<p>I AM enrolled in it, even though i'm going to be a junior</p>
<p>I was just wondering if there will be any Office of Registrar/Bureaucracy problems with this, etc.</p>
<p>Nothing in the course restrictions, telebears enrollment categories or description bars upperclassmen from taking the course. They allow people to take it more than once, FYI. While the description says it is aimed at freshmen and sophomores, that is not listed as an exhaustive list.</p>
<p>I did spot a footnote on the bioE department website that describes the seminar as one that could be taken any time in the program, even though they list it as a typical freshmen course. To me, that would mean even a senior could take it, perhaps if they had every degree requirement except BioE24 or 25 accomplished. [Major</a> Requirements](<a href=“http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/program/bioemajor.php]Major”>http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/program/bioemajor.php)</p>
<p>The registrar’s office won’t care - as long as you didn’t hack telebears to get around a prohibition, they would consider it the obligation of the CoE to set up registration rules if they truly didn’t want juniors and seniors to take the class. </p>
<p>The bioE department and instructor may complain, if they have a long waitlist of underclassmen who are going to be engineering majors. However, that may involve some dialog and moral pressure if they feel your registration is frivolous and also hurting bioengineering students by taking up a seat. In addition, the professor could make comments in class if there are a pile of waitlisted engineering students in the room and they think you should be dropping the class. That is about the worst that is reasonable to expect, some pressure but you certainly could stick to your guns and stay in the class. Also, if there are reasons including passion for the subject, career options or even real intellectual curiosity, a talk with the professor would likely turn him/her to your side immediately. Most instructors want people in the class who care about the subject, who want to be there. </p>
<p>I would say that the odds are high that nothing whatsoever will happen and you can take the seminar without anyone caring about your class status. The odds of some kind of pressure to drop is single digit, IMO, and not worth worrying about. If it makes you anxious, email the professor and explain why you are registered in spite of having junior status. Don’t even ask permission, just communicate the ‘why’.</p>