Summary
Provides instructions to students on how to access, complete, and submit a change of major, minor or concentration request form.
Body
Overview
When an Undergraduate student wishes to declare a change in any of their Majors (primary, secondary, etc.), Minors or Concentrations they should complete a Change of Major, Minor, or Concentration form. The form is accessible from the Office of the Registrar’s important forms page, myNova and from the College websites.
Requirements
Must be an enrolled, active Undergraduate student with access to myNova. Must have started their first semester of classes. Admitted students and applicants should contact their admitting office to request a change of major or program. Faculty, staff and advisers cannot initiate the form for the student.
The form will be accessible to active students with a valid log in to Villanova systems (Single Sign On/SSO). An active student is registered within a year before attempting to request a change. If the student has not registered a year before the change, they must contact their college for reactivation before submitting a curriculum change request.
EXCEPTIONS:
a) The Change of Primary Major outside of the student’s Primary College requires application for an internal transfer to another college.
- Examples: Student with Primary Major in Accounting, VSB who wishes to change Primary Major to Economics, CLAS must apply to CLAS. Or Student with Primary Major in Nursing who wishes to change major, must apply to another college.
b) College of Engineering where Engineering students must separately apply to change their Primary Engineering Major by contacting the Engineering Dean’s Office
- Example: Chemical Engineering Major wishes to change Primary Major to Civil Engineering.
Instructions
Student Action – Step One: Access the Change Request Form
Student Action - Step Two: Complete and Submit the Form
Once the student has completed the form according to the desired change(s) they should click Submit on the bottom left side of the screen.
This will route the form to the appropriate work flow for approval, depending on the change. The student will receive a confirmation message of the first receipt of the approval process but will not receive another notice until the change has been processed or denied. Before the student submits, they can provide attachments (if they wish to share more information, download the completed form or print the form for their records).