{"id":670,"date":"2020-07-02T12:25:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/?page_id=670"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:08:27","slug":"1st-semester-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/1st-semester-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Semester Enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General advice for first semester graduate students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ECE 600 is required &#8211; enroll in on-campus section during your first Fall semester&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate School <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grad.ncsu.edu\/about\/academic-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Calendar<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registration &amp; Records <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.ncsu.edu\/calendars\/academic\/#fall\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take at least one course that is familiar vs. 3 courses in all new areas, as there are many things to adjust to in your first semester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aug 17, 2026 &#8211; First day of classes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug 24, 2026 &#8211; Waitlist disappears, need instructor permission to enroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug 28, 2026 &#8211; Census Day &#8211; last day to ADD a course or drop without a W on transcript<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oct. 22, 2026 &#8211; Drop date &#8211; last day to DROP a course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helpful links in choosing courses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/\">Course Catalog<\/a> The complete directory of every graduate level ECE course offered at NC State.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AooCLIwNZ1yIPh851iEV2GQfhqyIzakX1vuZIZgH9Dk\/edit?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1AooCLIwNZ1yIPh851iEV2GQfhqyIzakX1vuZIZgH9Dk\/edit?usp=sharing\">ECE Specialty Areas<\/a> The approved list of all Electrical and Computer Engineering specialty tracks and breadth areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MS_POW_worksheet.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MS_POW_worksheet.pdf\">Guidelines for Degree Audit<\/a> A step-by-step guide on how to navigate the automated auditing system in MyPack Portal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/special-topics\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/special-topics\/\">Special Topics Courses (ECE 592\/792\/591)<\/a> Special Topics courses offered in Spring or Fall semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/masters\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/masters\/\">Degree Requirements<\/a>  Requirements your specific graduate program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General advice for first semester graduate students Fall 2026 Helpful links in choosing courses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-670","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.ece.ncsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}