Requirements for Admission
Candidates for regular admission to the College of Architecture and Planning are expected to meet the general requirements for admission to the University of Colorado at Boulder. Please see Undergraduate Admission in the General Information section of the university catalog for specific requirements.
Transfer Students
Qualified students transferring from other institutions are accepted into the College of Architecture and Planning. Students who formerly have attended another college or university for one semester (12 hours or more) are considered to be transfer students. Since the College of Architecture and Planning has a limited enrollment, all qualified students are not guaranteed admission. All course work except the last term, if in progress, must be completed and must be listed on the official transcript sent for admission consideration. Transfer students should apply to the Office of Admissions.
Students are encouraged to transfer as early as possible in their undergraduate career due to the large amount of design- and planning-related course work required by the different ENVD curricula. All transfer students, like freshmen, enter the college as environmental design (ENVD) students, and apply for admission to one of the five emphasis majors - architecture, environmental design, landscape design, planning, or design studies - in the final semester of their junior year. All transfer students are required to take a minimum of 30 semester hours in the College of Architecture and Planning. Transfer students are admitted for the fall, spring, and summer terms each year.
If a student chooses to provide letters of intent and recommendation, they must accompany the application. It is the responsibility of the student to be sure transcripts and other application materials are complete. Only complete application files are considered for admission.
A maximum of 60 semester hours taken at a two-year college may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree. In general, credits in vocational-technical courses are not accepted for transfer by the college. Transfer agreements between the University of Colorado and all Colorado community colleges outline approximately one year of prescribed general education courses that may be completed as preparation for transfer into the College of Architecture and Planning. As noted above, students should plan to transfer to the University of Colorado by the beginning of their sophomore year. See Undergraduate Admission under General Information in this catalog for admission standards for transfer students.
Intrauniversity Transfer (IUT)
University of Colorado students in good standing who are interested in pursuing a design education may apply for transfer into the college. IUT applications are distributed at meetings held for interested students several times each semester. Students should contact the college offices for the dates of meetings and deadlines for application review for specific semesters. Completion of specified introductory courses may be required before an IUT application for transfer into the college can be considered. Because of the limited number of spaces available in the program, admission is competitive and grade point average plays a significant role in the application process. It may also serve as a basis for entry to introductory courses required for IUT application. All IUT students are admitted as ENVD open option students.
Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement and college credit may be granted on the basis of the College Board's Advanced Placement tests. For students who have taken Advanced Placement course work in high school and receive scores meeting university standards in the Advanced Placement examination, Advanced Placement as well as college credit is granted. Granted college credit is treated as transfer credit without a grade, but counts toward graduation and meets other specific requirements for which it is appropriate.