Declaring a COE Pre-Major
Pre-major a²Ô»å Undeclared undergraduate students interested in declaring a COE pre-major must meet the necessary criteria before requesting a COE Pre-Major Change. If you are a COE pre-major and would like to change to a major outside of Engineering, please contact the advising center for that college.
Current STEM (CNSM, COE, or Nursing) pre-majors may be eligible to switch to an eligible COE pre-major, if they meet the following requirements:
- Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ GPA: 2.5+
- Fully-declare in the major by 60 units
- Ability to meet the intended major’s requirements within Timely Graduation (144 units)
Current Non-STEM pre-majors may be eligible to switch to an eligible COE pre-major, if they meet the following requirements:
- Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ GPA: 2.5+
- Fully-declare in the major by 60 units
- Ability to meet the intended major’s requirements within Timely Graduation (144 units)
- Specific Pre-Major Requirements: See table below
Specific Pre-Major Requirements, by Pre-Major | |
|---|---|
| All Pre-COE Majors except CECS/ADS | Be enrolled in or have credit for MATH 122: Calculus 1. |
| Computer Science and Computer Engineering (CECS) | Have completed MATH 122: Calculus 1 or CECS 174: Intro to Programming. |
| Applied Data Science (ADS) | Be enrolled in CECS 180: Data Computing for Everyone or CECS 174: Intro to Programming. |
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ who are already fully declared in their majors are unable to declare into a pre-major. Please visit Declaring a COE Major to determine if a major change into a fully declared COE major will be possible.
If you meet the COE pre-major declaration criteria outlined above and wish to switch your pre-major to COE, please use the following form to submit your request. Submitting a form does not guarantee your major change. Requests are typically reviewed and processed within ten (10) business days. If you have already submitted a request and are awaiting a decision, do not submit an additional request, as it may result in delays.
Requests must be submitted within the Pre-Major Change Period below in order to be processed prior to the registration period of that semester.
Term | Pre-Major Change Period | Registration Period |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | June 1st - October 1st | First week of November |
| Spring Semester | January 1st - March 1st | Last week of March |
Requests submitted after the deadline will not be processed until the next Pre-Major Change Period. ESSC Advising is not responsible for registration delays that may occur while requests are being reviewed and/or processed.
Please note that this form is for changing into COE pre-majors ONLY. If you are trying to declare/change into a pre-major in another college, please visit that college's website for instructions.
If you do not meet the pre-major declaration criteria outlined above, a pre-major change will not be possible.
However, you may review the fully-declared major declaration criteria on Declaring a Major, to determine if a fully-declared major change will be possible.
If you still do not meet either set of criteria, no major change will be permitted. We recommend meeting with the University Center for Undergraduate Advising (UCUA) to explore a major change to a different college.
If you are interested in changing your major to a major outside of Engineering, please contact the appropriate advising center for that major. See Advising Centers by college, below.
Advising Centers by College | |
|---|---|
| College Advising Center Link | Majors Within These Colleges |
| College of the Arts (COTA) Advising Center | Art (Art; Art Education; Art History; Ceramics; Drawing and Painting; Graphic Design; Illustration; Illustration–Animation (Pre-Production); Photography; Printmaking; Sculpture/3-D Media; Fiber/Metal/Wood); Cinematic Arts; Dance (Dance; Dance Science); Design (Design; Industrial Design; Interior Design); Music (Music; Music—Performance; Music—Education; Music—Composition); Theatre Arts (Theatre Arts; Technical Theatre—Scenery/Costume/Lighting Design; Performance—Acting) |
| College of Business (COB) Advising Center | Business Administration (Accountancy; Finance; Human Resource Management; Management Information Systems; International Business; Marketing; Supply Chain Management); Business Economics |
| College of Education (CEd) Advising Center | Liberal Studies (Liberal Studies; ITEP Pathway) |
| College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Advising Center | Family and Consumer Sciences (Child Development and Family Studies; Family Life Education; Consumer Affairs; Fashion Design; Fashion Merchandising); Criminology and Criminal Justice; Dietetics and Food Administration (Nutrition and Dietetics; Food Science); Health Care Administration; Health Science (School Health Education; Community Health Education); Hospitality Management; Kinesiology (Exercise Science; Fitness; Physical Education—Teacher Education; Sport Psychology and Leadership); Nursing; Recreation (Recreation; Recreation Therapy); Social Work; Speech-Language Pathology |
| Africana Studies; American Sign Language (English Interpreting; Linguistics and Deaf Cultures); American Studies; Anthropology; Asian American Studies; Asian Studies; Business Economics; Chicano and Latino Studies (Chicano and Latino Studies; Special Track); Chinese Studies; Classics (Classics; Greek Civilization; Roman Civilization); Communication Studies (Communication Studies; Communication, Culture and Public Affairs; Interpersonal and Organizational); Comparative World Literature (Language and Literature; World Literature); Economics (Economics; Mathematical Economics; Economic Theory); English (Creative Writing; English Education; English Literature; Rhetoric and Composition; Special Emphasis); Environmental Science and Policy; French and Francophone Studies (French and Francophone Studies; Interdisciplinary French Studies); Geography (BA; BS); German; History; Human Development; International Studies (International Studies; Dual Track); Italian Studies; Japanese; Jewish Studies (Modern Jewish Studies); Journalism; Linguistics (Linguistics; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; Translation Studies); Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Public Relations; Religious Studies; Sociology; Spanish (Spanish; Interdisciplinary Spanish Studies); Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. | |
| Biological Sciences (Biology; Biology Education; Molecular Cell Biology and Physiology; Zoology, Botany, and Ecology; Marine Biology; Microbiology); Chemistry and Biochemistry (Biochemistry; Chemistry; Materials Science); Earth Science (Earth Systems; Geology); Environmental Science and Policy; Mathematics and Statistics (Mathematics; Applied Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Applied Statistics); Physics and Astronomy (Physics; Materials Science). | |
| University Center for Undergraduate Advising (UCUA) | For students exploring multiple majors or who are working toward eligibility for their intended pre-major. |
