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Request to Update Major or Minor Catalog Year
Instructions: Complete form, indicate the college that the major or minor you are changing catalog year for is in, and click ‘submit’ at the bottom. The form will be routed to the  department/college for approval based on the college you indicate below and then to the  Registrar’s Office for processing.
STUDENT INFORMATION







Concentration - If you have a concentration, check if concentration is valid for the catalog year indicated on the form. If your current concentration is not available in the catalog year indicated above the concentration may be removed from your record so the catalog year update can be processed.
To add or cancel a concentration, indicate the requested change below.
Note - List the College that houses the major or minor for which you are changing your catalog year. You can view a list of departments in each college here.
This form will automatically be routed for appropriate departmental/college approval based on the college information that is provided above.

Catalog Rights Policy

Undergraduate Students can ONLY update their major catalog rights to one of the following years.
  1. Continuous Enrollment Catalog Year - Major catalog year for the FIRST term that continuous enrollment began."Continuous Enrollment" is defined as enrollment in one semester or two quarters at a California JC or CSU per year. If there is a full year where student does not complete coursework at a California Junior College or CSU campus, then the student is considered to have broken their continuous enrollment.
  2. CSUEB Admission Term - Major catalog year that student is admitted to CSUEB.
  3. Graduation Catalog Year - Major catalog year that student is graduating. A student must be a graduation candidate for this academic year in order to be given a graduation catalog year.
  4. Change of Major Catalog Year - Major catalog year that a change of major (not concentration) was processed for the student. If a student changed their major after being admitted to CSUEB, the student can only select a major catalog year of the change of major OR the graduation term.
Graduate Students are allowed to update their major catalog rights to one of the following years ONLY. 
  1. CSUEB Admission Term - This is the catalog year that student is admitted to CSUEB in a particular graduate major.
  2. Graduation Catalog Year - This is the catalog year that student is graduating. A student must be a graduation candidate for the year in order to be given a graduation catalog year.