Prerequisites by Major for Transfer and Non-DTC Students
For prospective transfer and non-Engineering Undeclared (non-DTC) students, this table provides a quick picture of the courses required before applying to an engineering major and, if admitted, the courses required before enrolling in the engineering major.
- Application requirements must be completed by the application deadline.
- Enrollment requirements must be completed by the start of the quarter for which you’re enrolling.
- All majors require a minimum grade of 2.0 in each course and 2.50 GPA in prerequisites. Exception: BioE requires a minimum 2.5 grade in CHEM 162.
Majors not shown on the table
The application and enrollment requirements are different enough for these majors that they're described separately:
- Human Centered Design & Engineering
- Bioengineering admission (UW students only)
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| Courses | AA | BioE | BSE | ChemE* | CivE | CompE† | EE | EnvE | ISE | MSE | ME | |
| MATH 124, 125, 126 *honors option | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | |
| MATH 307 | required prior to enrollment | required to apply | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or AMATH 351 |
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| MATH 308 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | ||||||||||
| MATH 324 | required prior to enrollment | |||||||||||
| BIOL 180 | required prior to enrollment | |||||||||||
| CHEM 142 *honors option | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | ||
| CHEM 152 | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required prior to enrollment | required to apply | required prior to enrollment | |||||
| CHEM 162 | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required prior to enrollment | ||||||||
| CHEM 223 or 237 | required prior to enrollment | |||||||||||
| PHYS 121 | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | |
| PHYS 122 | required to apply | required prior to enrollment | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | |||
| PHYS 123 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | ||||||||
| AMATH 301 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CSE 142 |
required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CSE 142 |
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| CSE 142 | required prior to enrollment or AMATH 301 |
required to apply | required prior to enrollment or AMATH 301 |
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| CSE 143 | required to apply | |||||||||||
| MSE 170 | required prior to enrollment | |||||||||||
| AA 210 | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | |||||||
| CEE 220 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or ME 230 |
required prior to enrollment | |||||||
| ME 230 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CEE 220 |
required prior to enrollment | ||||||||
| AA 260 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | ||||||||||
| English Composition | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | required to apply | |
* Note for Chemical Engineering students (ChemE): Two courses may be in progress at the time of application. Additionally, you should plan to take the following courses by the end of summer quarter following spring admission: CHEM 237, CHEM 238, MATH 308, PHYS 123, AMATH 301/CSE 142. For more information:
† Note for Computer Engineering students (CompE): For transfer students the classes shown as requirements are enrollment requirements, not application requirements. CompE transfer students submit an application only to the UW and select Computer Engineering as their first choice major, they do not submit an additional engineering major application. For more information:
- See CSE Transfer Student Admission
- Contact CSE Advising
- Learn more about CSE Degree Requirements
Accelerated/Honors sequences
- MATH 134, 135, 136 can replace MATH 124, 125, 126 and MATH 307, 308
- Some departments allow accelerated or honors sequences to satisfy requirements. Run the degree audit (DARS) for a specific department to determine options for sequences.