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- Taking a course credit/no credit – if approved, must also complete the Credit/No Credit Form with student & advisor signature. Please email this form to ise-grad@illinois.edu.
- Requesting an advisor outside of ISE – if approved, must also complete the Advisor Agreement with advisor/co-advisor signatures. Please email this form to ise-grad@illinois.edu
- Taking courses outside of major – includes IE if you're an SE student, SE if you're an IE student, courses in Grainger Engineering, or any other department on campus
- Breadth requirement for PhD students – must include the 3 courses you wish to take as a part of your Breadth Requirement before you take them.
If you are unsure whether you should submit an internal petition, please reach out to ise-grad@illinois.edu.
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If you are signing up for an independent study section with a faculty member who is outside of the ISE Department, you should follow the procedures in their home department. If you want this external independent study to count toward your degree, you should obtain approval before registering by submitting a departmental petition.
Thesis Credit (599) Registration
To register for your advisor’s section, you must have an advising agreement on file between you and the advisor you are wanting to register for thesis hours with. Each professor has their own section of IE/SE 599. Once your advising agreement has been approved by your advisor, please email ise-grad@illinois.edu to obtain your advisor's CRN (course registration number). To change the credit hours you are enrolled for, click the hyperlinked credit hours in Student Self-Service. More detailed instructions on how to change the # of credit hours can be found on the Office of the Registrar's website.
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