14. Declaration or Change of Major, Area of Concentration, Honours, or Minor

a.  In order to declare or change a major, area of concentration, honours, or minor, students must submit a Major/Minor/Concentration Declaration form. This form must be signed by the Faculty Advising Office of the area of the major, concentration, or minor. Students are strongly urged to declare their major, concentration, or minor before registering for their final sixty (60) credit hours.

b.  The regulations governing the major, concentration, honours, or minor program will be those in effect at the time of declaration or change.

c.  Students are advised that general regulations governing majors, concentration, honours, or minors are found below in subsection (d) of this regulation, and also in Academic Regulations 23 and 24; specific Faculty regulations ;and specific departmental and subject area regulations are found in the relevant parts in the calendar.  Students are advised to carefully review majors, concentrations, honours, and minors for their subject area of interest as they may not be available in all subject areas.

d.  If a student no longer wishes to pursue a chosen major, concentration, or minor, the must submit an updated Major/Minor/Concentration Declaration form to the Office of the Registrar indicating the change. If the form is not submitted, the student will be expected to complete the requirements in order to qualify for graduation.

f.  Applications to honours programs shoud be submitted to the department in which the student is seeking admission. If a student no longer wishes to pursue honours, they must submit an updated Major/Minor/Concentration Declaration form indicating the change. If the form is not submitted, the student will be expected to complete the requirements in order to qualify for graduation.

Note: Students are advised that possession of the minimum qualifications does not guarantee admission to a particular academic program.  Limits to the number of students who can be in a particular program at any one time exist and depend very much on the number of faculty members available in a particular academic unit.