Prospective Student Guide

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

Costs and Finances

Information sessions, tours, etc.

Explore Arts & Sciences programs (majors, minors, certificates)

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Arts & Sciences policies and requirements 

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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Admissions

• U.S. Students
• International Students

Graduate Application FAQs

Academics

• Explore graduate degree programs
• Explore graduate certificate programs

Funding

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

Continuing Education student information

Continuing Education contact information