Continuing Students

The BE Undergraduate Advising Office will be focusing on incoming first year and transfer students between Monday, June 30 – Monday, September 8.  For more information about support available to students during this time, please see below:

Advisor Chat Hours

Join our advisor chat as your first stop for all undergraduate advising questions.

Connect to Baskin Engineering advising during our open hours by adding (+) bsoepa@ucsc.edu to your Google Chat, (using your @ucsc email address) and sending a message through the chat. Find the chat function on the bottom left of your Gmail screen.

Open advising hours
M–F 9:30–11:30 a.m.
M–F 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Please visit our advisor chat hours for the following types of questions: 

• Quick questions
• Brief explanations or clarifications of BE policies or processes
• If you have a form that requires an academic plan or are being asked to submit a signed academic plan to a campus office, please work with a peer advisor first on creating and reviewing an academic plan.

If you have a critical, time sensitive matter, such as:

• If you need a signature on a time sensitive form, such as for fall 2025 enrollment, financial aid, or a campus deadline that falls before September 8, please send an email (with the form attached) to: bsoeadvising@ucsc.edu
• Students who have another type of urgent advising need should send an email to bsoeadvising@ucsc.edu and indicate in the subject line that it is urgent, as well as a date that your request is needed by.  In the body of the email, please indicate succinctly what your request is.

We will make our best efforts to respond to urgent matters as quickly as possible.  Please know that depending on the content and timing of your request, it may take us a little longer to respond (if we need to coordinate with faculty, for example) but we will get back to you as soon as we are able.rdinate with faculty, for example) but we will get back to you as soon as we are able.

New Students

Incoming New Frosh

Welcome to UCSC!  We’re excited to meet you.

What to enroll in for your major in Fall:
Incoming frosh seeking enrollment guidance will be given the tools necessary for choosing and enrolling in classes as a part of Slug Orientation. If you would like to know which classes we recommend that you enroll in during your first quarter, the Getting Started in the Major Guides will be a good place to start. 

CSE 20 testout:
Students with programming experience who wish to bypass the introductory programming course (CSE 20) should take the online CSE 20 testout exam on July 16 at 3:00pm PDT. This test requires that students register by 12:00noon PDT on July 15. See CSE 20 Testout Exam for more information and to register. 

How to get major advising questions answered:
If after reading through the Getting Started In Your Major Guides, you have some questions about your fall enrollment in major classes, advisors will be available to answer questions via the advisor chat hours at the top of this page.   Please note that you will have the opportunity to receive guidance on longer term academic planning sometime in Fall quarter. 

Enrollment Support:
If you need enrollment support during your enrollment appointment, your Orientation Leader Team will be available to answer any questions or concerns you may have if you need support navigating your MyUCSC on your enrollment day. More information can be found on their site here.

Incoming New Transfer Students

Welcome to UCSC! We’re excited to meet you.

Incoming transfer students that were admitted to a BE major and have submitted their unofficial transcripts, will receive an email during the week of July 7 (to their UCSC email) from a BE Undergraduate advisor to set up an advising appointment.

During these appointments an advisor will provide information to students about which classes they are receiving credit for and recommendations on which major classes to enroll in for Fall 2025 prior to their fall enrollment date. 

Enrollment Support:
If you need enrollment support during your enrollment appointment, your Orientation Leader Team will be available to answer any questions or concerns you may have if you need support navigating your MyUCSC on your enrollment day. More information can be found on their site here.