Change of Major Applications

In order to change a major into a Science major, please complete and submit a Change of Major Application by the submission deadline (see below). The applications are online and the links to the applications will only be available during the application period (see below). The applications will be reviewed after grades and academic standing posts for the current semester. Therefore, students will be notified of acceptance or denial several weeks into the next semester. 

Submitting a Change of Major Application does not automatically result in being admitted to the major you are interested in. During the application process students should continue to make progress in their current major and ONLY take the courses needed for the change of major application.

Application period and deadline:

Nov. 1st at 12:00 am - Dec. 1st at 11:59 pm for the Spring semester
Apr. 1st at 12:00 am - May 1st at 11:59 pm for the Fall semester

Application links:

In order to submit an application, you must be logged into your SJSU email.

Apply for any Biology majors / concentrations

Apply for any Chemistry majors

Apply for any Computer Science or Data Science majors

Apply for Geology or Earth System

Apply for any Mathematics or Statistics majors

Apply for any Meteorology or Climate Science

Apply for any Physics majors

Requirements and Advising:

Biology Change of Major Advising

  • BA Biology
  • BS Ecology and Evolution
  • BS Marine Biology
  • BS Biology, Microbiology
  • BS Biology, Molecular Biology
  • BS Biology, Systems Physiology

Chemistry Change of Major Advising

  • BA Chemistry
  • BS Chemistry
  • BS Chemistry, Biochemistry

Computer Science Change of Major Advising 

  • BS Computer Science
  • BS Data Science
  • BS Computer Science & Linguistics

Geology Change of Major Advising

  • BS Earth System Science
  • BS Geology

Mathematics & Statistics Change of Major Advising

  • BA Math
  • BA Mathematics, Integrated Teacher Education Program
  • BS Applied Mathematics, Applied and Computational Mathematics
  • BS Statistics

Meteorology Change of Major Advising

  • BS Climate Science
  • BS Meteorology

Physics Change of Major Advising

  • BA Physics
  • BA Physics, Preparation for Teaching
  • BS Physics