Major Declaration FAQs

Please allow 2-3 weeks from the time of submission for your major/minor to be updated in OnTrack. This process can take longer during heavy advising seasons of fall or spring registration advising as well as over university breaks.

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. This process can take longer during heavy advising seasons of fall or spring registration advising as well as over university breaks.

Once the form is submitted, students must wait for all steps to be processed.

• For a major declaration, this entails the Office of Academic Advising updating the majors and minors and then the department assigning an advisor.
• If a minor was mistakenly added or subtracted during the major declaration process, students must wait until the new advisor has been assigned.

This process typically takes 2-3 weeks though can take longer during heavy advising seasons of fall or spring registration advising as well as over university breaks.

It is possible to be matched with the requested advisor. A number of factors are considered such as a faculty member teaching abroad in an upcoming semester, on sabbatical, and retirement or other reasons for departure. The Department Chair will evaluate the request and connect students with a faculty advisor that can be actively available to the student.

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.

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.

First-year students can declare their major during the last two class weeks of ELN 1010. Dates are published on the Major Declaration website.

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.