Full-time students normally declare their major in the second semester of their second year, although some majors encourage students to declare even earlier in order to facilitate the planning needed for an appropriate sequence of the courses required to complete the major within four years.
Part-time students normally declare their major by the time they have completed 60 credits.
Declaration is done by submitting a major/minor declaration form, available online at http://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/academics/forms/majordec.html. Some academic departments may have prerequisites and/or require approval by an adviser. For more information regarding declaring a minor, please see the School of Arts and Sciences website at http://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/academics/advising/major.html.
