UC Irvine Change of Major Criteria
School of Humanities
Undecided/Undeclared students within the Division of Undergraduate Education can change into Humanities majors at any time during their freshman year without
having to meet the following requirements as long as they have a 2.0 GPA overall.
Undecided/Undeclared students who change to another academic unit (even to Unaffiliated
in that unit) and then wish to change to Humanities must meet the requirements
listed below.
Students who are about to be disqualified from another School may appeal in
writing to the Associate Dean of Humanities for an exception to the requirements
listed below.
Change of Major Requirements:
| Humanities and Arts |
| Requirements |
Description |
| Cumulative UC GPA |
2.00 GPA |
| Course grades |
Students must meet all change of major requirements for both the School
of Humanties AND the proposed department in the Claire Trevor School of
the Arts. |
| Other |
Students must submit a transcript and proposal for a program of study.
The proposal must be approved by a designated faculty member in the Claire
Trevor School of the Arts AND a designated faculty member in the School
of Humanities.
Students who want majors focusing on Dance or Music must pass the audition
required by these departments for change of major. |
| Timeline |
Students may apply to declare the major no earlier
than the fall quarter of their sophomore year. |
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| Literary Journalism |
| Requirements |
Description |
| Cumulative UC GPA |
2.00 GPA
If the previous two quarters were below 2:00 GPA, student may be accepted on probation and under contract. |
| Course grades |
3.00 in each course listed below:
LIT JRN 20
LIT JRN 21
One course from: ENGLISH 28A, 28B, 28C, 28D, 28E, COM LIT 60A, 60C, or equivalent.
|
| Other |
N/A
|
| Timeline |
Students may submit major change requests at any time although typically in the sophomore year. |
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| All other Humanities
majors |
| Requirements |
Description |
| Cumulative UC GPA |
2.00 GPA
If the previous two quarters were below 2.00 GPA, student may be accepted
on probation and under contract.
|
| Course grades |
2.00 GPA in all School of Humanities courses and in all courses required
for the chosen major.
Note: Prospective foreign language majors must have a 2.00 GPA in all
other School of Humanities courses (excluding foreign language courses).
|
| Other |
A definite idea of the specific major in Humanities the student wishes
to declare.
At least one class in the chosen major, or in Humanities Core Course
(HCC), with grade of "C+" or better. However, if it has been
more than one quarter since HCC, a course in the new major with a "C+"
or better applies. Grades in Writing 39B/C cannot be used for this requirement.
|
| Timeline |
Students may submit major change requests at
any time. However, requests received after the 9th week of the quarter are
held and processed after grades for the quarter come out. If the grades
for that quarter are not satisfactory (that is, below a 2.00 GPA), the major
change will be returned to the student unprocessed and with an explanation. |
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Updated: ZDS, April 9, 2008
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