Vocational testing can serve as an additional tool for assessing your interests and strengths and it is available through the Career Service Center . If you are considering professional or graduate school after graduation, do not assume that only one major is appropriate. Professional schools such as law, medicine, or business, accept students from a wide range of majors. Admission boards are concerned more about good grades, high scores on admissions exams, and strong letters of recommendation rather than a particular major. Consult a catalog from the schools that interest you since some, like medicine, have specific prerequisites for admission.
Graduate programs are similar.
It is possible to major in one discipline and attend graduate school in another providing grades and Graduate Record Exam scores are high, letters of recommendation are good, and you have demonstrated either with prerequisites or a trial period that you are competent in the discipline. Changing a Major Students in good academic standing can petition to transfer from another college to the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences or from one major to another within the College, provided they complete the new major within the 216 unit limit. In order to change your major, complete a change of major petition and meet with the department advisor to receive departmental approval. The deadline for submission of major changes is the end of third week each quarter. New students may change their major from that indicated on the application for admission by filing a petition for change of major in the Undergraduate Admission s Office prior to the end of the third week of their first quarter.