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. If you are a prospective student, there are more appropriate points of contact for you. We have created this page to help guide you there!
Common Prospective Student Inquiries
Your best point of contact for questions about the admissions process is the Office of Admissions, specifically your admissions counselor. You can identify your appropriate counselor here, 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 is Arts & Sciences Recruitment. 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, you can reach them at thecollege@colorado.edu. Please note that the Recruitment team are not academic advisors. They are not able to assist with more specific topics such as course selection, degree planning, etc.
If you are a prospective transfer student, you can receive preliminary advising from Pre-Transfer Advising.
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Information for:
- First-Year Applicants
First-Year FAQs - Transfer Applicants
Transfer FAQs - International Applicants
International FAQs
Information sessions, tours, etc.
Explore Arts & Sciences programs (majors, minors, certificates)
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 CU Online 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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Your best point of contact if you are interested in taking CU Boulder classes as a visiting/nondegree student is the Division of Continuing Education, specifically Continuing Education Advising.
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 check to clarify whether or not non-degree students are eligible. If you still have questions, you should contact the program directly. Arts & 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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General information for visiting/non-degree students