructor. Permission codes given to professors to distribute August 1st. Undergrads with permission codes can enroll.	Undergrads with permission codes can enroll.
Concurrent Enrollment	NA	Applications accepted once UC Extension opens but not processed	Applications processed starting week 2 of classes. Note: The term ‘processing’ does not imply approval.	No applications accepted or processed
Visiting & Exchange Students	Cannot enroll or waitlist during the academic year. Consider enrolling in the class over summer session.

Time Conflict Policy

Some classes may permit time conflicts with lectures/labs/discussion sections. However, these classes will NOT offer alternate exams unless explicitly confirmed by the instructor or the class staff. Class notes for CompSci classes will indicate whether a class permits time-conflict enrollment or not.

It is the STUDENT’S responsibility to ensure they can take both final exams (e.g., by confirming there will be no final exam or an alternate exam for the other class) even if there is a time conflict with the lectures/labs/discussion sections.

If students cannot avoid a final exam conflict, students should not enroll into both classes, even if the system allows time conflicts.

Prerequisite Policy

Students can find the prerequisites for CS classes on our website. Generally, prerequisites for CS classes are strongly recommended and not formally enforced. The specific prerequisite policy for a class can be found in the “Class Notes” section of the scheduled class on classes.berkeley.edu. Unless stated otherwise, students can assume that prerequisites are strongly recommended.

Formally Enforced Prerequisites: Some CS classes have formally enforced prerequisites. This means that the system won’t allow students to enroll unless they have completed the prerequisites with a passing grade (C- or higher). If you have completed a prerequisite at your community college and the system won’t let you enroll, please contact cs-enrollments@berkeley.edu for assistance. As of Fall 2024, the only CS courses with formally enforced prerequisites are CS 169A, 169L, and 186.

Informally Enforced Prerequisites: Other CS classes have informally enforced prerequisites. Students will be allowed to enroll regardless if they’ve completed the prerequisites. Shortly before classes begin, the instructor will provide a report to staff showing who has/hasn’t completed the prerequisites. Students who haven’t completed the prerequisites will be dropped. Students who want an exception should contact the instructor.

Co-requisites: If you are taking prerequisites concurrently for a class that has formally or informally enforced prerequisites, please note that you may be dropped at the instructor’s request.

Questions?

Contact: cs-enrollments@eecs.berkeley.edu