Student Alerts
We know that registration has a lot of moving parts, so we have put together the information you need to navigate it. There's a lot of information here, so please bookmark this page so that you can refer back to it. If you need historical information, we have an archive of student alert e-mails.
Table of Contents
- Instructor methods
- Advisement Schedule & Advising Populations
- Ethics Courses, CS 1100, and Core Requirements
- Waitlisting
- Capstone/Junior Design Options
- Required Grades and Pass/Fail Credit
- Anticipated Course Offerings
- Prerequisite Chart
- Double Major Restrictions
- Math Updates
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread Updates
- Devices Thread Updates
- Information Internetworks Thread Updates
- Intelligence Thread Updates
- People Thread Updates
- Systems and Architecture Thread Updates
- Theory Thread Updates
- Media Thread Updates
- Modeling and Simulation Thread Updates
Instructor methods
Instructor descriptions for any hybrid sections will appear on Canvas when instructors activate the classes there.
Hybrid specifically describes a course where some sessions take place in person, and some sessions take place fully online. While the in-person meetings may often include blended teaching elements, hybrid courses set the expectation that all students will engage in some parts of the course in person and in other parts of the course through remote, fully online participation.
The following are examples of hybrid courses:
• Students regularly meet in person twice a week on Mondays and Fridays and meet fully online on Zoom on Wednesdays.
• Students meet regularly in person throughout the term, but there are a significant number of scheduled sessions where students meet online or work asynchronously instead.
Advisement Schedule & Advising Populations
Advisors will have shorter appointments from April 14-29 to accommodate the large volume of students with registration questions. These appointments are not suitable for long-term planning. During this time, advisors will be available for virtual drop-in meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 am EST and 1:00-3:00 pm EST. Students can schedule appointments Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Friday, 9:00-11:00 am EST and 1:00-4:00 pm EST by visiting https://advisor.gatech.edu.
Please use the comments area to add a more detailed reason for all appointments. The comments assist your advisor with preparing for your meeting. Advisors are also available to answer your questions via email. Use the following link to find your assigned advisor: https://www.cc.gatech.edu/undergraduate-advising-team . Accepted BSMS students should continue to email their assigned BSMS advisors for appointments.
Ethics Courses, CS 1100, and Core Requirements
1. CS 3001 (Computing, Society, and Professionalism) satisfies the ethics requirement. It has separate lecture and recitation sections. Students must register for a lecture AND one of the corresponding recitation sections. When offered, the following courses also satisfy the BSCS and BSCM ethics requirement: CS 4001 (abroad programs only), CS 4002, CS 4003, CS 4726, and SLS 3110.
2. CS 1100 A1, A2, and A3 are restricted to incoming CS and CM students in fall. Graduating seniors, transfer students, and students who changed majors to CS can register for the B1 section, which is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
3. Multiple student alerts outlined the prerequisite changes for these CS courses: 4420, 4476, 4641, and 4650. Check OSCAR for the requirements.
The prerequisites for CS 2340 will change beginning in spring 2026.
- Current prerequisites: CS 1331 or CS 1372 or CS 1316 (Minimum Grade of C )
- New prerequisite: CS 1332, Minimum Grade of C
4. Visit this Core Requirements infographic for a quick view of the BSCS core requirements.
Waitlisting
The College of Computing uses the Waitlist function for registration. If a class is full, you must add your name to the waitlist for consideration. Waitlists do not guarantee access to a course. Please review the information and instructions for Waitlisting at: http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/registration/waitlisting.php.
Remember to check your email SEVERAL TIMES DAILY for waitlist movement during registration. When your time ticket opens, you can add your name to available waitlists. The waitlist process will start when all time tickets are open. Incoming students cannot access courses with waitlists. Therefore, some 1000 and 2000-level CS courses will not have waitlists during phase I registration. Waitlists carry over to phase II registration. However, it is crucial to add yourself to the waitlists that are available during phase I.
Capstone/Junior Design Options
OPTION 1: Project Class
OPTION 2: VIP- Vertically Integrated Project
OPTION 3: Research Option
OPTION 4: Start-up/Entrepreneurial Option
1. Review the Junior Design Document for descriptions of these options and registration instructions for each one. If a student begins one option and changes their mind, they will have to start and complete a different alternative (no mixing of junior design options).
2. See specific student alert emails for new fall junior design options.
3. CS 3312 - Restricted to CS & CM. A permit is needed to sign up for the second part of the Project Class. The procedures for fall 2025 were provided in a student alert
4. Instructions for LMC 3403 will be added to this LMC registration site
Summer 2025 LMC 3403 Sections
- LMC is offering 6 online asynchronous sections of LMC 3403 in Summer 2025. ALL 6 LMC 3403s this summer will require a permit.
- Summer 2025 CS and CM Degree Candidates who completed the Summer 2025 OAG by 3/5/25 have been issued a permit to register for any of these sections.
- Fall 2025 CS and CM Degree Candidates who completed the Fall 2025 OAG by 3/5/25 will receive a permit to register for a summer section on Monday, 4/21/25 at 12pm EDT.
