Transferring Out to Other U.Va. Schools

Transferring from the College to the School of Architecture

The School of Architecture offers three undergraduate programs: Architecture, Architectural History, and Urban and Environmental Planning. Interested students should arrange for an interview with the Associate Dean for Students by contacting Sharon McDonald, Student Records Office, Room 202C, Campbell Hall, (434) 924-3937. In addition, students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences may minor in Architecture, Architectural History, Historic Preservation, Urban and Environmental Planning or Landscape Architecture. For more information see the School of Architecture website.

Application Deadlines

December 1: Application for spring admission to Architectural History and Urban & Environmental Planning due.
April 1: Application for fall admission to Architecture due.
April 15: Application for fall admission to Architectural History and Urban & Environmental Planning due.

For more information go to the School of Architecture's transfer advice web page.

Transferring from the College
to the McIntire School of Commerce

The McIntire School of Commerce provides students the opportunity to combine a professional business program with a strong foundation in liberal arts, all within four years at the University of Virginia. The McIntire philosophy encompasses the belief that a firm liberal arts foundation is an essential prerequisite to a professional education. The combination of a liberal arts foundation with the professional rigor of the McIntire program produces broadly educated students prepared for future opportunities. Admission to the McIntire School is not automatic, but is based upon overall qualifications. Some of the important factors are cumulative grade point average, academic performance in those courses related to business, degree of difficulty of courses taken, and course loads. Also, skills and personal characteristics such as leadership, communication, work experience, and time management demonstrated through co-curricular activities will be considered.

Applications are available on November 1, and the deadline for submitting applications is normally at the start of the spring semester. Most students enter the School following their second year of college.

Students interested in business are encouraged to complete the College Area Requirements and take a wide variety of liberal arts courses during the first two years of undergraduate study. Many Commerce faculty offer University Seminar courses (USEM), and a new course, Comm 180 - Making Business Work, is being offered this fall as an elective for first-year students.

The foreign language requirement and the Humanities requirement may, under unusual circumstances, be completed during the third year. However, it is strongly recommended that students complete both before entering the McIntire School.

Students must complete the following courses before entering the McIntire School of Commerce. Students are also encouraged to take elective courses emphasising public speaking and written communication skills. Those students interested in Information Technology as a concentration or career are strong encouraged to complete a computer programming course.

Course	Suggested Year for Completion
ENWR 105/106 or 110 Composition (or exemption)	1st year
MATH 111 Probability or MATH 121 Introduction to Calculus I	1st year
STAT 112 Introduction to Statistics [STAT 110 does NOT fulfill the statistics requirement]	1st or 2nd year
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (through the 202 level or exemption)	1st and/or 2nd year
COMM 180 and COMM 180L	1st year
COMM 201, 202 Introductory Accounting	2nd year
ECON 201, 202 Principles of Economics	1st or 2nd year
HUMANITIES 3 hrs. (in addition to English requirements)	1st or 2nd year

For further information contact:

The Office of Student Affairs at the McIntire School
136 Monroe Hall
(434) 924-3865

See also the FAQ page.

Subscribe to the pre-Commerce mailing list by completing the form found at http://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/pre-commerce-info.

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Transferring from the College to the Curry School of Education

Teacher Education Program

Teacher education students entering the Curry School of Education do not transfer; they are enrolled simultaneously in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Sports Medicine Program

The undergraduate program in kinesiology is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with a foundation in the sciences of human movement that will be applied to one of several specialty areas within kinesiology:

Sports Medicine
Exercise Physiology
Adapted Physical Education

The Kinesiology major does not qualify students to sit for licensure or certification in any professional domain. This program is designed to prepare students to enroll in graduate programs that provide entry-level training and the route for certification in physical therapy, medicine, athletic training, physician's assistant, nutrition, personal training and teaching special education. Admission preference for the Kinesiology Major will be given to students whose general education program is competitive for graduate school.

For more information see the program web site.

