Declaring a Business Major or Minor

Declaring a Business Major or Minor

Declaring a Business Major

All students seeking to declare a program in Business, either major or minor, must meet with an advisor without exception. This request cannot be completed by email. 

Eligibility for Declaring a Business Major

  • New students (without a Mason GPA) are eligible to change their major to Business during their first semester. 
  • Current Mason students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to switch to a Business major. 

 Declaring or Changing to a Business Major (or Second Major in Business)

  • Meet with a Costello College of Business Academic Advisor and complete a Change/Declaration of Academic Program form. The form must be reviewed and signed by a Business Academic Advisor, who will then forward the request for processing. 
  • During the advising meeting, students will receive important information about available Business concentrations, required courses, and recommended classes for the upcoming semester. 
  • Approved Change of Major requests will be effective in the following semester if received by the Office of the Registrar by the last day to add classes for the current term. 

Changing to a Majors out of the Costello College of Business

  • Contact the appropriate department or advising office for the new major. 
  • Use the Advisor Locator tool to find the contact information for the relevant advisor or advising office. 
  • If undecided on a new major, students should reach out to Exploratory Academic Advising for guidance. [Learn more about Exploratory Academic Advising] 

Declaring a Business Minor

Students can also explore our Business Minors, each requiring the successful completion of 15 credits in designated Business courses. WeThe Costello College of Business offers 13 different minors for students to choose from. [Learn more about Business Minors]   

Process to Declare a Business Minor 

Meet with a Business Academic Advisor to complete the Minor Declaration form. The form must be reviewed and signed by a Business academic Advisor, who will then forward the request for processing. There are no eligibility requirements to declare a minor other than students must have a declared major before adding a minor.

During the advising meeting, students will receive important information about available Business concentrations, required courses, and recommended classes for the upcoming semester.  

Deleting Part of Your Program

To delete a program from your academic record, submit the Delete Program Request Form available on the Registrar’s Forms page.