To officially declare a major in Arts & Sciences the College Registrar will need to receive a completed Declaration of Major form through DocuSign (which can be found on the College Student Forms page). The form will need to be approved by the department before it is routed to the College Registrar in DocuSign. Before you start filling out any forms, please reach out to the Declaration of Major Contact in the department that you would like to declare a major in. Departments may have different steps in their processes and you need to make sure that you are following those processes as the department specifies.
To declare a Minor you will need to check with the department contact below to confirm the department's procedure.
African-American and African Studies
American Sign Language
American Studies
Jack Hamilton
jch6dx@virginia.edu
Anthropology
Adria LaViolette
laviolette@virginia.edu
Archaeology
Art History
Art, Studio
Kevin Everson
434-243-1785
Ruffin Hall 125
Astronomy, Astronomy-Physics
Michael Skrutskie (Undergraduate Major Advisor)
434-924-4328
Astronomy Building 262
Shane Davis (Minors Advisor)
434-924-4898
Astronomy Building 214
Bioethics (minor only)
Nichole Flores
434-243-3937
Gibson Hall, S-433
Biology
Tess Matukonis
biol-ug@virginia.edu
Biology, Human
Chemistry
Classics
Cognitive Science
Computer Science
Please read https://bit.ly/bacs-declaring before contacting anyone regarding a Computer Science major.
Tom Horton
bacsdirector@virginia.edu
Drama
L. Douglas Grissom
434-243-7752
Drama Building 211
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures & East Asian Studies
Economics
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.
Andrew Stauffer
ams4k@virginia.edu
Area Program in Poetry Writing
Lisa Russ Spaar
434-924-6625
Bryan Hall 407
Area Program in Literary Prose
James Livingood
434-924-6675
Bryan 422B
Environmental Sciences
To declare a major in Environmental Sciences, you will need to first set up an online meeting with one of the faculty members below by sending them an email. The hours listed are their virtual office hours that are available each week for these meetings. Please determine which day/time coincides best with your schedule before reaching out. If none of the listed times work, please contact Robert Davis (red3u@virginia.edu).
Lauren Simkins
205 Clark
924-3964
lsimkins@virginia.edu
Monday, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m
Charity Nyelele
212 Clark
hbt3mb@virginia.edu
Tuesday, 2 - 3 p.m.
Tom Smith
342 Clark
924-3107
tms9a@virginia.edu
Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Robert Davis
386B New Clark
924-0579
red3u@virginia.edu
Friday, 11 a.m. - noon.
Environmental Thought and Practice
French
German
Global Studies
Global Public Health
Tracey Brookman
tlc5q@virginia.edu
Global Development Studies
David Edmunds
dse7r@virginia.edu
Security and Justice
Environments and Sustainability
Phoebe Crisman
pc4v@virginia.edu
Middle East South Asia
Tessa Farmer
trf6k@virginia.edu
Global Commerce in Culture and Society
History
Jennifer Sessions
jes4fx@virginia.edu
Interdisciplinary Major
Italian
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Mathematics
Abdelmalek Abdesselam aa4cr@virginia.edu (Last name begins with letter A-E)
Peter Abramenko pa8e@virginia.edu (Last name begins with letter F-J)
Yen Quang Do yendo@virginia.edu (Last name begins with letter K-O)
Juraj Foldes jf8dc@virginia.edu (Last name begins with letter P-T)
Ira Herbst iwh@virginia.edu (Last name begins with letter U-Z)
Media Studies
Medieval Studies
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures
Music
Neuroscience
Philosophy
Physics
For information about declaring a major or minor in Physics, please visit http://www.phys.virginia.edu/Education/undergrad.asp, or email physics@virginia.edu.
Poetry
Political and Social Thought
Political Philosophy, Policy and Law
Colin Bird
434-924-3615
Gibson Hall S495
Politics
Portuguese (minor only)
Psychology
Religious Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sociology
South Asian Languages and Cultures
See Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures above