Important Information

This course requires department approval for permission to the course. Begin your request by filling out the online form linked above.

Please be advised that permission is granted only to graduating seniors with supervised projects in their final semester. Supervised project means having both a project and supervisor. Please see the Resources page for characteristics of an appropriate project and supervisor.

All sections are treated as one large cohort, sections will be randomly assigned. Group projects (maximum 5 members) can be composed of members enrolled in any section.

Please be patient while waiting for your permission request to be reviewed, the schedule for when you can expect to be notified is shown below. When permission is granted, you'll be given notice that you can register along with a specific section; you will be able to register for the section you've been given permission to enroll in via CUNYFirst. 

Important dates regarding the review process

Spring 2026 begins Jan 26, 2026. Requests for enrollment permission will be reviewed in waves:

Submit by	Reviewed on	Notified by
October 3*	October 24	October 29
November 3*	November 17	December 3
December 12*	December 19	December 23

Any permission requests for Spring 2026 submitted after December 19, 2025 are not guaranteed to be accepted.


*Please note that approval priority is granted to those with a supervised project. If you have not found a project by the review date of the wave you've submitted, please re-submit the form when you find a supervised project.

For questions about CISC 4900, please reach out to katherine.chuang @ brooklyn.cuny.edu