Spring 2024 Master’s Enrollment Guide – Cornell Tech Student & Academic Affairs (2024)

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Please follow your program’s academic requirements on your program curriculum sheet here. If you are having difficulty enrolling in a mandatory/required class for your program, please email the Student & Academic Affairs Team.

Add Course/Change Credits Deadline: February 5th at 11:59pm

After this deadline, adds will only be considered in extreme circ*mstances and requires faculty permission via Add/Drop Form.

Drop Course/Change Grading Basis Deadline: March 18th at 11:59pm

Dropping a semester long class after the deadline requires instructor permission via the add/drop form and will result in a W on your transcript

MBA half-term courses have varied start/end dates, the last date to add/drop will be according to when their class meets in the first or second half of the term.

MBA Add/Drop

*The last day to withdraw from a course is the last class session.*

Below are the add/drop deadlines for Studio Electives as they differ based on their term duration.

Full Term

Add Course Deadline: February 5th at 11:59pm

Drop Course Deadline: March 18th at 11:59pm

First Half of semester (7W1):

Add Course Deadline: January 29th at 11:59pm

Drop Course Deadline: February 19th at 11:59pm

Second Half of semester (7W2):

Add Course Deadline:March 20th at 11:59pm

Drop Course Deadline: April 10th at 11:59pm

Special Note: Since TECH 5280 Productizing Machine Learning and TECH 5205 Breaking into Product Management both start after the standard course drop deadlines, students will be permitted to drop either of these courses until April 18^thby contacting Student Affairs email directly.

Below are the add/drop deadlines for TECHIE courses as they differ based on their term duration.

Full Term

Add Course Deadline: February 5th at 11:59pm

Drop Course Deadline: March 18th at 11:59pm

Second Half of semester (7W2):

Add Course Deadline:March 20th at 11:59pm

Drop Course Deadline: April 10th at 11:59pm

If you wish to enroll in a class that the add period has passed, the Electronic Student Add/Drop Enrollment Request Form is available now for the Spring 2024 term.

Please note this form is ONLY to be used for TECHNICAL Classes (CS, ECE, ORIE, and INFO prefixes).

Enrollment will be granted only if you are the student population the class is intended for, instructor permission is granted, and if there is enough seats in the class to accommodate you.

This form is not for professional classes (such as LAW or MBA) – for these classes please email our team alias for support.

Studio elective inquiries should also be emailed to our team as these classes still have ongoing add/drop deadlines.

Yes, students enroll in classes through Student Center. Instructions on how to add, drop, swap courses are available here!

The Office of the Registrar also has Class Enrollment FAQ page that provides additional helpful tidbits on navigating course enrollment.

Yes, classes can be added to your shopping cart prior to when the enrollment period begins. However, this does not save you a spot in the class or guarantee that you will be able to take the class. Once your enrollment period begins, make sure you complete all steps to finish enrolling.

Any classes you add to your shopping cart (Step 1 on Student Center) will remain there during your enrollment or add/drop period unless all three enrollment steps are completed. You are not enrolled or entitled to a spot in a class if it has only been added to your shopping cart. If you are ready to add the class to your schedule, make sure you finish enrolling (Step 3 on Student Center).

Some classes are cross-listed across different major disciplines. If you are trying to enroll in a cross-listed class, please make sure you enroll in the section according to your major as this is where we reserved seats for your major (i.e. CS students should enroll in the CS section, ORIE should enroll in ORIE section, etc.).

Students who are in a discipline that is not listed in the crosslisting, you will be able to enroll in the main prefix of the class. See below for information this semester:

CS 5304/INFO 5304 Data Science in the Wild

CS Section: CS and all non-INFO majors

INFO Section: INFO only

CS 5854/ORIE 5138 Networks & Markets

CS Section: CS and all non-ORIE majors

ORIE Section: ORIE only

ECE 5260/ ORIE 5735 Graph Data Science

ECE Section: ECE and all non-ORIE majors

ORIE Section: ORIE only

ECE 5545/CS 5775 ML Hardware and Systems

ECE Section: ECE and all non-CS majors

CS Section: CS only

Waitlists for Master’s courses will be open for Regular Enrollment.

During this time is when Johnson Registrar (MBA classes), and the Student & Academic Affairs Team begins reviewing available seats to move students off the waitlist. As this is a manual process so we appreciate your patience as we work through this system. Students will be notified IF and WHEN they are officially moved off the waitlist to enrolled in the course during Regular Enrollment via email.

Classes will have a limited number of seats available for specific populations of students based on their major (I.e. INFO, CS, ECE, etc). All of Cornell Tech courses will have these reserved seats set up to allow an equitable distribution of student majors to enroll in a course.

If you encounter this error message, this means all seats have been filled by other students in your major. Even if the class shows as open/seats available, please be mindful the seats are for other majors.

The next step in this process is to sign up via the waitlist. If the waitlist for the course is full – you will need to check back on a later time to see if the system will have spots for you to signup for.

Studio Classes are listed officially on the Spring 2024 Class roster under the “TECH” Prefix. Below is an overview of the classes offered:

Studio Core Classes

Studio Elective Classes – please note that students must only enroll in 1 Studio Elective class when Regular Enrollment opens. To ensure all students are taking their required class, do NOT enroll in additional studio electives until we have confirmed everyone is confirmed in their 1 required class. We will notify students on January 19th when they can start enrolling in more courses.

the below classes have very limited seats open to Non-LAW students. Please note as the class size is extremely small (less than 5-10 in most cases), so these are not large courses.

