Major Changes

• New Students 
• Current ASU Students

New Students

New Students prior to the Fee Payment deadline:   

• The student contacts the Admissions office at (480) 965-7788 and requests that the change be made. Once the students major has been changed they contact the CTAS Dean's Office for their first semester advisement. 

New Students after the Fee Payment deadline:

• A student who has not been advised or registered for courses may still call the Admissions Office and have major changed.
• If a student has registered and paid for courses, the standard Change of Major process must take place. 
• If the student is changing colleges, a student can not  be cleared for advisement until the major change form has been processed.

Procedure: 

1. Obtain a Degree/Major/Campus Change Request Form from the new college, program, advising office or the web.
2. Complete all student information on the form.
3. Submit the form to the department they are requesting to change into.
4. Obtain the signature of the appropriate Department Chair authorizing the approval to change.
5. Obtain the signature of the new Dean or Academic Advising Coordinator.
6. Once all signatures are obtained the request can be processed at the Oasis.
7. If the student has completed 87 or more hours a new DOG must be filed before the student registers. 

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Continuing ASU Student 

Continuing Students must meet the following criteria in order to change the major:

• Need at least a 2.0 cumulative ASU GPA to change colleges (If a student is changing colleges they will be unable to be cleared for advisement until the major change has been processed)
• If changing into BAS they must have an AAS degree posted.
• If they meet the above requirements they will then need to follow the standard Change of Major procedure:

Procedure: 

1. Obtain a Degree/major/Campus Change Request form from the new college, program, advising office or the web.
2. Complete all student information on the form
3. Submit the form and student file to the department they are requesting to change into
4. Obtain the signature of the appropriate Department Chair authorizing the approval to change.
5. Obtain the signature of the new Dean or Academic Advising Coordinator
6. Once all signatures are obtained the request can be processed at the Oasis or Graduation section on Main Campus if a DOG has been filed or the Records Information section if a DOG has not been filed. 

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