Declaring a Major

All first-year college students at Gustavus enroll in the Bachelor of Arts program without a declared major, and they are advised in the first year by the instructor of their First Term Seminar or a faculty member teaching in Three Crowns Curriculum. Subsequent enrollment in a major is accomplished by completing a Declaration of Major form, normally by the spring semester of the sophomore year, in consultation with a major advisor. Forms must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar for processing. Students must have a major declared to be eligible to register for classes in the spring semester of the junior year. Students may select the major requirements of any academic catalog during the years of their institutional enrollment. At the time of graduation, majors and minors are noted on the student transcript if they are complete and if they are part of the student’s graduation application.