Information for Prospective Transfer Students from other UIUC Departments
Before attempting to transfer, students must complete the following courses:
- CS 125 and CS 173
- MATH 220 or 221, MATH 231 and MATH 241
- CHEM 102 and 103
- at least one course from the required Physics courses: PHYS 211, PHYS 212 and either PHYS 213 or 214.
In addition, they must have a technical GPA (all required CS and MATH courses) and an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher. If students meet the above requirements, then they will be admitted into the CS/Engineering program.
Before attempting to transfer, students must complete the following courses:
In addition, they must maintain a major GPA (includes all math and CS courses) and an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher. If students meet the above requirements, then they will be admitted into the Math/CS or Stats/CS program.
Procedure for transferring into all undergraduate CS programs
Students should first go to the office of the college into which they want to transfer (206 Engineering Hall for CS in Engineering, 270 Lincoln Hall for LAS programs). Transfers are always handled at the college level. If students are permitted to transfer, they will be given some paperwork to take to the CS Academic Office (1210 Siebel Center). Students who are already in the College of Engineering and would like to transfer into CS in Engineering should consult the Engineering Interdepartmental Transfer Policy before proceeding.
Normally, if students clearly meet the transfer requirements, they will need to make one stop at the college, one stop at their old college, and one stop at the CS Academic Office. If they clearly do not meet the requirements, the college office will explain to them what they are lacking. If it is a borderline case in some way, the student will be told to visit a chief advisor -- Professor Kamin or Steve Herzog -- in the CS Academic Office for a recommendation. The chief advisor will sometimes recommend that the student be allowed to transfer even if the student doesn't quite meet the requirements. However, the chief advisor's usual response will be either "Your GPA is too low to admit you," or "Your GPA is so close to the required level that there should be no problem bringing it up, so let's wait until the end of the semester." They normally will not make an exception to the rules if there is still enough time for the student to meet the requirements and there is no compelling reason to make a final decision.
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Last Modified December 11 2007 09:30:30.
