In doing so, students lose some of the credits accrued for previously declared majors. This is one of the principal reasons for the necessity of accumulating units in excess of 180 for graduating with a single degree. Students who switch several times from major to major are very marginal students who should not be allowed to abuse the public funding of education. The Academic Senate should consider placing a limit on the number of switches allowed for a single degree. My proposal is one switch.
Students are rational and malleable human beings.
They will adjust their behavior within the reasonable and feasible confines suggested above. I wish to advance the idea that our courses are tendentially over-valued because of the formula used to allocate teaching funds. It is well known that departments obtain teaching funds in relation to the amount of teaching they offer. This amount is measured by the headcount of each class times the number of course units. It is obvious, therefore, that the more units are assigned to a course the more money a department obtains.