Impact of Changing Major

Mwallenmd
Sun, 05 May 2013 15:36:49 +0000

For students who are completely unsure of what they want to major in they usually are advised to take initial courses for the first semester which would help satisfy the University Requirements (as noted by jbsmom). You only have to take one FYE courses no matter what major you end up in. Depending on the advisor (some are better than others) if a student expresses a possible interest in a particular major they might be advised to take an introductory course in that particular major (if the major Dept. allows it-some do, some don’t) to see if that is what they want to pursue further. Once a student declares a major they must, in addition to the University requirements, comply with all the course requirements (except for the FYI) of the college and major. Sometimes a college/major will grant credit for a particular course if it is felt to be equivalent to a course required by the college/major but was taken in another college (this varies by college/major). IMHO it is best for a student to declare a major as soon as possible or they may end up having to extend their stay at UD. Several our D’s friends did not declare a major until into their sophomore year and even though some of them had a lot of AP credits they still ended up having to add a semester at UD in order to comply with their major course requirements (not all courses are offered every semester). Just something to keep in mind. You don’t want to end up becoming a “professional” student. It is quite costly these days.