Declaring Your Major (or Minor)

Petition to declare a major as soon as you complete major qualification requirements, or reach your declaration deadline quarter, whichever comes first. Students who enter UCSC as frosh or sophomores must be formally declared in a major before enrolling in their third year (or equivalent). Junior transfer students must be declared in a major by the deadline in their second term at UCSC.

Beginning fall 2022 we have a new major declaration process that will be easier for all students!

Step 1: Log into MyUCSC and click the link to submit the Petition for Major/Minor

• If you are not logged into MyUCSC prior to clicking the petition link, you will need to navigate to your Student Homepage and select the Undergraduate Student eForms tile > Petition for Major/Minor to access the form.

Step 2: Follow all of the instructions provided in the links below for the major you're trying to declare. If you have questions, contact your major advising office about the other steps in the declaration process. Petitioning is only one part of major/minor declaration.

If you are planning to declare a double major or major/minor program, please review this information before getting started.

• Agroecology B.A.
• Anthropology B.A. or Minor
• Applied Linguistics & Multilingualism B.A.
• Applied Mathematics B.S. or Minor
• Applied Physics B.S.
• Art B.A.
• Art & Design: Games and Playable Media B.A.
• Assistive Technology Minor
• Astrophysics B.S. or Minor
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B.S.
• Bioelectronics & Biophotonics Minor
• Bioinformatics Minor
• Biology B.A.
• Biology B.S. or Minor
• Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics B.S.
• Biotechnology B.S.
• Black Studies Minor
• Business Management Economics B.A.
• Chemistry B.A. and Minor
• Chemistry B.S. and Minor
• Classical Studies B.A. or Minor
• Cognitive Science B.S.
• Community Studies B.A.
• Computer Engineering B.S or Minor
• Computer Science B.S. or Minor
• Computer Science: Computer Game Design B.S.
• Critical Race and Ethnic Studies B.A.
• Dance Minor
• Earth Sciences B.S. or Minor
• Earth Sciences/Anthropology Combined B.A.
• East Asian Studies Minor
• Ecology and Evolution B.S.
• Economics B.A. and Minor
• Economics/Math Combined B.A.
• Education Minor
• Education, Democracy, and Justice B.A.
• Electrical Engineering B.S. or Minor
• Electronic Music Minor
• Environmental Sciences B.S.
• Environmental Studies B.A.
• Environmental Studies/Biology Combined B.A.
• Environmental Studies/Earth Sciences Combined B.A.
• Environmental Studies/Economics Combined B.A.
• Feminist Studies B.A.
• Film and Digital Media B.A. or Minor
• GISES Minor (Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies)
• Global Economics B.A.
• History ​​B.A. or Minor
• History of Art & Visual Culture B.A. and Minor
• History of Consciousness Minor 
• Human Biology B.S.
• Italian Studies Minor
• Jazz Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation Minor
• Jewish Studies B.A. or Minor
• Language Studies B.A. and Minor
• Latin American & Latino Studies B.A. or Minor
• Latin American & Latino Studies/ Politics Combined B.A.
• Latin American & Latino Studies/ Sociology Combined B.A.
• Legal Studies B.A. and Minor
• Linguistics B.A. and Minor
• Literature B.A. or Minor
• Marine Biology B.S.
• Mathematics B.A., Double-Major, or Minor
• Mathematics Education B.A., Double-Major, or Minor
• Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology B.S.
• Music B.A., B.M. and Minor
• Network and Digital Technology B.A.
• Neuroscience B.S.
• Philosophy B.A. or Minor 
• Physics B.S. or Minor
• Plant Sciences B.S.
• Politics B.A. or Minor
• Psychology B.A.
• Robotics Engineering B.S.
• Science Education B.S.
• Sociology B.A.
• Spanish Studies B.A. or Minor
• Statistics Minor
• STEM Education Minor (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
• Sustainability Studies Minor
• Technology and Info. Management B.S. or Minor
• Theater Arts B.A. or Minor
• Western Art Music Minor