{"id":109,"date":"2024-08-29T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:25:43","slug":"changing-your-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/changing-your-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing your Major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Changing your Major\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-do-i-change-my-major\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I change my major?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Make the following changes using the Change of Program Elements (COPE) online form in Carleton Central:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Switching to a different program within the same degree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switching between an Honours,15 credit or Major degree (where available)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding or dropping a Major, Minor, Concentration, or Specialization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Table 1, found in <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsoftheuniversity\/regulations-for-degree-students\/#changes-of-degree-and-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regulation&nbsp;3.1.9 Changes of Degree Program<\/a>, reflect the Overall and Major CGPA thresholds required. Additional requirements may apply to some programs. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-to-video\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How-To Video:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Change of Program Elements  | Carleton Central How-To\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w508YbORBBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/what-if-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">create a What-if myAudit<\/a> to see what a change of program might be like. If you would like to discuss some of your options with an Advisor please <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/aac-request-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact us via our online form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Note: Changing your major within a degree program is different than applying to change to a new degree. If you are interested in changing degree programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/changing-your-degree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the\u00a0changing your degree webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I change my major? Make the following changes using the Change of Program Elements (COPE) online form in Carleton Central: Table 1, found in Regulation&nbsp;3.1.9 Changes of Degree Program, reflect the Overall and Major CGPA thresholds required. Additional requirements may apply to some programs. 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