May 20, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

Mechanical Engineering, BS with Civil Engineering 2+2 Pathway


General Information

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs has established articulation agreements with the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder and with the College of Engineering, Design, and Computing at the University of Colorado Denver establishing 2+2 pathways allowing students to begin a course of study on the Colorado Springs campus and, after two years, transfer to either the Boulder campus or the Denver campus to complete a Civil Engineering B.S. degree. These agreements will allow students enrolled at in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs access to a guaranteed admission pathway to either of the other campus’s Civil Engineering degree programs, provided specified criteria are met while enrolled at UCCS.

When applications are reviewed for students in this partnership, for guaranteed admission, students must maintain consistent or improving grades throughout their technical coursework at UCCS and ideally attain grades of C or better in core math, science, engineering, computer science coursework.

After completing the first two years of the program through UCCS, students apply for admission to either the University of Colorado Boulder or the University of Colorado Denver through the transfer admission application and will be routed directly to the respective Colleges of Engineering for review. At the time of the transfer application, students must be enrolled in an engineering major at UCCS and this must be indicated on their transcript.

 

Computing Course (3 credit hours)


Complete one of the Computing courses below for either CU Boulder or CU Denver.

Math and Basic Science (31-35 credit hours)


Complete all of the Mathematics and Basic Science courses required for the Mechanical Engineering major.

Humanities/Social Science Electives (9-15 credit hours)


  • 9 hours of humanities and social science electives are required for UCCS and CU Boulder.
  • Up to 15 credit hours of humanities and social sciences are required for CU Denver.

Choose courses from the Compass Curriculum: Explore - Arts, Humanities & Cultures and Explore - Society, Health, & Behavior course lists on the Compass Curriculum website or your degree audit. Check Transferology to be sure that the selected courses carry the HSS flag at CU Boulder, or a CBS (Behavioral Sciences), CHU (Humanities), or CSS (Social Sciences) flag for CU Denver’s Core Curriculum.