Declaring a Major or Minor

The major/minor declaration process asks you to plan out your path to completing the major/minor requirements. We do require that you lay out a complete and feasible plan to complete the requirements at the point of declaration, as evidence of your understanding of these requirements. You are welcome to make changes to these plans as you work through the major, but you are responsible for understanding if these changes impact your ability to complete the requirements on your outlined schedule. If you have questions about changes to the declaration plan, please check in.

Note: We encourage students to complete the declaration process electronically. You are welcome to stop by PSC advising hours with questions about the declaration process, but we do require an electronic record of all major declaration forms. If you bring a printed out form to advising hours for approval, we will ask you to send us a picture of the completed form for our records.

Declaring a PSC Major/Minor if CCAS is your home school:

1. Familiarize yourself with the major/minor requirements, as listed on the PSC website and in the GW Bulletin. The degreemap "what if" function is also useful (but not perfect!).
2. Complete one of the prefilled major/minor declaration forms linked below. On page 1, fill in your personal information. On page 2, list the semester, course number, and location of each PSC requirement, and sign at the bottom.
3. After you have filled out your portions of the form, email it to pscdusgwu [dot] edu (pscdus[at]gwu[dot]edu). We will review the form to ensure your course plan meets major/minor requirements, sign, and send it back to you. During busy seasons (at the start and end of semesters, and during registration) and over summer, it may take us up to a week to process.
4. Be sure that you have signed the bottom of page 2, and submit to CCAS Advising for processing. During busy seasons, it may take that office several business days to process.
5. Complete the PSC Major declaration info survey (minors do not need to complete, but can). This makes sure you have some key information about next steps and resources, and helps the department track some key information and know which students are interested in what career paths (i.e. campaigning, PhD programs, etc, etc).

Declaring a PSC Major/Minor if you are in another school:

1. Familiarize yourself with the major/minor requirements, as listed on the PSC website and in the GW Bulletin. The degreemap "what if" function is also useful (but not perfect!).
2. If you are not housed in CCAS, please complete your home school's major/minor declaration form listing your planned schedule of all PSC requirements.
3. After you have filled out your portions of the form, email it to pscdusgwu [dot] edu (pscdus[at]gwu[dot]edu). We will review the form to ensure your course plan meets major/minor requirements, sign, and send it back to you. During busy seasons (at the start and end of semesters, and during registration) and over summer, it may take us up to a week to process.
4. Send the signed form to your home school advising office. During busy seasons, it may take that office several business days to process.
5. Complete the PSC Major declaration info survey (minors do not need to complete, but can). This makes sure you have some key information about next steps and resources, and helps the department track some key information and know which students are interested in what career paths (i.e. campaigning, PhD programs, etc, etc).