Getting Started in the Major

Computer Engineering B.S. for Transfers

Transfer students who want to pursue the Computer Engineering major, must have applied and been admitted to UC Santa Cruz as a proposed Computer Engineering major.

Transfer students should declare their major in their first quarter at UC Santa Cruz. Instructions for declaring a major in Baskin Engineering are on the Baskin Engineering Undergraduate Advising major declaration page.

Transfer students who intend to pursue this major should do the following prior to the beginning of their first term…

Students with Python programming experience who have not completed an articulated course to CSE 20, Beg. Programming in Python, who wish to bypass CSE 20, should take the online CSE 20 testout exam in July or September. See CSE 20 Testout Exam for more information and to register.
If you have taken courses that may apply toward your major requirements or toward prerequisites for major courses, and they do not have an agreement listed on ASSIST.ORG, a review of course materials and syllabi by our engineering faculty may be required. This includes courses taken at schools outside of the California Community College system. To prepare for this review, we recommend that you begin gathering course descriptions, syllabi and other materials from any engineering related courses you have completed that do not have ASSIST.org agreements.

...and should take these courses their first term:

Prior to enrollment, you will be invited to meet with a Baskin Engineering advisor who will indicate which courses you will be receiving credit for and also a recommendation of first quarter classes.

Advisor Contact Information

Baskin Engineering Undergraduate Advising

bsoeadvising@ucsc.edu

BE Undergraduate Advising Office, 225 Baskin Engineering

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