Petition Process

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Students who are not majors in the computer science or computer engineering programs who wish to take a CSE-majors-only course may fill out a petition. However, such petitions are only granted if there is a compelling, extraordinary reason for the student to take the majors-only class. In particular, the appearance of available space is not a compelling reason. It is not our goal to fill majors-only courses to their maximum capacity. Rather, our primary concern is maintaining the quality of our program for our current majors. They benefit from smaller class sizes, where they can get closer attention from instructors and teaching assistants, engage in better in-class discussions, and the like. So the desired class size is often substantially below the maximum possible class size.

1. Permission to take a majors-only course does not grant or imply admission to the Department now or at any future time.
2. Students cannot use these courses towards a degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering unless they are admitted to the Department.
3. Students denied admission to Computer Science or Computer Engineering on two or more separate applications will not be considered for a CSE majors-only course.
4. Students who have not taken a majors-only course will have priority over students who have.
5. Students who are pre-majors and still have plenty of other requirements left to take (e.g. physics, calculus, chemistry) will not have priority for a majors-only course.

The online petition for majors' courses will be available a few weeks before the quarter begins and the petition will close three days after the start of each quarter. After you have filled out the petition, you must turn in a copy of your unofficial transcripts via the "UW Collect It" online submission or through an email attachment to ugrad-advisor@cs dot washington dot edu to complete the process.

	Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Box 352350 Seattle, WA  98195-2350 (206) 543-1695 voice, (206) 543-2969 FAX [comments to ugrad-advisor]