Declaration of Major & Minor Contacts
Ready to declare a major or minor in the College of Arts and Sciences?
Before you submit the form, reach out to the relevant Declaration of Major & Minor Contact listed below for instructions. Each department has a unique process, so make sure you understand exactly what to do before submitting your form.
Then, submit your completed Declaration of Major or Minor Form through DocuSign. The form needs to be approved by your major or minor department before it is routed to the College Registrar by DocuSign.
African-American and African Studies
Lisa Shutt
American Sign Language
Gregory Propp
American Studies
Jack Hamilton
Anthropology
Adria LaViolette
Archaeology
Tyler Jo Smith
Art - Art History
Eric Ramirez-Weaver
Art - Studio Art
Akemi Ohira
Astronomy
Astronomy-Physics BS Major
Steven Majewski
[email protected]
Astronomy BA Major
Ed Murphy
[email protected]
Astronomy Minor
Paul Torrey
[email protected]
Bioethics Minor
Nichole Flores
Biology
Lisa Ishler
Biology- Human Biology
Michael Timko
Chemistry
Cindy Knight
Classics
Coulter George
Cognitive Science
Eric Dynarski
Computer Science
Please read https://uvacsadvising.org/bacs/declaring.html before contacting anyone regarding a Computer Science major. After reading this you may contact Tom Horton at [email protected] with any remaining questions.
Drama
Doug Grissom
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Anri Yasuda
East Asian Studies
Anri Yasuda
Economics
Please visit the Economics Department Declaration of Major page for instructions on how to declare the Economics major. The Declaration of Major or Minor Contact is Lee Coppock [email protected].
English
Before you start the DocuSign process, please visit https://english.as.virginia.edu/undergraduate/howtodeclare for information on declaring an English major. If you understand the major requirements and do not need assistance filling out the declaration form, you may do so and submit the form without contacting Prof. Andrew Stauffer in advance.
English
Susan Fraiman
[email protected]
434-960-7337
Area Program in Poetry Writing
Brian Teare
[email protected]
434-924-6619 | Bryan Hall 433
Area Program in Literary Prose
Kevin Moffett
[email protected]
434-924-6621 | Bryan 403
Environmental Sciences
To declare a major in Environmental Sciences, you will need to meet with one of the faculty members below. Please determine which day/time coincides best with your schedule before reaching out. If none of the listed times work, please contact Robert Davis ([email protected]) to make alternative arrangements.
Robert Davis
386B Clark
924-0579, [email protected]
Monday, 2:30–4:00 p.m.
Charity Nyelele
212 Clark
924-0563, [email protected]
Tuesday, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Matt Reidenbach
356 Clark
243-4937, [email protected]
Wednesday, 10–11 a.m.
Lauren Miller
205 Clark
924-3964, [email protected]
Thursday, 2–3 p.m.
Environmental Thought and Practice
Paul Freedman
French
Please visit the following website before declaring your major.
https://french.as.virginia.edu/undergraduate
Jennifer Tsien
German
Julia Gutterman
Global Studies
Global Public Health
Tracey Brookman
[email protected]
Global Development Studies
David Edmunds
[email protected]
Security and Justice
Peter Furia
[email protected]
Environments and Sustainability
Phoebe Crisman
[email protected]
Middle East South Asia
Tessa Farmer
[email protected]
Global Commerce in Culture and Society
Richard Handler
[email protected]
History
Jennifer Sessions
Interdisciplinary Major
Shawn Lyons
Italian
Linda Newman
Jewish Studies
Jennifer Geddes
Latin American Studies
Linda Newman
Linguistics
Mark Sicoli
Mathematics
Last name begins with A-D: Abdelmalek Abdesselam
Last name begins with E-H: Peter Abramenko
Last name begins with J-L: Peter Humphries
Last name begins with M-P: Nicholas Kuhn
Last name begins with Q-T: Tai Melcher (Fall); Yen Do (Spring)
Last name begins with U-Z: Leonid Petrov (Fall); Andrei Rapinchuk (Spring)
Media Studies
Julie Gronlund
Medieval Studies
Deborah McGrady
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures
Tishanna Johnson
Music
Fred Maus
Neuroscience
Eric Dynarski
Philosophy
Ross Cameron
Physics
For information about declaring a major or minor in Physics, please visit http://www.phys.virginia.edu/Education/undergrad.asp, or email [email protected].
Poetry
Lisa Russ Spaar
Political & Social Thought
Isaac Ariail Reed
Political Philosophy, Policy and Law
Colin Bird
Politics - Foreign Affairs
Sharon Marsh
Politics - Government
Sharon Marsh
Portuguese Minor
Linda Newman
Psychology
Chris Mazurek
Religious Studies
Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton
Statistics
For information about declaring a major or minor in Statistics, please visit: https://statistics.as.virginia.edu/declaring-majorminor-statistics
For any questions not answered in the Undergraduate section of the Statistics Department website, please visit: https://statistics.as.virginia.edu/advising