Hence there are no required first-year courses. Although it is a good idea, prior to arriving on campus, to begin making a list of courses in which you might like to enroll your first year, make it a long list and consider it a tentative one. During the four days of Orientation, you will learn about our academic departments, programs, and courses. You will also have ample opportu-nities to find out about particular courses, the proper level at which to begin, or your advanced placement test scores and credits. Your faculty advisor and your upperclass coun-selor will be a big help to you as you choose your schedule of courses during Orientation.
Every student is required to complete a major course of study for graduation.
Normally, students declare their majors in the spring of the sophomore year, although some do so at the end of the first year and others wait until the junior year. I want to emphasize that you should not be concerned if you are unsure of a major at this time. The natural tendency is to enroll in disciplines that are possible majors, and this is quite common. Many upperclass students will tell you that they had no notion of their present major until they discovered it by sampling unfamiliar disciplines. It simply requires that each student complete two semesters within each of any five departments distributed over the four academic divisions of the College.