ECE Course Registration & Restriction Information

ECE MAJORS:

Reminders:

If you receive a Prerequisite Error, please submit a Prerequisite Petition: https://advising.grainger.illinois.edu/course-registration/prerequisite-enforcement
To take upper-level ECE/CS courses, you must have JR Eligibility completed or be in the final semester of completing it.
If you have a Departmental Advising hold, you did not satisfy the ECE Faculty Mentoring requirement. Please email your mentor to request a make-up meeting. Holds lift on November 18th.

Staggered Registration Timeline:

ECE 385, 391, 411, 425, & 470 are cohort-restricted based on when you entered UIUC:

NON-ECE Majors:

ECE 110, 120, 210, and 220 are major-restricted to ECE and Engineering Undeclared (plus ISE for ECE 110). Non-majors can register on January 14^th during business hours if seats remain.
All other ECE 300-level classes are major-restricted. Non-majors can register on November 19^th during business hours if seats remain.
All other ECE 400-level classes are major-restricted. Non-majors can register on December 1st during business hours if seats remain.
ECE 500-level graduate course requests:

Undergraduate Students: Complete the 500-Level course agreement form and email it to ece-advisor@illinois.edu and Professor Nikita Borisov for departmental approval. Overrides provided on December 1st.
Graduate Students: TBD.

CS Course Restrictions:

CS registration timeline: https://cs.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/registration/cs-course-restrictions-enrollment-caps
Cross-listed ECE courses such as ECE 448, 449, 374, etc., follow the CS staggered registration timetable above.
Please refer to the link above for non-cross-listed courses.

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