- Due to high demand, students who are not graduating in summer or fall 2025 will likely not get a seat. Please plan accordingly!
Fall 2025 LMC 3403 Sections
- During the first two weeks of Phase I registration (4/14–4/27), LMC 3403 sections CS1-CS9 and CX0-CX9, are available by permit-only to Fall 2025 CS and CM Degree Candidates, who completed an OAG by 3/5/25.
- All CS/CM majors who completed the Fall 2025 OAG by 3/5/25 should receive permits for all CS sections listed above. A permit does not guarantee you a spot in the section – you must register for an open CS/CM section when your time ticket opens.
- During week three of Phase I registration (4/28-5/4), LMC will open the sections up to all CS and CM Seniors.
- During week four of Phase I registration (5/5 and beyond), LMC will open the sections up to all CS and CM Juniors.
- Note: A permit does not guarantee you a spot in the section – you must register for an open CS/CM section when your time ticket opens.
Required Grades and Pass/Fail Credit
1. GRADE OF “C” REQUIRED-CS majors must make a grade of “C” or higher in all CS and thread required courses.
2. PASS/FAIL CREDIT- CS majors must take all coursework for a letter grade except for CS 1100 and free electives. If you meet GT Institute regulations, you may use up to six hours of free electives as pass/fail credit.
Anticipated Course Offerings
A TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE is available as a guide to help with planning and is subject to faculty availability.
Prerequisite Chart
Check for current prerequisites in OSCAR.
Double Major Restrictions
Double majors with MATH cannot declare Mod/Sim or Theory as a thread.
Math Updates
NEW PROB/STAT OPTION - MATH 3235 with MATH 3236 (both must be taken) can count toward the Prob/Stat requirement. The extra three hours can count toward free electives.
Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread Updates
The Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread launched in the 2024-2025 Catalog.
Students enrolled at Georgia Tech before summer 2024 who want to select Cybersecurity and Privacy as a thread must first change their catalog year to 2024-2025. Find instructions on the Registrar’s Office Change of Major web page.
Devices Thread Updates
Information Internetworks Thread Updates
CS 3235 Introduction to Information Security replaces CS 4235 Introduction to Information Security
Intelligence Thread Updates
1. CS 4644 - Deep Learning is approved for Approaches to Intelligence.
2. CS 4510 is the only course available for the Computational Complexity Requirement. The prerequisites for CS 4510 are (MATH 3012 or 3022) and (MATH 3215 or MATH 3225 or MATH 3670 or ISYE/CEE 3770 or ISYE 2027 with 2028) and "C" or higher CS 3510/3511. CS 3240 is no longer an option for Computational Complexity and will not be on future schedules.
Students on catalogs before 2023-2024 can take CS 4510 or take three courses under the Approaches to Intelligence pick area.
3. CS 4510 is required for the Intelligence & Theory thread combination.
4. PSYC 1101 will move out of the required Social Science area of DegreeWorks beginning with the 2025-2026 catalog. It is required for students on the 2024-2025 catalog and earlier.
The course is required for some classes in the Intelligence thread, thus highly recommended. When taken, it will satisfy a Social Science requirement.
People Thread Updates
1. PSYC 2012 replaced the PSYC 2015 requirement. PSYC 2012 is three hours and does not include a lab. Students on the 2024-2025 or earlier catalogs must use PSYC 2012 plus one free elective hour to satisfy the PSYC 2015 requirement.
CS and CM Spring degree candidates who completed an Online Application for Graduation (OAG) before the Wednesday prior to phase I were placed on the permit list that the CoC sent to the School of Psychology (SoP) to enter permits for phase I.
Students who apply after this date are added to a late permit list.
CoC sends this list to SoP on the last day of Phase I to enter permits between Phase I and Phase II.
Restrictions will remain in place for the first 48 hours of phase II to allow students with later permits to register.
PSYC 2012 restrictions are lifted after 48 hours of phase II registration.
Advisors can make the substitution throughout registration, so be patient if you do not see it on DegreeWorks.
2. CS 3751 covers the same material as CS 3750 but with a different format of two 50-minute lectures and one smaller two-hour design studio.
3. PSYC 1101 will move out of the required Social Science area of DegreeWorks beginning with the 2025-2026 catalog. It is required for students on the 2024-2025 catalog and earlier.
The course is required for some classes in the People thread, thus highly recommended. When taken, it will satisfy a Social Science requirement.
Systems and Architecture Thread Updates
CS 4240 prerequisites will change after Spring 2025 as follows:
Current prerequisite: CS 2340
Future prerequisites: CS 1332 and CS 2200
Theory Thread Updates
1. Students in the Theory Thread should take CS 4540 in the fall. This class is only offered in the spring intermittently and in a small section (taught with the graduate section) for degree candidates only.
2. 4510 is a required course in the Theory thread.
Media Thread Updates
Modeling and Simulation Thread Updates
CS 1171 is no longer offered. Students on the 2022-2023 or earlier catalogs can use one free elective hour to satisfy the requirement.