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. Subsequent enrollment in a major is accomplished by completing the electronic Declaration of Major form available on the Registrar's webpage, normally in the third semester of enrollment. 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. Students may declare a minor(s) using the electronic Declaration of Minor form available on the Registrar’s webpage. 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.