ECE 116- will not be offered in the 2025-26 academic year. Computer System Design majors following the FA25 curriculum who are planning to graduate in SP26 or SU26 will need to take ECE 16 to replace ECE 116.

ECE 16-Students must waitlist during 2nd pass and only EE majors following the Computer System Design depth will be approved to enroll. Priority will be given to students graduating in SP26/SU26. Students will be notified after 2nd pass via EASy if they were approved to enroll so students must check their @ucsd email after 2nd pass for updates about their enrollment. We will open enrollment to other EE majors if space becomes available. 

The Labs for ECE 25 and 35 will be posted on Friday, November 7th. 

The lab slots in ECE 25, A50-A54 will meet every other week on even weeks, starting in week 1. *Note that if you were to select the same lab slot in ECE 35 in which labs are only on odd weeks, this would not constitute a conflict. 

The lab slots in ECE 35, A50-A55 are for in-person labs, which meet every other week on even weeks, starting in week 2. *Note that if you were to select the same lab slot in ECE 25 in which labs are only on even weeks, this would not constitute a conflict. 

Students who have completed the ECE 16 prerequisite will still need clearance to add.  Please submit your request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).  Students who have not met the ECE 16 prerequisite may have to wait until the start of the quarter to have their EASy request reviewed. 

Students who have completed the prerequisites will still need clearance to add.  Please submit your request through the Enrollment Authorization System (EASy).

ECE 159 will not be offered in the 2025-26 academic year. Students who are following the Communication Systems depth in the pre-FA25 curriculum should replace ECE 159 with ECE 161A offered in FA25. Students in the Communication Systems depth are already instructed to take ECE 161A as a prerequisite for ECE 157A. Please reach out through the VAC to have this course substituted on your degree audit. 

CSE 29

(CE Majors Ony)

• If you have taken CSE 15L in or before SP24 but do not take CSE 30 before Summer Session 2024, then you should plan to take CSE 29 (for 2 units) and CSE 30 in Fall 2024 or later.
• If you have already completed CSE 15L and CSE 30, you should not take CSE 29.

Students who enroll in the following ECE laboratory courses will be charged a lab fee which will be assessed with registration fees. This laboratory fee will be: $10 for ECE 65, ECE 100, and ECE 163: $20 for ECE 25 and ECE 35: $35 for ECE 136L, ECE 181, ECE 182, ECE 183, ECE 184, ECE 185 and ECE 186L: $40 for ECE 138L: $75 for ECE 16 and ECE 140A: $90 for ECE 144; $100 for ECE 5 and ECE 115: and $120 for ECE 196. Students who drop a lab course before the end of the second week of the quarter are eligible for a refund of the charged lab fee. Students who drop after the second week of the quarter are not eligible for a refund.

Continuing CE majors who entered UC San Diego before Fall 2023, can replace ECE 108 with a CSE/ECE Elective. Contact us through the VAC after you enroll in the replacement course and we'll update your degree audit. Students who switched to the CE major in FA23 and after are required to complete ECE 108.

Students who have taken ECE 108 should not take ECE 165 as these courses are considered equivalent and will duplicate credit.

Students without all the prerequisites courses will need to get faculty approval and will be cleared after 2nd pass with space permitting.