Major Declaration

Use this form to declare a single major or double majors.  You may also utilize this form to change your major or degree plans.

Change of Major requests MUST be submitted for the current term no later than the 10th day of classes. Any change of majors after the 10th day will be changed for the following term up until the 10th day of classes.

Business Unassigned (undeclared) students may declare their first major at any time. Declared majors may change to another major within the Gies College of Business between the 10th day of class and the last business day prior to the start of advanced registration. Requests from declared majors received at other times will not be processed until the next change of major period. Students who declare the Accountancy or Accountancy+Data Science Major will need to meet with the academic advisors in the Accountancy Department.  Students who declare Finance or Business Administration major(s) will meet with academic advisors in the Office of Undergraduate Affairs.

Majors with Declaration Criteria

Some majors in Gies have an application or criteria that must first be met before a student can declare the major.  If a major does not have any declaration criteria listed below, that means any Gies Undergraduate student is eligible to declare that major.

Supply Chain Management - students must complete an application and receive Program Director Approval to declare this major.  More information on this major and the application process can be found here.

Business + Data Science, Accountancy + Data Science & Finance + Data Science - students must complete the following criteria prior to being allowed to declare the +Data Science Majors:

  • Credit for STAT 107: Data Science Discovery
  • Credit for MATH 234 (or MATH 220 or MATH 221): Business Calculus (or Calculus 1)
  • Illinois gpa of 3.33 or higher
  • Catalog year of Fall 2021 or later

Why does my Degree Audit (DARS) only show one major?

DARS will only display one major at a time. If you are pursuing two majors, you must run a second report for your declared major. When running the second major report be sure to select YOUR catalog year (the semester and year you began college). Also note, if you are pursuing a MINOR, the minor will ONLY display in your primary default major DARS near the bottom of the report.