Communication Disorders

The Communication Disorders Program offers a four-year preprofessional curriculum leading to a B.S.Ed. degree. Graduates of the program generally go on to pursue a master's degree, focusing on one of three career paths in Communication Sciences and Disorders: (1) audiology; (2) speech-language pathology; or (3) speech and hearing science. Applications to the undergraduate program are due March 1 of a student's second year in the College.

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Transferring from the College to the School of Engineering and Applied Science

SEAS offers undergraduate majors in Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering Science, and Biomedical Engineering. Minors are available in these fields plus interdisciplinary minors: Technology Management and Policy, History of Technology, and Technology and the Environment. College students are welcome in any of the minors. For more information, see the School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Handbook.

Students seeking to transfer to SEAS from other schools of the University should come to A-122 Thornton Hall, or call 924-3164. SEAS admits internal transfers in fall and spring semesters. Deadlines are December 15 and May 1. Application forms are available in Thornton Hall A-122 or online. Those interested in transferring should consult Dean Paxton Marshall, A122 Thornton Hall, (434) 924-3164. Students who are not admitted the first time may reapply.

Students may transfer from other schools to the School of Engineering and Applied Science as early as the end of their first semester. Applications are accepted until the middle of December and the end of April each year. Those interested in transferring should consult Dean Paxton Marshall, A122 Thornton Hall, (434) 924-3164. Students who are not admitted the first time may reapply.

The Department of Computer Science offers courses in the design, construction, and analysis of computer techniques and algorithms. Although courses prefixed CS are offered in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, they count as hours taken “inside” the College, not as part of the 18 credits allowed “outside” the College. CS courses may not be used to fulfill the Science and/or Mathematics requirement.

The School of Engineering has the following policy regarding enrollment in CS courses:

Due to the popularity of CS courses, pre-enrollment policies are in effect. Waiting lists for all courses are maintained at the CS Departmental web site (www.cs.virginia.edu/waitinglists). Waiting lists are only created once authorized enrollment levels are reached for all sections of a course. Any additional course openings are filled from the waiting lists. Students are notified by e-mail if they are admitted. Please be aware that the School of Engineering and Applied Science requires CS 101 of all its first-year students in the spring semester, and the CS Department requires all of its second-year students to take CS 201 in the fall semester. As a result, most seats in these courses go to non-College students in these semesters. To ensure that these and other courses are available to those who must take them, most CS courses have authorization restrictions on them that are gradually relaxed during the preregistration. The current authorization schedule is available at www.cs.virginia.edu/preenroll. CS courses such as CS 110 and CS 120, which are intended for College students, are opened on a first come, first served basis.

A CS minor consist of 18 credits in the following courses:

• CS 101, CS 201, CS 202, CS 216;
• Two CS courses at the 300 level or above from an approved list available on the Computer Science web site

To declare a CS minor, students must have the approval of both their major department and the CS Department. Please be aware that the CS Department may not be able to accept all students. Students who wish to minor in CS should first obtain an approved request for a CS minor from their major department. Bring a copy of this approval, a current transcript, and a CS minor declaration form to the CS Department for approval (204 Olsson Hall). The CS minor declaration form is available at www.cs.virginia.edu/minor. The CS Department will notify students of its decision as soon as possible. For more information, please contact the CS minor advisor at

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Transferring from the College to the School of Nursing

Students may transfer from other schools to the School of Nursing at the end of the first or second year, but must have a minimum of 30 semester credits. In addition, an applicant must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0, and must complete all courses with a passing grade. Selection is competitive, based on scholastic abilities, academic achievement, and prior work or volunteer experience in health care.

Courses that are advantageous for applicants include BIOL 121 as well as BIOL 206 and BIOL 207. First-year students in the School of Nursing take only one Nursing class (NUCO 103) which is available for accepted transfer students in the fall semester.

Applications for transfer to the School of Nursing are available from the Office of Admissions and Student Services, 1010 McLeod Hall, (434) 924-0068. The application deadline is March 1. Please contact Ms. Theresa Carroll (434) 924-0141 in the School of Nursing for further information about transferring.

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