Title: Open Enrollment
Date: 2013-12-05
Category: Course
Tags: enrollment
Slug: spring2014
Author: David Evans
Summary: Enrollment in the Open Course

The course started January 14, but it is still possible to participate
in the non-credit, unofficial, open version of the class.  The slides,
notes, and assignments will all be posted openly, and everyone will is
able to participate in the on-line course discussion.  The lectures are
also being video recorded, and some of the lectures will be posted
on-line.

A limited number of students who sign-up for the open course may also
have some opportunities to be more involved in the class.  Students who
successfully complete [Problem Set 2](|filename|./ps/ps2/ps2.md) may
have an opportunity to remotely collaborate with the UVa student project
teams for the later problem sets (this will depend on the UVa students
requesting a remote teammate to join their team).

If you are interested in participating in the open version of the class,
please:

1. **Request an invitation to the [cs4414j-students google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/cs4414j-students)**.

2. **Submit the form below**:

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to take the class without having access to the classroom, both of which
seem very unlikely without a huge amount of student pressure on
University administrators).

As of 4 December 2013, there are 61 students enrolled in the class and a
waiting list of 53 students.  I will only be able to take eleven
additional students in the class.  **[Updated 7 December: the course
size has been increased to 115 students, and there are now 113
registered.]**

Without any additional information, I will give priority to students in
the way that seems fairest to me: highest priority to students who have
had the least previous opportunity to take the class, the least previous
opportunity to take classes from CS faculty, and had the most hurdles
(e.g., facing draconian caps on entering the CS major, school enrollment
restrictions on previous classes before declaring the major) to overcome
to enroll in the class.

I will not pay any attention to the arbitrary ordering on the waiting
list.  I will, however, adjust priorities to allow students who either
make a convincing case that they will contribute greatly to the course,
or make a strong case why they would particularly benefit from taking
the course this Spring to enroll in the course.

To increase your enrollment priority, please submit the form below.
There is no set deadline for this, but I will start enrolling students
in the course on a case-by-case basis when I receive submissions, but
will hold on to some spaces in the class until at least January 4.  You
can re-submit the form with better answers later, so it is to your
benefit to submit a preliminary form now, and then hopefully one with
improved answers later.

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