Only CS and Informatics majors may petition to use CS 199 or IN4MATX 199 courses to complete upper div elective requirements.

• Computer Science majors can petition CS 199 to count towards 1 project course and/or upper division elective. 
• Informatics majors with the Organizations and Information Technology (OIT) track are allowed to petition CS 199 courses (IN4MATX 199 courses are not allowed).
• Informatics majors with the Health Informatics (HI) track are allowed to petition to use IN4MATX 199 courses or CS 199 courses.
• Informatics majors with the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) track are not eligible to use either.

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» To receive credit for 199

Students who wish to take a 199 independent study course to apply it toward their degree requirements must adhere to the following:

• The 199 course must be at least 4 units.
Student must submit an

undergraduate student petition

 with the following information to be reviewed by the Vice Chair of your Department and the Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs:
• Unit value of the 199 independent study
• Instructor name
• A description of the independent study work
• Letter of support from Faculty Advisor

*Please note that petitions are reviewed on a case by case basis and approval may not be granted.
*Only one 199 course may be used toward degree requirements.

» To enroll in 199

• Research which faculty you would like to work with by using the Research Areas page.
• Contact the faculty and express your interest in working with them.  If the faculty agrees to work with you:
  • Clarify what type of work is expected of you
  • Ensure that the amount and type of work you do warrants the enrollment of 4 units.
  • Ask for the authorization code to enroll in their 199