{"id":39,"date":"2021-09-24T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/major-minor-change\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:20:12","slug":"major-minor-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/major-minor-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Major and Minor Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Registration &amp; Records Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/transcripts-and-verifications\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Transcripts &#038; Verifications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/registration\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Registering for Classes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/m.butler.edu\/index.php\/app\/catalog\/listCatalogCareers\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Class Search<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/academic-calendar-for-2026-2027\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Academic Calendar<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/graduation\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Applying to Graduate<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/transferring-credits-to-butler\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Transferring Credits to Butler<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/student-center\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Get to Know Your Student Center<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/major-minor-change\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Major and Minor Changes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/grades-exams\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Final Grades and Exams<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/staff\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Registration and Records Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/transferring-credits-to-butler\/credit-through-testing\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Test Credits and Advanced Placement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/my.butler.edu\/rr\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >R&#038;R\u2014For Faculty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/name-gender-address\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Name \/ Gender \/ Address Information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/registrar\/bulletin\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Academic Bulletins<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-and-minor-changes\">Major and Minor Changes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequent to enrollment and matriculation, any student wishing to change from one Butler college to another should consult the deans of both the college in which the student is currently enrolled and the college to which transfer is being requested. The student can consult with their academic advisor on the process to declare a major, change a major or add a minor to the course of study. Changes of major within a college should be initiated by consulting the office of the dean of the student&#8217;s current college or the Student Success Center. 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