Open Option Registration Workshop Guide
This page will serve as the guide to the Open Option Registration Workshops so you can follow along with the presentation and try things out on your own.

Open Option Engineering: xxen-advising@colorado.edu
Open Option Academic Advisor, Alex Voorhees: alexandra.voorhees@colorado.edu
Get help with preparing for class registration, putting classes in your shopping cart, and more by dropping into a Registration Help Session held every Wednesday 1-3pm from July 14th to August 4th: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/92432701359
Schedule an advising appointment here: https://www.colorado.edu/buffportaladvising/
Review your academic advisor's Advising Guide here: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/sites/default/files/attached-files/voorhees_advising_expectations.pdf
Open Option Community Events Page: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/major-exploration-and-community-events
Engineering Advising Webinars: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/FYwebinars
Engineering Majors: https://catalog.colorado.edu/programs-a-z/#filter=.filter_19&.filter_46
Major Exploration Events: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/major-exploration-and-community-events
Engineering Career Services: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/proready
Access the Math Readiness Exam here: https://www.colorado.edu/office-undergraduate-education/programs/math-placement/math-readiness-test-sign-here
Math Placement FAQ's: https://www.colorado.edu/office-undergraduate-education/math-placement/math-placement-faqs
Practice Exams: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/registration-instructions-new-first-year-students
Choosing a Math Class: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/students-calculus-credit-math-class-choices
Accelerated Chemistry Course Option (for Chemical, Chemical & Biological, Biomedical, and Environmental Engineering): https://www.colorado.edu/chbe/chemistry-readiness-exam-engineers
Major | Recommended Science Course |
Chemical, Chemical & Biological, or Environmental Engineering | CHEN 1201 or CHEN 1211 & CHEM 1221 |
Mechanical Engineering | PHYS 1110 or CHEN 1201 |
Architectural, Civil, or Biomedical Engineering | CHEN 1201 & CHEM 1114 or CHEN 1211 & CHEM 1221 (BMEN only) |
Applied Math | PHYS 1110 or CHEN 1201 & CHEM 1114 or CHEN 1211 & CHEM 1221 |
Computer Science or Creative Tecnology & Design | CSCI 1300 and/or an approved Natural Science or ATLS 1300 (CTD Only) |
All others... | PHYS 1110 |
Run a Degree Audit for your Prospective Major : https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/sites/default/files/attached-files/quick_ref_-_all_in_one_06.29.17.pdf
Registration Workshops and Drop-In Help Sessions: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/major-exploration-and-community-events
Choosing an Enrollment Window: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/registration-instructions-new-first-year-students
How to Search for Classes and Put Them in Your Shopping Cart: https://www.colorado.edu/registrar/students/registration/search
Humanities, Social Science, and Writing Requirements for Engineering: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/degree-requirements/humanities-social-sciences-and-writing-requirements
Course Request Form (for 1 credit hour Introductory Courses): https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/departmental-course-request-forms
Requesting Your AP Scores to be Sent to CU Boulder: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/sending-scores
Request to Change Enrollment Window: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eXIKJ8bkR746vpc
Registration Instructions for New First Year Students: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/registration-instructions-new-first-year-students
How to Add a Class to your Schedule: https://www.colorado.edu/registrar/students/registration/register/add
How to Swap a Class on your Schedule: https://www.colorado.edu/registrar/students/registration/register/swap
How to Drop a Class on your Schedule: https://www.colorado.edu/registrar/students/registration/register/swap
Class Search & Catalog: https://classes.colorado.edu/
Academic Coaching: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/academiccoaching
Tutoring: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/resources-support/academic-support-tutoring
BOLD Center: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/bold-center/bold-ssc-tutoring
Gemmill Engineering Library: https://www.colorado.edu/libraries/libraries/engineering-math-and-physics-library
Open Option Community Events: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/major-exploration-and-community-events
Center for Student Involvement: https://www.colorado.edu/involvement/
Dennis Small Cultural Center: https://www.colorado.edu/involvement/dscc
Engineering Immersion: https://www.colorado.edu/ucec/virtual-engineering-immersion
Engineering Launch: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/engineeringlaunch
CEAS Active Learning Program: https://www.colorado.edu/activelearningprogram/
First Year Student Registration: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/registration-instructions-new-first-year-students
First Year Student Orientation (NSFP): https://www.colorado.edu/orientation/first-year-students
First Year Student FAQs: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/faqs
8-Semester Degree Plans in Engineering: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/degree-requirements/8-semester-degree-plan
Open Option Website: https://www.colorado.edu/engineering-advising/get-your-degree/first-year-freshmen/open-option
Fall 2021 Academic Calendar: https://www.colorado.edu/registrar/sites/default/files/attached-files/fall2021acad_calendar.pdf