VERY IMPORTANT: Whenever emailing anyone in the Department regarding any matter, please make sure that you include your full name and student I.D. number. We cannot help you without an ID number.

1. Upon deciding to major with us please go to the Registrar's Office and declare your intention. You will then be entered into the Registrar's Office database to which we have access in our own Department Office. 

2. We periodically check the Registrar's database. As soon as you have the pre-requisites for being formally declared a major, we will notify the Registrar and your file/degree audit will be automatically updated. Your major will then appear on your degree audit.

3. Each year, before graduation, we check the degree audits of all potential graduates to ensure that they have met all the graduation pre-requisites in our Department. You are advised to check your own progress regularly by accessing your degree audit through your online student account.

 4. Please note that each student is governed by the regulations of the academic calendar in force during their initial registration at the University. As far as graduation requirements are concerned, a student may choose to be governed by the calendar of their year of entry or the current calendar.

 5. We look forward to having you with us..

Best regards,

Dr. Benet Davetian

Chair

P.S. Here are the requirements for being accepted into the major as of 2009.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DECLARING A MAJOR (2009)

1.            Prospective majors have to complete the required introductory courses with a combined average of 60.

2.            Before being formally accepted as a major the student must have a combined average of 65 in four or more Departmental courses at or above the 200 level.