Major Declaration FAQs

Please allow 2-3 weeks from the time of submission for your major/minor to be updated in OnTrack.

If you are declaring your major for the first time or changing to a new primary or secondary major, please allow 2-3 weeks from the time of submission to receive a new advisor.

All advisor change requests for students declared in a major must go through the academic department chair.

No. You must be declared in your major before you can declare any minors.

After you have declared your major and this has been processed, go into the form and select Add or Change a Major/Minor. Review your information and advance to the screen that includes your majors and minors. To drop a minor, simply click remove. Or select the minor from the drop-down list to add.

Sometimes. There are a lot of factors that determine whether that occurs. Each are determined by the Department Chair. If you are assigned an advisor that was not your preference, please contact the Department Chair to discuss your options.

Yes, you will fully complete the major declaration form again. Be sure to include your current advisors again if you would like to keep them. Otherwise, leave the advisor request section of the form blank.

Students can submit one major declaration form at a time. While the form is being processed, students cannot declare their major. If you made an error in your major declaration,

First-year students can declare their major during the last two class weeks of ELN 1010.

You must declare your major by the start of your first semester of a junior. This means that you have earned a minimum of 62 semester hours. Incoming first-year students with a lot of credits cannot declare until the conclusion of ELN 1010.