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Change of Major Guidelines

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Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

Deadlines (Late applications will not be considered):

Below are the college-level deadlines that appear in the academic calendar:

Fall 2023: Friday, October 6 by 4:30 p.m.

Spring 2024: Friday, March 1 by 4:30 p.m.

***Please note that Psychology uses an early deadline.***  Students may apply to become a Psychology major only from 9/10-9/22 & 2/10-2/22 each academic year.  See the Psychology website for more details on the application and their process: https://psychology.tcnj.edu/academic-programs/becoming-a-psychology-major/

Required Documents

Change of Major/Second Major Form (official Records & Registration form)

Please submit Change of Major/Second Major form with any other required documents (see below) to the major department, not the HSS Dean’s Office.

Minimum Entrance Requirements and Retention Standards by Major:

Minimum Entrance Requirements do not guarantee admission into major. Entrance into some majors is competitive.  Academic Affairs maintains a list of the entrance requirements with capacities for all TCNJ majors.  This document can be found on the Academic Affairs website under Change of Major Information.

African American Studies: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: Must have completed AAS 179: African American History to 1865 (C or above), and AAS 180: African American History 1865-Present (C or above)
  • Retention Requirements: AAS 179: African American History to 1865 (C or above), AAS 180: African American History 1865-Present (C or above), and AAS 378: African American Literature 1920-1980 (C or above)

Anthropology: New major (internal transfer data not yet available)

  • Change of Major: Must have completed one of the following with a grade of C or above: ANT 110: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, ANT 111: Intro to Biological Anthropology, Intro to Archeology, OR ANT 213: Language and Culture AND must have completed one of the following with a grade of C or above: STA 115 OR STA 215 OR PHL 120
  • Retention Requirements: C- or better in each elective course applied to the anthropology major, and a C or better in these “critical content courses”: SOC 301, both methods courses, ANT 110, and the second subfield introduction course (ANT 111 or 112 or 213)

Criminology: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: Must have completed CRI 100: Introduction to Criminology
  • Retention Requirements: No retention requirements

English: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: No entrance requirement
  • Retention Requirements: LIT 101: Cultures and Canons (C) and LIT 102: Approaches to Literature (C)
  • English Secondary Education, English Secondary Urban Education, and English Secondary Special Education: same requirements but there is a strict 40 person limit in major due to teaching placements

History/History Secondary Education: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: No entrance requirement
  • Retention Requirements: HIS 210: Craft of History (C or above), and GPA at 2.0 or above in history courses

International Studies: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: Interview required
  • Retention Requirements: A grade of B- or above in a 200-level language course, and INT 200: International Studies: Processes, Themes, Issues (B- or above)

Philosophy: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: No entrance requirement
  • Retention Requirements: GPA at 2.0 or above

Political Science: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: Must have completed POL 110: American Government OR POL 130/230*: International Relations (C or above)
  • Retention Requirements: POL 200: Political Analysis (C or above)

*NOTE: International Relations was renumbered from 230 to 130 starting in Fall 2020

Psychology: Moderately competitive. Most but not all applicants will be accommodated; 70% acceptance rate. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated good performance in Psychology courses.

  • Change of Major: To apply as a pre-major,  must submit Essay (see department website for details); To apply as a major, must have also completed PSY 101 (C- or above).  Due to competition for admission, acceptance as a pre-major, and conversion from pre-major to major status, depend on capacity.
  • Retention Requirements: PSY 101: General Psychology, PSY 121: Methods and Tools of Psychology, PSY 203: Design and Statistical Analysis, and PSY 299: Research Seminar (C- or above in all listed courses with a maximum of two attempts at each); please see https://psychology.tcnj.edu/about/retention-policy/ for more details.

Sociology: 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: Must have completed SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology (C or above) and STA 115 OR STA 215 (C or above)
  • Retention Requirements: Students must earn a C- or better in each elective course applied to the sociology major, and a C or better in these “critical content courses”: SOC 301, SOC 302, and SOC 101/HON 216 

Undeclared- Humanities and Social Sciences:

  • Change of Major: We do not accept internal transfer students into the HSS Undeclared program
  • Retention Requirements: Only open to first and second-year students.

World Languages and Cultures:  Spanish- Open to all who meet criteria. 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: To apply as a pre-major, must have completed SPA 211 (B- or above); To apply as a major, must have completed SPA 215 (B- or above)
  • Retention Requirements: SPA 211: Intermediate Writing Proficiency (B- or above), SPA 215: Spanish Phonetics (B- or above), and SPA 241: Introduction to Literature in Spanish (B- or above)

World Languages and Cultures: World Languages and Linguistics- Open to all who meet criteria. This is a new program.

  • Change of Major: ANT 213 or LNG 201 or WLC 215 (C+ or above), AND a grade of B- or above first 200-level language course (or higher)
  • Retention Requirements: ANT 213 or LNG 201 or WLC 215 (C+ or above), LNG 202 or WLC 220 or WLC 321 (C+ or above), a grade of B- or above first 200-level language course (or higher)

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Open to all who meet criteria. 100% of qualified internal transfer applicants were admitted to this program last academic year.

  • Change of Major: No entrance requirement
  • Retention Requirements: WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (C- or above), WGS 325 Feminist Theories (C- or above), and WGS 365 Black Feminist Thought (C- or above)

 


Contact

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social Sciences Building, Room 302
The College of New Jersey
P.O. Box 7718
2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628

609.771.3434
hss@tcnj.edu

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