Division of Undergraduate Studies Enrollment Program DUS is Penn State s enrollment program for students who want to explore the University s academic opportunities before deciding on a field of study and for students in transition from one college or major to another. In DUS, your major is looking at all the majors and deciding which ones you want. Or we are students who have an idea of what we want to major in, but want to take time to make sure that major is right for us. Approximately 80 percent of Penn State s beginning students express some degree of uncertainty about their choice of major. Many also tell us that they know very little about the fields they are considering.
Some students change majors five or six times before graduation.
Students enroll in DUS because they realize they are not ready to make a decision about their academic direction. After their plans crystallize and program requirements are met, they transfer into their new major. I transferred into DUS after my freshman year as a physics major. Had the program not been in existence, I probably would have changed my major seven times before finally deciding on English. Entering Penn State students may request enrollment in DUS through the Penn State admission process.