DE
CLA
RING
A
MAJOR
E
nte
ring
s
tudent
s
a
t
a
liberal
arts
and
sciences
university
such
as
Southwestern
are
ur
ged
to
e
xplore
the
optio
ns
of
f
e
r
ed
befor
e
m
aking
an
o
f
ficial
declaration
of
a
major
.
Howe
ver
,
some
d
e
gre
e
pr
ogra
ms,
s
uch
as
art,
mus
ic,
langua
ges
or
the
natural
scie
nces,
require
that
students
e
nte
r
a
se
que
nc
e
of
cours
es
in
t
heir
firs
t
s
em
es
t
er
in
order
to
complete
the
program
in
four
years.
T
he
D
ir
ec
tor
of
Ac
ademic
Success
and
Advi
sin
g
will
assign
entering
students
who
indicate
int
er
es
t
in
s
uch
programs
to
academic
advi
sers
who
will
guide
students
accordingly
.
D
uri
ng
the
s
oph
omor
e
year
,
no
later
than
t
he
spring
adv
ising
period
f
or
pre-registration
for
the
juni
or
ye
ar
,
st
ude
nts
mus
t
declare
a
major
from
the
list
o
f
majors
in
the
catalog
by
submitting
a
c
omple
te
d
“R
eq
ue
s
t
for
Degree
Plan”
to
t
he
Registrar
’
s
Of
fice.
Students
who
experience
dif
fi
cult
y
in
choos
ing
a
major
are
encouraged
t
o
contac
t
the
Center
for
Academic
Success.
The
O
f
f
ic
e
of
Ca
re
er
S
er
vices
of
fers
s
e
veral
int
erest
and
personality
inventories
to
assist
students
in
ide
ntif
ying
how
the
ir
interes
ts
a
nd
abiliti
es
may
relate
to
a
particular
major
.
S
tude
nts
who
are
s
till
unde
c
ided
s
hould
make
a
tentative
sel
ect
io
n
of
a
major
and
construct
a
course
of
s
tudy
unde
r
a
te
ntat
ive
de
gree
plan.
DE
GREE
PLA
NS
E
ac
h
st
udent’
s
progres
s
t
oward
gr
aduation
i
s
recorded
on
a
degree
plan
specifying
the
courses,
gr
ade
s,
s
eme
st
er
hours
and
other
require
ment
s
for
the
particular
degree
and
major
that
the
s
tudent
has
chose
n
to
purs
ue.
Each
s
tudent
is
responsible
for
meeting
all
catalog
requirements
f
or
a
par
tic
ular
de
gree
and
major
.
T
he
degree
p
lan
as
sists
the
student,
the
student’
s
academic
a
dvise
r
a
nd
the
R
egis
trar
’
s
Of
f
ice
in
t
racking
t
h
ese
requir
ements.
T
o
guide
s
tude
nts
in
planning
their
courses
of
study
,
many
of
the
courses
listed
in
this
catalog
indi
ca
te
the
s
em
es
ter
in
which
the
cours
e
i
s
nor
mally
of
fered.
However
,
the
University
doe
s
not
gua
ra
nte
e
tha
t
a
c
ourse
will
be
of
f
e
r
ed
i
n
a
particular
semester
,
as
cha
nging
circumstances
may
dic
ta
te
an
a
lte
ra
tion
in
the
us
ual
patt
er
n
of
cour
se
of
f
e
r
ings.
W
hen
a
st
ude
nt
dec
lares
a
degree
program
contained
in
a
catalog,
the
requirements
for
the
pr
ogra
m,
if
cha
nge
d
in
a
l
a
ter
catalog,
w
i
l
l
expi
re
four
and
one-half
years
from
the
date
of
the
c
at
alog.
MUL
TIPL
E
MAJOR
S
AND
P
AIRED
M
AJO
RS
A
ca
ndida
te
m
ay
re
ceive
more
than
one
m
ajor
by
completing
all
of
the
requirements
in
each
of
the
ma
jors
(not
i
n
the
same
s
ubject
area).
Subj
ects
norm
ally
of
fered
for
upper
-level
e
lectives
ma
y
be
incl
uded
in
the
s
econd
major
and
m
eet
the
overall
requirement
for
60
semester
hours
a
bove
t
he
int
roduc
tor
y
level.
No
cours
e
may
satisfy
the
semester
hour
requirements
in
more
tha
n
one
maj
or
or
a
m
ajor
and
a
minor
or
more
than
one
minor
.
The
exception
is
paired
majors,
e
sta
blis
hed
by
t
wo
depart
ment
s
or
pr
ograms
w
ith
the
appr
oval
of
the
Academic
Af
fairs
Council,
in
w
hic
h
a
s
ma
ny
a
s
eight
hours
of
s
pecified
courses
may
count
in
both
majors.
Students
c
onside
ri
ng
mor
e
t
han
one
major
s
hould
be
awa
r
e
that
certain
combinations
of
majors
cannot
be
c
omple
te
d
in
fou
r
year
s.
T
his
can
af
fect
t
he
student’
s
total
cost
of
schooling
and
financial
aid.
S
ECON
D
B
ACC
ALAU
REA
TE
DE
GR
EE
T
o
bec
ome
e
ligi
ble
for
a
s
econd
baccala
ureate
d
egree,
st
udents
must
complete
the
121
semester
hour
s
r
equir
ed
o
f
the
firs
t
degree
plus
a
mi
nim
um
of
30
additional
semester
hours
in
residence,
60
pe
rc
ent
of
whic
h
mus
t
be
above
t
he
int
roduc
tory
level.
Additional
courses
necessar
y
to
meet
the
spe
c
ific
r
equire
ments
of
the
s
econd
degree
must
also
be
of
fered.
Each
degree
must
be
dif
fe
re
nt
a
nd
hav
e
it
s
own
dis
tinctive
maj
or
.
T
wo
bachelor
’
s
degrees
can
be
awarded
s
imult
ane
ously
to
the
s
ame
pers
on.
If
the
s
tudent
pursues
the
second
degree
af
ter
receiving
the
f
irs
t
de
gre
e,
the
a
dditi
onal
30
hour
s
mus
t
be
co
mpleted
af
ter
the
awarding
of
the
fir
st
degree.
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