Transfer Hub Guide: Undeclared

A typical semester schedule looks like:
  1. Major required course
  2. Major required course or Course of interest
  3. Language course or Course of interest
  4. Hub course (an elective that you take for a Hub requirement)
  5. 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. After reviewing this, we also strongly encourage you to reach out to the academic advisor who contacted you about registration, so they can help customize your schedule to your specific requirements, needs, and goals.

    Some helpful notes as you begin to select your courses:

    • 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.
    • 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 link in the first bullet point. (Click on ‘BA’ for a major, then read the ‘Requirements’ section.)
    • 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.
    • If you’re not sure where to start, you can review our registration instructions for tips on browsing by Hub requirement or department/major. 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.