Overview for Transfer Students

This information is meant to serve as a guide.  Don’t hesitate to contact the Undergraduate Advising Office for assistance. 

Background for Course Selection

Almost all transfer students have to make choices on the day of registration, especially for technical and humanities/social science electives.  For guidance, review the Electrical Engineering (EE) Planning Notes and Computer Engineering (CompE) Planning Notes.

Which general education course rules apply to you? The rules that were in place when you first started in an institution of higher education apply to you.

Strategies For Academic Success

  • Take no more than 15 hours (12 hours is considered full-time).
  • Be prepared to drop a 3 hour elective course -- but not a core ECE/Math/Physics/CS class -- and take 12 hours.
  • Take a humanities class even if you don’t need the credit -- it’s a welcome break from a heavy technical load. Strategically, it may allow you to drop a technical course if needed.
  • Get to know other students in your classes and study with them in groups.
  • Get to know your professors and go see them when they hold office hours.
  • As a rule of thumb, you need to study 3 hours for each hour you spend in lecture.
  • A 15 hour a week job is like a 5 hour course. Watch your total workload!
  • Go to Class!
  • Get help early

E-mail

Be sure to check your @uiuc e-mail account regularly. Most ECE Department information is sent to students via electronic mail. Don’t let your mailbox get full or you’ll miss the messages.