The catalogue contains program requirements for undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as information regarding honors programs, tuition and fees, financial aid, student life, registration, examinations, requirements for graduation and exception procedures. Unlike degree requirements, some changes in regulations, policies and procedures are immediate and supersede those in any prior USC Catalogue . Examples include, but are not limited to, the policy on the grade of incomplete, degree award date and continuous enrollment for graduate students. Supplemental or secondary majors and minors may be added at anytime after you have declared your primary major. Major and minor programs of study must be recorded in the Office of Academic Records and Registrar.
Many academic departments can also perform a change of major for their students.
Keep track of your degree requirements Undergraduate degree requirements consist of grade point averages, unit requirements, residency requirements, writing requirement, diversity requirement, a language requirement for some students, general education requirements, pre-major and major requirements and minor requirements. These degree requirements are described in complete detail in the USC Catalogue . A degree progress summary report will be prepared and mailed to you after you earn 80 units. Be aware of time limits for completing your undergraduate degree program While there are no specific time limits for completing bachelor's degrees, over the years many departments change their major requirements in accordance with developments in the field and department, and in some cases a degree program is discontinued. If you don't complete your degree within six consecutive years from the beginning of the semester of your first completed USC course work, you will not be allowed automatically to continue following your pre-major, major and minor requirements.