Prospective Student Guide

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the College of Arts & Sciences at CU Boulder! Arts & Sciences Academic Advising and Coaching (A&S AAC) is an appropriate point of contact for current, degree-seeking undergraduate students at CU Boulder who want to pursue a major or minor in the College of Arts & Sciences. IfÌýyou are a prospectiveÌýstudent, there areÌýmore appropriate points of contact for you. We have created this page to help guide you there!

Common Prospective Student Inquiries

Your bestÌýpoint of contact for questions about the admissions process is the Office of Admissions, specifically your admissions counselor. You can , reach out to them, and/or schedule an appointment.

Your best point of contact for questions about the College of Arts & Sciences and its programs isÌý. The link will take you straight to their appointment calendar. If you do not necessarily want/need a meeting or if the calendar appears to be blank,Ìýyou canÌýreach them atÌýthecollege@colorado.edu.ÌýPlease note that the Recruitment teamÌýare notÌýacademic advisors. They areÌýnot able to assist with more specific topics such as course selection, degree planning, etc.Ìý

If you are a prospective transfer student, youÌýcan receive preliminary advising from Pre-Transfer Advising.

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Interested inÌýpre-health pathways?

None of our undergraduate degree programs in the College of Arts & Sciences can be completed fully online. However, other University of Colorado campuses, such as Colorado Springs and Denver, offer a number of formal online programs. See for more information.

Graduate students are actually students of the Graduate School, not the College of Arts & Sciences. Your best points of contact are the Graduate School and the specific Arts & Sciences academic department (e.g., Chemistry, Economics, etc.) offering your program.

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Graduate Application FAQs

Academics

Funding

Your best point of contact if you are interested in taking CU Boulder classes as a visiting/nondegree student is the , specifically .

Your best point of contact if you are interested in a certificate program is that specific program. Please note, however, that most undergraduate-level certificates are not available as stand-alone programs for non-degree students. Individual certificate program websites will be the best places to checkÌýtoÌýclarify whether or not non-degreeÌýstudents are eligible. If you still have questions, you should contact the programÌýdirectly.ÌýArts & Sciences undergraduate-level certificate programs can be found here, so you can use that page as a starting point to navigate to individual websites.

If you already have a bachelor's degree, there are a number of graduate-level certificates that are available as stand-alone programs for non-degree students.

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