Period and Scope

1. 1
   Change of Major refers to a change to another department, major, or college of the same grade. Students are allowed to change their major during the second semester of their second year, or before the first semester of their third year. A student may change his/her major only once before graduation.
2. 2
   Each department, college, or major will accept transferred students, up to a maximum of 20% of their student body. The College of Humanities and the College of Social Studies will allow transfers up to a maximum of 10% of their student body. A transfer to another major within the same department should be made before the first semester of the third year. Students are not allowed to transfer to the College of Pharmacy or the College of Nursing. Students who have been admitted in recognition of their special abilities and students with fixed majors are not allowed to transfer to other majors.

Qualifications

Students who meet the following three requirements are eligible to change their major.

1. 1

   Acquired the credits required for the enrolled period, and received GPA of 2.50 or higher

   Minimum Required Credits by Year

   Minimum Required Credits by Year

   Number of Credits in the Program	132 Credits	140 Credits	150 Credits (College of Pharmacy)	168 Credits (Architectural Engineering Major)
   First Year	33 Credits	35 Credits	37 Credits	34 Credits
   First Semester of Second Year	49.5 Credits	52.5 Credits	55.5 Credits	51 Credits
   Second Year	66 Credits	70 Credits	74 Credits	68 Credits

   • Programs with 140 Credits: College of Engineering, College of Law, College of Education, College of Nano Science and Technology, College of Natural Resources and Life Science (Department of Bio Systems), Department of Landscape, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Industrial Architecture, and Department of Nursing
   • Programs with 132 Credits: College of Humanities, College of Social Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, College of Business, College of Human Ecology, College of Arts, College of Sports Science, College of Natural Resources and Life Science (Department of Natural Resources and Life Science and Department of Applied Life Science), and Department of Agricultural Economics
2. 2
   Completed all of the basic major courses required by the original department (college) for the freshman year
3. 3
   Completed at least six credits of basic major courses or required major courses for the department (college) to be transferred to

Procedure

A student who intends to transfer to another major is required to submit an application for major transfer that has been signed by the Head of the original department to the Head of the Department (College) to which the student wishes to be transferred.

Required Credits for Transferred Students

Transferred students are required to take all of the major courses of the transferred department, major, or college, regardless of the number of credits already acquired. When students of non-education departments, who are selected for the teacher certification program, transfer to another department in which the program is established, the former credits of the program are not valid. When students of non-education departments, including students who took the teacher certification program, gain approval for transfer to education majors, they are allowed to take the teacher certification program.

Acknowledgement of Credits for Transferred Students

• When courses taken by transferred students, specially admitted students, double major students, and combined major students are presumed to be the same as the courses designated by the department, the credits and the GPA are reflected.
• Specially admitted students are presumed to acquire credits for general courses in the years prior to their special admission.