A student who is currently
registered in a program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences may apply
for a change of department or program by completing the proper form and
submitting a detailed description of the reason for the change.
Students may request a
change:
- from one PhD program to
another PhD program
- from a PhD program to a Free-Standing
Master’s program
- from one Fee-Standing
Master’s program to another.
NOTE: A change of department or program is not
allowed from a Free-Standing Master’s program to a PhD program. You may not use a change of department or
program form to apply to another division or school of the University; a formal
application for admission to the intended school is required.
Change of department
requests cannot be made within the first semester of enrollment.
Approval for such requests is
solely at the discretion of the faculty of the department or program to which
you are applying and the deans.
Once the request is approved, you are considered to
be a student in the new department or program.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that you consider thoroughly requesting
a change of department or program.
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