Declaring your major/minor is how students get a departmental advisor. This is important because in order to ensure that students move smoothly toward the completion of their degrees, all degree-seeking students have advising blocks on their ability to register. The block is removed once students have met with their advisor.
Everyone could benefit from advising. Once you have declared your major, your department will assign you a faculty advisor. To find out who that is, contact the appropriate department. If you are majoring in Sociology or Criminal Justice, you can find out who has been assigned to be your advisor by checking the name of your primary advisor on DegreeWorks, calling 683-3794 and speaking with Mrs. Stewart, or checking on the list of students and advisors posted outside BAL 6000.
About two weeks before registration. At that time, your advisor will have a sign up sheet posted on his/her door so you can sign up for appointments. We suggest bringing a list of questions, list of classes you intend to sign up for and a transcript of copy of your DegreeWorks to the meeting. For more information about what your advisor wants you to bring to the meeting please contact your advisor.
Students who have completed 26 credit hours and have earned a "C" or better in English 110 and English 111 are eligible to declare sociology or criminal justice as their major.
Your catalogue tells you your degree requirements. It is the source of information you should depend on.
No. You cannot graduate with fewer than 120 credit hours. If you complete all your general education requirements, all your major requirements and all your minor/cluster requirements, and still do not have 120 credit hours you must take additional classes. What you take is up to you. Some students get another minor. Some decide to turn their minor into another major. Many just take classes than they enjoy.
No. You can do one if you want and get up to 6 credit hours of upper level criminal justice or sociology elective hours.
Yes. Every major now must include as part of its requirements one writing enhanced class.
No. You do however need a 2.0 GPA overall, and in your Sociology and Criminal Justice major. Remember also that you do need a "C" or better in English 110 to be able to declare Sociology or Criminal Justice as your major.
It changes to an "f" after one semester.
Of course. You can change majors as well as minors.
All you do is take the class over. It must be taken over at ODU, must be the same course, and can only be done for courses where you earned a "C-" or less. Be careful though, whatever you earn in the repeated class will be used - even if its lower than what you got in the first class.
No. You can choose form the following options, with Option D being the default.
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Approved Minor, 12-24 hours; also second degree or second major.
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Interdisciplinary Minor, 12 hours specified by the department, 3 of which may be in the major area of study.
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International business and regional courses or an approved certification program, such as teaching licensure.
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Two Upper-Division Courses from outside the College of Arts and Letters or from the Arts and Humanities Component within the College of Arts and Letters that are not required by the major (6 hours).
This hold reflects that you have applied for graduation. There is nothing you need to do as you will no longer be registering for classes. Students who determine they will not graduate as planned will need to email graduate@odu.edu to update the expected graduation date and have the hold removed. You may also need to contact your advisor to remove a Degree Plan (AD) hold.
