College Advising College Advisors Penn InTouch 2000 College Worksheet Procedures and Regulations Application to a major must be made by the second semester of the sophomore year prior to advance registration for the first semester of the junior year. Students should read carefully this bulletin's description of the major program in which they are interested. They should then meet with the undergraduate chair of that department or program to plan their major program as well as with an assistant dean for advising to discuss their overall program. The minimum qualification for acceptance into a major program is a grade point average of 2.0 in those major and major-related courses that a student has already taken.
Some majors require a higher average.
The specific rules that govern each major are those in effect at the time the student declares the major. Handouts with the current description of each major are available in the College Office and in the departments. Students are usually assigned a major advisor at the time they are accepted into the major. Only the department or program in question can make exceptions to the regulations governing a major program. Only the department or program advisors determine which credits transferred from another institution can count toward the major at Penn.