How to Request a Change of Major or Minor

Students who are eligible to use online Change of Major or Minor 

Must not have applied for Graduation: If a student has applied to graduate, they won’t be able to make any changes online. Students who have already applied to graduate should be instructed to use our PDF forms to change their major or minor. 

Must not have an existing request in processing: If a request to change, add or delete a major or minor is open, students will not be able to make further requests until the first has been approved or denied by the program or canceled by the student. Students can also cancel an open request to change their program if plans have since changed. 

Must make sure their desired Major or Minor is participating in the service: Most majors and minors are available online, but some plans may not be immediately available if they are new or if they have been updated.

If experiencing issues using Online Change of Major/Minor or if your degree plan is not available, complete the relevant form and submit it to your desired Major/Minor Department.

• Change/Declaration of Major
• Change/Declaration of Minor

1. Log into your Student Center 
2. Select the dropdown menu labeled "other academic" 
3. Select the "Change Major" option 
4. Click Next
   • Note: Restricted records will not progress past this point and an alert with an explanation will appear
5. Select the major or minor plan to change 
   • Note: Due to limitations within the online change of major/minor, some buttons will be greyed out

Selecting a catalog/bulletin year for a major is the same process as selecting one for a minor. 

You will need to wait to change catalog/bulletin years until the start of a term (Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall). Changing between terms will not be allowed.

1. Open the "Requested Catalog Year" field 
2. Select the year that you have discussed with an advisor or reviewed on the Bulletin
3. If satisfied with your selection, click "Next" 
4. Note: To change your selection, click "Cancel".  Selecting Cancel will lead you back to the Restrictions page
5. Review your selection again, click "Submit"

A confirmation email will be sent with details of the update.

Selecting a minor is the same process as selecting a major.

• Open the "Requested College" field
• Open the "Major/Minor" field
  • Note: Only one Change of Major or Minor request is allowed at a time. Additional requests can only be submitted if a pending request is approved or denied by the Department. Or they are canceled by the student. 
• If satisfied with your selection, click "Next" 
  • Note: To change your selection, click "Cancel". Selecting Cancel will lead you back to the Restrictions page. 
• Review your selection again, select "Submit" to proceed
• Review the "approval required" pop-up message, select "OK" to proceed 
  • Note: Clicking Cancel at this point will stop the change and take you back to the Restrictions page 

1. Log into your Student Center 
2. Select the drop down menu labeled "other academic"
3. Select "Change Major Status"
4. The Change of Major/Minor Status page displays the status of the request. 
   • Approved: Your request has been approved by the dept
   • Denied: Your request is denied; contact the dept for information on how to proceed
   • Pending dept. Review: The option to cancel the major/minor request is still allowed when the status is pending
     • Note: Check your email; all updates are sent to your SFSU Email
5. The Change of Major/Minor Status page displays your request(s) record and details including: 
   • Transaction details (date and time, action, type, major/minor code, description, degree) 
   • Status of request (applied, approved, denied, pending) 
   • Comments, if any, made by the college advisor or administrator 
   • Option to cancel your request
     • Note: The cancel button will display until an advisor or administrator replies to your request

1. Log into the Student Center 
   • Under "Academics", open the "other academic" drop-down menu 
2. Select "Change Major" and click the double arrow button
3. Two boxes will be displayed – one for each major and one for each minor (if any)
   • For Majors, the Delete button is not an option for students with just one major
   • For Minors, the Delete button is an option if only one minor

1. Log into the Student Center 
2. Under "Academics", open the "other academic" drop-down menu
3. Select "Change Major Status" and click the double arrow button
   • The "Change of Major Status" page displays the record of your request(s) including: 
   • Transaction details (date and time, action, type, major/minor code, description, degree) 
   • Status of request (applied, approved, denied, pending) 
   • Option to Cancel a request
4. To cancel a request just click the Cancel button in the message window
5. The Cancel button will display until an advisor or administrator replies to your request