Priority registration for the Spring 2012 semester is under way. The Computer Science and Engineering Department encourages students to meet with an academic adviser prior to registering for classes, but here is some helpful information in response to common questions received from students.
We have received reports that some students were unable to register for CHEM 110, while other students who were able to successfully register for CHEM 110 are no longer enrolled. It appears that these issues may have been related to a course capacity problem with MyRED, which has since been corrected. If you registered for CHEM 110, please check to make sure you're still enrolled in that course. If you were not able to register for CHEM 110, you should be able to now, until those sections fill up.
Only two undergraduate level CSCE courses are currently full: CSCE 423 (Algorithms) and CSCE 451 (Operating System Principles). The capacity for these two sections may be increased in order to open up seats for additional students. If you're interested in taking one of these courses next semester and have not been able to enroll, please contact Dr. Riedesel as soon as possible so that we can gauge the amount of interest and allocate resources appropriately.
Some students have asked for guidance choosing a course for the 11:00AM time slot on Tuesdays and Thursdays, due to a triple conflict between CSCE 236, CSCE 378, and ELEC 215. The following information about each course may help you determine which course to take next semester and which course(s) to delay until a future term.
• CSCE 236 (Intro to Embedded Systems) is a requirement for the new Computer Engineering program, available for the first time this spring, presumably to be repeated annually. There are no required courses for which this is a prerequisite, though there may be related more advanced electives.
• CSCE 378 (Human-Computer Interaction) is offered every spring and is not a prerequisite for any other course. It is valuable for anyone interested in programming that people will see and use.
• ELEC 215 (Circuits 1) is the first of a string of four classes which will take two years to get through, and there are interesting ELEC communications related courses for which these courses are prerequisites. On the other hand, ELEC 215 is offered both fall and spring, as are the follow-up courses.
For any registration concerns, check with the chief undergraduate adviser, Dr. Riedesel. His appointments schedule is online at http://cse.unl.edu/~riedesel - follow the link to appointments, email him to confirm a good day/time.