Change or Add a Major, Minor or Certificate

If you're pursuing a CU Boulder undergraduate degree, you have the option to declare a major, minor or certificate. If you're pursuing a graduate degree, you can often declare a certificate as well.

Learn more about intra-university transfer and change of major tuition changes.

Adding or Changing a Major Outside Your Current College or School

If you're a current CU Boulder student and you want to declare a major or pursue an additional degree within a different college, school or program than the one you're currently in, complete the Intra-University Transfer (IUT) process.

Learn More About Intra-University Transfer

All Other Major and Minor Changes

Before you submit a major-change request with your current college or school, contact your advisor to discuss potential impacts. Â鶹ÒùÔº in certain colleges can schedule an advising appointment through Buff Portal Advising, and any undergrad can take advantage of campuswide drop-in advising hours.

If you're currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences and want to add, change or drop a major or minor within Arts & Sciences, please log in to Buff Portal Advising. Use the "Meet with Different Advisor" link to request a major or minor change through an online form.

If you're a current student in any program and want to add, change or drop a College of Arts & Sciences minor, log in to Buff Portal Advising and use the "Meet with Different Advisor" link to request an Arts & Sciences minor through an online form.

To discuss your situation with an academic advisor, log into Buff Portal Advising to explore available options, which may include an individual appointment or drop-in advising.

Majors: If you want to change your area of emphasis (major) or add another emphasis, email your current advisor to request the change. If you who don’t know your advisor’s information, you may contact leedsug@colorado.edu for assistance.

Minors: Current Leeds students cannot add a business minor. Instead, if you want to declare a minor offered by another college or program, contact the college offering the minor for more information.

If you're not currently enrolled in the School of Business, you may apply for the business minor by following the instructions and deadlines on the Business Minor application webpage.

If you're a current School of Education student, log in to Buff Portal Advising and schedule an appointment with your advisor to discuss major changes and licensures.

For education minors, complete the corresponding declaration for or application the Education Undergraduate Programs website.

Advisors are available during the campus-wide Advising Open Hours.

If you're a current environmental design student who wants to change your specialization (major), log in to Buff Portal Advising and schedule an appointment with your advisor to discuss specialization or major changes.

If you want to declare a minor or change your minor within environmental design, visit the Environmental Planning Minor webpage for more information.

If you're a current College of Media, Communication and Information student who wants to change to a different major, log in to Buff Portal Advising and schedule an appointment with your advisor.

To change or add a College of Media, Communication and Information minor, log in to Buff Portal Advising and use the "Meet with Different Advisor" link to request minor change through an online form, or meet with an advisor to discuss your situation.

If you're a current music student who wants to change your specialization, log in to Buff Portal Advising and schedule an appointment with your advisor to discuss specialization and major changes. You’ll also need to complete the Music Degree Change Request Form. Faculty approval may be required.

If you’re a current student in any program who wishes to add a music minor, visit the Minor in Music webpage to learn more and complete the minor declaration form.

Adding or Changing a Certificate

If you're a degree-seeking CU Boulder student and you want to enroll in a certificate program, you must contact and get approval from the host department. That department will contact the Office of the Registrar to begin the declaration process.

If you've graduated from CU Boulder and want to pursue a new certificate as a nondegree student, contact the department hosting the certificate to see if that's a possibility. If it is, you'll be allowed to enroll in the program through Continuing Education.

Explore certificate offerings at CU Boulder:

If you don't want to continue your certificate program, contact the host department. That department will contact the Office of the Registrar to begin the discontinuation process.

When you've completed your certificate requirements, the department will notify the Office of the Registrar.

  • If you're a degree-seeking student, due to federal financial aid regulations, the Office of the Registrar will only award your certificate after your degree has posted to your official transcript. 
  • If you're a nondegree student, your certificate may post to your record at the close of the term in which you complete the certificate requirements and the department notifies Continuing Education.

Certificates post to eligible students' transcripts approximately five days after degrees post in a given term. Â鶹ÒùÔº whose certificates post on or after Fall 2017 are issued a diploma-like document as well the option to download a CeCertificate. Please note that the diploma-like document will only be mailed if you've satisfied all of your financial obligations within one year of graduation.