{"id":1512,"date":"2022-04-13T13:31:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=1512"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:22:07","slug":"changing-a-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/changing-a-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing a Major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not unusual for a student to change a major after entering college.\u00a0 Students are encouraged to explore several programs within the disciplines involved before deciding upon their major programs and to consult with faculty members and\u00a0Academic Advisors\u00a0concerning their future plan.\u00a0 A student may change a major at any time simply by completing a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/05\/Change-of-Major-Minor-or-Concentration.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2024\/05\/Change-of-Major-Minor-or-Concentration.pdf\">Change of Major Form<\/a>.\u00a0 Major changes are processed prior to the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.\u00a0 These forms may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar or may be downloaded from our website (See-<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/frequently-used-forms\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1353\">Frequently Us<\/a><a href=\"\/registrar\/frequently-used-forms\/\">e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/frequently-used-forms\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1353\">d Forms<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not unusual for a student to change a major after entering college.\u00a0 Students are encouraged to explore several programs within the disciplines involved before deciding upon their major programs and to consult with faculty members and\u00a0Academic Advisors\u00a0concerning their future plan.\u00a0 A student may change a major at any time simply by completing a&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/changing-a-major\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Changing a Major<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}