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Department Declaration and Major Selection

Declaring Department/Division

A. Definition

Undergraduates who have not declared a major must apply for their department/division during the preliminary or final department/division declaration period.

B. Application period (the scheduled period)

Preliminary application: At the end of their 2nd semester for the 1st year students or for students who have completed 32 credits or more.
Final Application: Beginning of their 2nd semester for 2nd year students or for students who have completed 48 credits or more.

C. Application procedure

Preliminary application
Complete the application form
Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
Final Application
Complete the final application form
Obtain approval from the relevant authority after hearing comments from the Head of the relevant Department /Division at the Office of Academic Affairs.
Once the final decision is made, the Dean of Academic Affairs will inform the Head of relevant Department/Division within one week after the decision date.

D. Required documents

Application form for Undergraduate Department/Division Declaration [go to format]

E. Important notes

Students who fail to apply for a department/division for no suitable reasons can only register for 12 credits or less until they finally declare a department/division.
Scholarship, tuition subsidiary, meal allowance will not be given until they declare a department/division.

Minor and double major

A. Eligibility

Students who have obtained a minimum of 33 credits or a maximum of 98 credits can apply for minor or double major.

B. Application period

Within 2 weeks after the beginning of each semester.

C. Cancellation Period.

Within 4 weeks after the beginning of each semester.

D. Credit requirement

Minor: Students must complete 18 credits or more of major required courses offered in their minor department
Double major: Students must complete 40 credits or more of major required courses offered in their 2nd major department
* Students maybe asked to complete special courses for their minor and double major, if it is necessary to fulfill the course requirements for a relevant department/division.

E. Application process

Complete application form
Obtain Approval from your academic advisor and the Head of the relevant department/division
Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
Final Approval for Minor/Double major

F. Required documents

One copy of Application form for Minor/Double Major
One copy of Cancellation of Application Minor/Double Major form
One copy of Transcript

G. Important notes

Student cannot apply for both Minor and Double major
Students who have not declared a major cannot apply for minor or double major
If courses in students’ first major department and in minor/double major department are overlapped, a maximum of 9 credits of those overlapped courses are recognized.

Department Transfer

A. Definition

Student may transfer to another department/division of their choice.

B. Application period

The same as the registration period fof each semester.

C. Application and procedure

Complete the application form
Consult and get approval from your academic advisor and the head of the new and previous departments=>Get approval from your affiliated organization: only applicable to general scholarship receipients) ->Submit the form to the academic Registrar’s Team

D. Limits to the Department Transfer

Transferring departments is only allowed to students who are able to complete credit requirements of the new department within the maximum time allowed for each degree.
Only limited to students who are able to complete credit requirements of the new department and the students should have completed at least 1 semester of their full time study at their previous department for undergraduates, at least 2 semesters (1 year) for master’s students, and at least 4 semesters (2 years) for doctoral students .
Transferring departments is only allowed to a maximum of 10% of national scholarship recipients (master’s and doctoral students) in the previous department

E. Required documents

One copy of the Application for Department Transfer [go to form]
Approval from academic advisors and the head of previous and new departments/divisions.(Included in the application form)
One copy of the Transcript
Approval from the affiliated organization (for general scholarship recipients)

The Academic Registrar’s Team (ART) / Tel: 042-350-2367