Normally, upon admission into a program, a student declares a major. However, a student may be granted “undeclared status.” This normally is used by students who wish continuing education and who do not seek a degree.

This status is permitted for as long as a student desires but with the following understandings:

• Courses taken as an Undeclared student do not automatically apply to any degree.
• If a student decides at a later date to enter a degree program, he or she should complete and submit a request form for a change of program.
• The current Affiliation Agreement at the time the change of program form is submitted to Andrews University would be in effect.
• The student may petition for courses taken as an undeclared student to be accepted toward the degree program as appropriate. In some cases, if there has been a significant time period between the time a course was taken and the request for a change of program, a course may need to be “updated” (repeated). This is especially true in technology areas such as Computer Science where course content can change significantly.
• A student may be admitted under Undeclared status and take the requirements for a minor.
• The transcript would include the courses taken but the minor would not be listed.
• If the student graduated previously, the minor cannot be added to the previous degree.