• LAW 6568 Internet Law
• LAW 6643 Law of Robots
• LAW 6305 Digital Health Law
• LAW 6306 Digital Property
• LAW 6273 Consumer Data Privacy
• LAW 6334 Negot. Skills WS-Deals in Tech
• LAW 6336 Law & Regulation of AI
• LAW 7710 Research Seminar

MBA classes are prioritized enrollment for MBA students. as these are required courses for their degree completion. For Non-MBA students, this means you will not be able to directly enroll in MBA classes during any enrollment period (even if you have satisfied the pre-reqs below!). You can only self-add to the waitlist for the MBA class (waitlists for MBA classes will be open so you will be able to do this step!).

Non-MBA students will have needed to satisfy one of the two pre-requisites for consideration into the course:

• Successfully completed TECHIE 5310 Business Fundamentals

OR

• Be waived out of TECHIE 5310 Business Fundamentals.

A few days following Regular Enrollment, the Johnson Registrar will review waitlists and verify if you have completed one of two options above in order to officially enroll you in that MBA class.

Below is a list of eligible MBA classes non-MBAs can pursue (as long as you fulfilled the above reqs):

NBAY 6145 AI Strategy & Application Open to JCT students. Cornell Tech non-JCT Students who have completed PREREQUISITE TECH 5310 – Business Fundamentals (or received waiver) will also be considered for enrollment via waitlist.

Generally, very few PhD classes will consider Master’s student enrollment. These classes below are the only classes approved for Master’s consideration. Please note they have extremely limited seats (4-8 seats) for Master’s students, so these are not large courses.

PhD Courses Eligible to Master’s Students:

• INFO 6520 IS PhD Design Studio – this class will permit enrollment with instructor permission only. If approved the instructor will provide you a permission code for enrollment.
  
• CS 6785 Deep Probabilistic and Generative Models taught by Volodymyr Kuleshov will allow enrollment for Master’s students on an extremely limited basis. Please inquire with the faculty for approval/permission code.
• ECE 6790 taught by Jae Sun Seo will allow enrollment for Master’s students on a limited basis. Please inquire with the faculty to for approval/permission code.
• ECE 6960 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Udit Gupta (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)
• CS 6412 Advanced Topics in Operating Systems with Alex Conway (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)

For any other courses, we ask that you do not ask faculty for exceptions to enroll in their PhD courses as those classes are not eligible for Masters enrollment.

INFO 6520 IS PhD Design Studio This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.

CS 6785 Deep Probabilistic and Generative Models

This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.

ECE 6790 taught by Jae Sun Seo will allow enrollment for Master’s students on a limited basis. Please inquire with the faculty to for approval/permission code.

ECE 6960 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Udit Gupta (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)

CS 6412 Advanced Topics in Operating Systems with Alex Conway (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)

Spring 2024 Weill Courses for Health Tech Students have been announced and confirmed for the Spring 2024. Enrollment has concluded as of mid December.

If you are enrolled in a Weill class and wish to drop, please email our team alias for assistance.

Permission codes allows students to self-enroll in a restricted class. Very few classes will issue permission codes to enroll – below is a listing for reference.

• Core Studio Courses (we will issue permission codes closer to Regular Enrollment for January)
• INFO 6520 IS PhD Design Studio This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.
• CS 6785 Deep Probabilistic and Generative Models (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)
• ECE 6790 taught by Jae Sun Seo will allow enrollment for Master’s students on a limited basis. Please inquire with the faculty to for approval/permission code.
• ECE 6960 Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Udit Gupta (This PhD class requires instructor permission – please inquire with the faculty for approval. If approved the faculty will provide a permission code for you.)

Please be mindful that permission codes are only generated for the above courses. They are not created for other Cornell Tech classes. The permission code is uniquely assigned to a student for the specific class – it will not work for other courses.

Once you have your permission code, you can enter the permission code in student center enrollment to self-enroll – permission codes can only be used during the actual enrollment period. It will not be valid outside the enrollment period!

To enroll in the class:

1. Please proceed to your Student Center and search for your class (please be aware if the class is closed/full, the permission code will override this to enroll you!).
2. Once added to our cart, you will see further class info under “Add Class” details
3. Enter your Permission Number in the appropriate field under Class Preferences which looks like below:

4. Proceed to Step 2-3 to process enrollment!

Please note that you may only enroll for a maximum of 20 credits for your program. You must enroll in Studio classes so the credit overage approval will be granted for other courses in excess to your limit.

If you wish to enroll overall over 20 credits maximum for the Spring term, this will require approval from your Program Director, Mukti Khaire, starting on January 15th. Please email her and she will notify us once your approval is confirmed.

To check your registration status, log in toStudent Essentialsand view your “Registration Status” at the top of the page.

• If you areregistered, your Registration Status will state “Registered” with a green checkmark.
• The absence of a green checkmark means there is aholdpreventing your registration.

Please also review the Class Enrollment FAQ’s as this will provide answers how to use the Registration System (Student Center) along with other helpful tidbits!

To view both current and archived historical course offerings/descriptions, you may review the course catalog on courses.cornell.edu

To download your semester’s class schedule to your personal calendar, please log in to the Scheduler page of the Class Roster to import your schedule! Instructions on how to use this feature are provided on the “Using Scheduler” tool.

Please be mindful once you download the calendar, it will not update automatically if any changes are made thereafter (you will need to re-download the calendar after updates are implemented).