Department of
Computer & Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
California State University, Bakersfield

Advising Information

Advising Notes

These advising notes apply to current students majoring in Computer Science (CS), Computer Engineering (CE), Electrical Engineering (EE) and the Energy and Power EE emphasis (EP) only. Within Computer Science, some notes may apply only to one of the three tracks: Computer Science (CS-CS), Computer Information Systems (CS-CIS), and Information Security (CS-IS).

Department Petitions for Exception

The department requires an NSME Petition for Exception for several enrollment or graduation requirement exceptions. Students must include a justification with the petition. Petitions are turned in to the CEE/CS Department office in Science III and will be evaluated by the appropriate department subcommittee (CS or ECE).

Dean's Office approval is not needed for these petitions. Petitions and all supporting documentation should be emailed to ceecs@cs.csub.edu for processing. The blank NSME Petition for Exception form is available here: Petition for Exception.

Petitions are required for the following:

Students will be notified of the subcommittee decision by email.

Quarter-to-Semester (Q2S) Transition

CSUB has a Currency of Courses Requirement where courses must be completed within 10 years of the date a degree is awarded. Students must petition to have pre-Q2S courses considered as progress toward a degree, if they were taken 10 or more years ago.

Standing Substitutions

These are standing substitutions for coursework within the CS, CE, and EE majors. Students will still need to fill out an Advising Checklist that lists these substitutions during their grad check process. Note: Some of these substitutions are only for specific catalog years.

General Advising Notes

Transfer Information