Update your major, minor, or certificate
Thinking of taking a different path?
If you are an undergraduate student and have decided to make a change to your educational goals, we can help. It’s easy to update your major, your school, or even the campus where you’re studying.
And meeting with your advisor is key.
You can review your academic progress and plan of study through your planner and degree progress report. Your advisor can help you use these tools to make the best decisions about your academic goals.
Before you make a change
Changing your plan of study could have an impact on your degree progress and your finances. To best prepare you for your new path, take a moment to review the following helpful information.
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Run a what-if academic advising report
Learn how changing plans might impact your degree progress.
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Calculate your cost
See how a change might affect your tuition rate.
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Check your financial aid
Federal, state, and scholarship funds might be affected.
Note: If you want to follow a pre-professional path within your current major rather than switch majors, talk to your advisor about adding pre-professional intent to your student record to receive special advising for your desired plan of study.
Update your major, minor, or certificate
You can make updates to your plan of study by contacting the school that awards the credential you want to earn. Choose the appropriate school from the following list to see instructions and special information about how to work with them.
- Admissions
- To declare, add, change, or remove a major
- To declare, add, change, or remove a minor
- To declare, add, change, or remove a certificate: Business Foundations, Venture Creation, and Real Estate
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- Admissions: Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 and have completed 12 credits or more with a minimum grade of C- to be admitted.
- To declare, add, change, or remove a major, minor, or certificate
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- Contact
- Applications for the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene are due February 1 each year to start classes in the fall.
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- Admissions: Whether you want to teach in an elementary or secondary school, become a reading specialist, or pursue a career in special education, we have an undergraduate program to prepare you for teaching in diverse schools, now and in the future. There are two ways to be admitted to the IU School of Education at IU Indianapolis (SOE) as an undergraduate student: (1) Declare SOE as your school of choice when you apply to IU Indianapolis to be directly admitted or (2) Apply to University College, then switch to the School of Education once you’ve completed 12 credit hours with a GPA of at least 2.5.
- To declare, add, change, or remove a major, minor, or certificate
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- Admissions
- Declare minor or certificate
- To declare a major: Contact us to meet with an SHHS advisor.
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- Admissions: Students must be in good academic standing to be admitted to the School of Liberal Arts with a major or certificate. Some programs have specific department approvals. If you are a University College student ready to certify into the school of Liberal Arts, please choose the Change Major option.
- To declare, add, change, or remove a major, minor, or certificate
- Website
- Contact: Advising, Records, or General Liberal Arts Information
- Health Professions Programs Admissions
- Students interested in pursuing any of the majors within the Indiana University School of Medicine's Health Professions programs will need to contact the Health and Life Sciences Advising Center
- To get additional information about each of the Health Professions programs and ask questions about the application process, contact the Health Professions Programs Office
- Admissions: Students must apply and be admitted to the School of Nursing to pursue a nursing degree
- To apply to the School of Nursing
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- IU Indianapolis students are welcome to apply to the IU School of Social Work. Please look at the criteria and details on the IUSSW website. Applications are due in the spring to begin classes with us in the fall.
- Contact the BSW Student Services Coordinator and Recruitment Specialist, Jewel Mosley, with questions.
- For Exploratory Interest: Students who want to be exploratory or are undecided about their major can make an appointment to meet with an exploratory advisor.
- Pre-majors: Students who do not meet the admissions requirements for their degree-granting school can change to a pre-major with University College. Advisors in University College work with students to make degree progress while preparing for admission to their degree-granting program.
- Information on the majors and clusters represented in University College
- To schedule an appointment with a University College advisor
- To update a major or pre-professional interest, minor, or certificate
- If you are in University College and want to add or change your minor or certificate, choose the name of the school in this list that offers the minor or certificate to submit your request.
- Contact: Advising: Tradara McLaurine
Change your campus
Want to visit another IU campus? Or considering transferring to finish your degree?
Still need help?
If you’re ready for a change, but you’re not sure where to go next, you can use our Degrees & Majors page to find your new path. Your advisor can also help you decide your best next move.
IU Indianapolis
Office of the Registrar
Campus Center, Room 250
420 University Blvd
Indianapolis,
IN
46202
USA
Monday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
The registrar's office has revised hours for winter break: December 23-24 we close at noon, December 25-January 1 our office will be closed, and January 1-2 we close at noon.