<p>How soon can I transfer to college of Engineering and will I have to spend an extra year/semester at UVA because I would have fallen behind? </p>
<p>My intended major is computer science and I hope there is a way I can transfer and still graduate in the expected 4 years.</p>
<p>Look on the SEAS website for the undergraduate handbook. There are instructions for transferring to and from SEAS. Keep in mind you have 8 semesters to complete your degree (with rare exception). There is no fifth year option, although many a forth year would love to stay in cville! 
If you are short credits you can look to jterm, taking more credits per term (SEAS has a minimum of 15 so their students will stay on target), and take advantage of summer term. Students take classes during the summer for any number of reasons, it’s quite common. </p>
<p>Look for the link, then by following through you may find you are not as ‘behind’ as you think. SEAS students all have humanities requirements so classes you have taken in the college very well may fill those requirements. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>You can major in computer science from the college of arts and sciences so I am not sure they would let you transfer.</p>
<p>that’s true hazelorb, but the difference is that Comp sci in A&S earns you a BA degree whereas in Engineering, you earn a BS degree, which is what I prefer.</p>
<p>There isn’t really a difference between the BA and BS, especially if it means you have to overload or take summer sessions = more $$$ for the same degree. The choice is yours but don’t be surprised if they tell you this as well.</p>