{"id":672,"date":"2020-05-29T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=672"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:53:31","slug":"how-do-i-change-my-degree-major-or-add-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/description\/how-do-i-change-my-degree-major-or-add-a-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I change my degree\/major or add a minor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are in a degree program other than a B.Sc. (i.e., B.A., B.P.A., B. Eng., B.S.W., B. Cog Sci), you will have to submit an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.carleton.ca\/applicant-type\/internal-applicants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Internal Admissions Application.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are currently in a B.Sc. program and wish to <strong>change your major<\/strong> (i.e., Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Food Science and Nutrition, etc.), you will need to request a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/making-program-changes\/changing-your-major\/\">Change of Program Elements<\/a> in Carleton Central. This &#8216;change of program elements&#8217; is also used to <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/making-program-changes\/adding-or-dropping-minorsconcentration\/\">add a minor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Academic Advising Centre can assist in providing a general overview of <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">some <\/em>program majors or minors. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/aac-request-form\/\">More info available here. <\/a>Once you have a specific program or minor in mind, consult with the major or minor&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/departmental-advisors-a-z\/\">Undergraduate Administrator\/Advisor<\/a> to ensure you&#8217;re aware of remaining course requirements and pathways to graduation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[94],"class_list":["post-672","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-general-faq"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9224,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/672\/revisions\/9224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/neuroscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}