Major Change Department Requirements
Did you know that you must now apply to change your major?
Due to impaction, departments have requirements you must meet in order to declare their major. Below find a list of links to college and department webpages containing their admission requirements. If the major you wish to apply to is not listed below, please contact the major's department office to learn more about their requirements.
Applied Sciences and Arts
Business
Education
Engineering
Humanities and the Arts
- Art and Design - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Creative Arts - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- English and Comparative Literature - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Foreign Languages - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Humanities - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Liberal Studies - SJSU GPA of 2.60
- Linguistics and Language Development - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Music and Dance - All Music and Dance majors must audition in their major performance medium. Faculty approval is required.
- Philosophy - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Religious Studies - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Television, Radio, Film and Theater - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
Science
- Chemistry - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Geology - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Math - 1) A C- or better in Calculus I (Math 30 or Math 30P) or AP credit for Calculus I; 2) A C- or better in Discrete Math (Math 42); 3) A 2.0 GPA or higher in all mathematics courses taken, Precalculus (Math 19) and above.
- Meteorology - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
- Physics - No additional criteria. Departmental approval.
Social Sciences
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