Transfer Hub Guide: Undeclared
A typical semester schedule looks like:
- Major exploration course
- Major exploration course or Course of interest
- Language course or Course of interest
- Hub course
- Optional add-on: HUB FY 101 First-Year Seminar
However, this schedule may vary depending on your prospective majors/minors, your transfer credit, and your intended timeline. We’ve included some helpful info below to get you started thinking about which courses to select for your first semester.
Some helpful notes as you begin to select your courses:
- Major exploration course(s): Based on the above, start to plan which courses you’d like to take this semester. We recommend 1-3 major exploration courses. These should be courses that interest you and that could count towards a possible major, if you ultimately decide to declare it. It’s perfectly ok (and often encouraged!) to explore more than one major at once.
- Please review the CAS majors to identify which one(s) you are interested in studying. You can select ‘BA’ next to any prospective major to see a comprehensive breakdown of its required courses.
- You can also explore Hub opportunities to find courses with interdisciplinary subjects and pathways. This may not correlate directly to a major, but it can introduce you to new subjects and help you identify areas of interest.
- Language course: CAS requires all students to demonstrate or develop proficiency at or above the fourth-semester level in one language other than English. There are multiple ways to fulfill this requirement, including external credit. If you’re planning to complete the language requirement through coursework at BU, one of your courses this semester should likely be a language course.
- If you’re new to the language, you’ll start with the first-semester level (usually coded as 111 – for example, Spanish 1 is CAS LS 111, Arabic 1 is CAS LY 111, etc.).
- If you have previously studied the language, you will need to take a placement test to determine what level to start with (for instance, CAS LS 112 Spanish 2, CAS LY 211 Arabic 3, CAS LK 212 Korean 4, etc.). Please review the CAS Language Requirement page for detailed information about placement tests and appropriate levels.
- Hub course: Familiarize yourself with the Transfer Hub requirements. Depending on your eventual major(s), you will no doubt fulfill some of your Hub requirements through major coursework. You can get a sense of which Hub requirements you might fulfill with a specific major using the Major + Hub Guides.
- If you’re not sure where to start, you can review our registration instructions for tips on browsing by Hub requirement or department/major.
- No Hub requirements will be awarded to courses taken outside of Boston University, with the exception of some Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams/scores.
- As you search, you can also review the course descriptions to see if a course has a prerequisite*. Please note that you are responsible for completing all prerequisites listed in the course description prior to registering for that course.
- After reviewing this, we also strongly encourage you to work with your advisor, so they can help customize your schedule to your specific requirements, needs, and goals.
*a prerequisite is a requirement that you must meet or complete before taking a more advanced course to ensure you have sufficient background in the material