5. Change of Curriculum

(Revised: 2019)

5.1 Undergraduate students who have completed at least one term of full admission and enrollment at Texas A&M University may initiate a curriculum change starting ten (10) business days following posting of final grades of the previous semester and ending on the twentieth (20th) class day of the current semester per the academic calendar.

5.2 An undergraduate student in their first term of full admission and enrollment at Texas A&M University may initiate a curriculum change before the end of the fifth (5th) day of regular classes.  Curriculum changes may once again be initiated after final grades have posted as described in Section 5.1.

5.3 Application for curriculum change shall be acted upon by the Dean or designee of the colleges concerned. At the time of the change, the Dean or designee of the college to which the transfer is being made shall determine if the application is being accepted or rejected. If accepted, the Dean or designee shall indicate conditions for acceptance, including the date the change will become effective and terms of probation. The decision of the Dean or designee regarding acceptance or rejection of curriculum change applications and any related conditions is final.

5.4 For graduate and professional students, a curriculum change (i.e., a change from one major department to another) is accomplished via petition approved by the original department, the new department and the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies.