First, an email I recently wrote:<\/p>\n
Hi,<\/p>\n
I have been planning to take the Robotics Capstone this spring, although I have also been paying attention to this year’s 477 capstone because of my interest in the hardware-software interface. However, because of my rather full schedule, I thought it unwise to take the two lead-up classes to 477 (they would have pushed me to 19 and 18 credits, respectively), so I stuck with the Robotics plan.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to next quarter, however, I am wavering on my commitment. There is a Bioengineering class that I am interested in taking as my final Bioengineering senior elective and it happens to conflict with the Robotics capstone. In the interest of exploring all possibilities, would there be a problem with me taking the 477 capstone even though I am tentatively signed up for robotics and I haven’t taken either of the two lead-up classes?<\/p>\n
Please let me know if this would cause any problems, or if it is even possible at this juncture.<\/p>\n
Thanks!<\/p>\n
~Ryan McElroy
\nComputer Engineering and Bioengineering
\nUniversity of Washington<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe “final senior elective” I refer to is Systems and Synthetic Biology<\/em><\/a>, taught by Herb Sauro<\/a>. If I ever get the proper credit for Neural Engineering, I don’t technically need another senior elective, but I’m here at the UW<\/abbr><\/a> to gain interesting and useful knowledge, not just to get a degree<\/a>, so I am still interested in taking it.<\/p>\n
All this thinking about next quarter also led to a rather improbable thought: What if, instead of slacking off next quarter, I decided to go for broke and took an additional 9 credits of research, allowing me to graduate with distinction (departmental honors<\/a>) from the CSE department (I am already on track<\/a> to do this in Bioengineering, where the requirements are not quite as demanding as in the CSE department).<\/p>\n