Frequently Asked Questions

• If you are planning to graduate, you must apply for graduation through your Buff Portal. A step-by-step guide is available available on here.
• You are eligible to graduate at the end of the term in which you have successfully completed all of the requirements for the degree(s) and major(s) you are pursuing. You must apply to graduate for the term in which you complete your degree requirements. Students graduate and degrees are conferred at the end of the fall, spring or summer semesters.

• CU Boulder Campus-wide Commencement Ceremony.
• Spring/Summer Graduates: Smead Aerospace Department Spring Recognition Ceremony
• Winter Graduates: College of Engineering December Graduation Ceremony

Students need to fulfill:

• 9 credit hours of lower-division (1000 & 2000-level courses)
• 6 credit hours of upper-division (3000 & 4000-level courses)
• 3 credit hour upper-division writing course.  The choices are WRTG 3030, WRTG 3035 or HUEN 3100. HUEN 1010 can only be used by students who took the course in the fall, spring, or Maymester of their freshmen year.

The total number of H&SS credit hours that need to be completed is 18 semester credit hours.

The full list of H&SS courses is available on the Engineering Advising site Humanities, Social Sciences, and Writing Requirements

The easiest way to find out if a class will count as a H&SS elective is to search through this website.

Please log into Buff Portal. From there, click on the “Degree Audit/ Transfer Credit Evaluation” link. Further directions on how to run your degree audit can be found by clicking here.

• See a list of minors from the College of Arts & Sciences
• See a list of minors in the College of Engineering & Applied Science
• Courses from the A&S minors may be used to meet Humanities & Social Sciences electives. Please check the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences website for more information.
• 3000 & 4000-level courses from technical minors can be used to fulfill Professional Area Electives (PAEs) (with the exception of CSCI, ECEN, and PHYS where certain 2000-level courses are also accepted).

No, minors are not required. However, some minors can make you more marketable for future positions in industry.

If you're thinking about courses for a particular minor, it's better to declare early. Once you've declared a minor then you can work with an advisor in that department to make sure you're taking the correct courses.