Incoming freshmen admitted directly to the College of Engineering and Applied Science must meet with an advisor before registration. Please contact your specific department to schedule an appointment. All new incoming freshmen are required to attend New Student Orientation.
Pre-engineering students are required to meet with an advisor in the Academic Success and Advising Center. Please call 303-352-3520 to set up an appointment with an advisor.
Core Curriculum Guide
The core curriculum of the Downtown Campus provides all CU Denver undergraduate students a high-quality general education based on a liberal arts foundation, while allowing students flexibility based on their individual backgrounds and specific career goals. A goal of the CU Denver Core Curriculum is to engage students in developing sensitivity to diversity and developing their place in an urban environment as well as in the rapidly changing global environment. The path to enter the College of Engineering can be found here.
Transfer students should make an advising appointment as soon as possible after being admitted. Upon receipt of your transcripts, the CU Denver Office of Admissions and Records will evaluate and indicate transferrable courses on your CU Denver transcript.
Specific engineering courses will NOT be transferred by the Office of Admissions and Records. This process will be handled in the College of Engineering and Applied Science with the assistance of a faculty member within each department. You will know when to make an appointment for transfer advising when you receive a document from CU Denver indicating the courses that have been recorded on your transcript and ready for evaluation. Once you receive this document, please contact Engineering Student Services (North Classroom, 3024) at 303-556-4768 as soon as possible to schedule a transfer advising appointment.
Please be prepared for the transfer advising process to take some time and effort on your part. For transfer advising related to the CU Denver general education core requirements, including math and science courses, students should make an appointment with Paul Rakowski in Engineering Student Services (North Classroom, 3024).
For transfer advising specifically related to engineering courses, students must make an appointment with a departmental faculty member. To expedite the advising process, please bring a copy of your transcript from all institutions you have attended, copies of course descriptions for any courses you wish to have considered for transfer and if possible, a syllabus for each of those courses. Only courses with a grade of C- or better will be considered for transfer credit. Pass/fail courses, internship courses, research-related courses and special topics courses will not be considered for transfer credit.
PLEASE NOTE that CU Denver requires ALL students to submit ALL transcripts from ALL institutions you have attended beyond high school regardless of whether you wish to have a specific institution’s transcript evaluated for admission consideration. Failure to do so, may result in rejection of your application or, if discovered at a later point, dismissal from CU Denver.
When a student in the College of Engineering and Applied Science is within 30 hours of completing his or her degree, an appointment should be scheduled with a faculty advisor to perform a 30-hour check.
Typically, a 30-hour check is performed two semesters prior to a student’s anticipated date of graduation. The purpose of a 30-hour check is to ensure all remaining course and degree requirements are outlined and understood by both the student and the faculty advisor. To schedule an appointment for a 30-hour check, please contact your department’s faculty advisor.
All undergraduate and graduate students who intend to graduate in a given semester must go online and complete the “Online Application to Graduate” form before the posted deadline. If a student applies to graduate in a given semester and for some reason fails to or chooses not to graduate in that semester, he/she must reapply by completing the form again.
Please note that completing the “Online Intent to Graduate” form online DOES NOT indicate to the college you automatically wish to graduate in a subsequent semester if you fail to graduate in the semester you originally applied for. Knowing and following the deadline to complete the “Online Intent to Graduate” form is solely the responsibility of the student and failure to follow the deadline will prevent a student from graduating.
In addition to the above requirement, all students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science must also meet with their department’s faculty advisor and the assistant dean of student affairs prior to the beginning of the semester in which they wish to apply for graduation to ensure all academic and administrative requirements are met. Failure to do so may interfere with a student’s ability to graduate.
Failure to understand and follow the policies, procedures, dates and deadlines of the CU Denver campus and the College of Engineering and Applied Science my result in your ability to graduate and is solely your responsibility.
Complete the “Online Intent to Graduate” form at the registrar's Planning for Graduation website.
The University of Colorado Denver holds commencement ceremonies at the end of each fall and spring semester. Commencement is a celebration of the time and hard work you have put into your academic career at CU Denver and the faculty and staff in the College of Engineering and Applied Science encourage you to attend commencement and celebrate your success with us.
Any student who wishes to participate in the CU Denver commencement ceremonies must go online and complete the “Online Intent to Graduate” form. After completing this online form that indicates your desire to graduate, you will receive valuable information and directions on how to order your cap and gown and the time and location of the ceremonies. Students graduating from the College of Engineering and Applied Science will also be invited, along with their friends and family, to attend a graduation reception in their honor immediately following commencement.
The objective of the Student Grievance Policy and Procedure is to provide students with a mechanism to request a review of decisions and actions within the College of Engineering and Applied Science.