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Declaration of the Major or Minor

Declaring the Major

Each matriculated student in the College is recorded in the Registrar’s Office as enrolled in a major leading to a degree.

Students are responsible for informing the Registrar of their major. Deadlines for declaring, changing, adding or removing a major for the current semester are posted in the academic calendar. This can be done online using your SLAS credentials and there is no fee. Assignment of an academic or faculty advisor is based upon this official listing.

All students who are CUNY Proficient in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, completed 45 credits, and who expect to receive a bachelor’s degree from the College should declare a bachelor’s degree major. Students who have completed fewer than 45 credits may also declare a bachelor’s degree major provided they meet the following criteria:

  1. Have passed or are exempt from the three CUNY Assessment Tests

  2. Have successfully completed 12 credits at or above the 100-level

  3. Have a GPA of 2.00 or above

In addition, individual departments may modify this policy and may require one or more of the following:

  • A chairperson’s approval before a student with fewer than 40 credits may declare a major in that department.

  • A GPA greater than 2.0 before a student may declare a major in that department.

  • Minimum grades in specific courses before a student may declare a major in that department.

  • Submission of an application.

Declaring the Minor

Students are responsible for informing the Registrar of their minor. Deadlines for declaring, changing, adding, or removing a minor for the current semester are posted in the academic calendar. This can be done online using your SLAS credentials and there is no fee.

Students shall not declare minors in the same discipline as their majors.  Students are encouraged to consider taking a minor to guide their choice of elective courses into a coherent package and to enhance their career opportunities.

Students applying for graduation need to make sure their major and/or minor is correct at the time of application or it will delay their semester of graduation.