INSTRUCTIONS

1. Enter your student identification number and full name as they appear on your registration
card. Circle the current term and complete the year. Enter the address and phone number at
which you can be contacted with any questions. Circle your student status (new, continuing
or readmit).

2. Circle the major(s) you wish to declare.

3. Obtain the signature of the major adviser in the department of the major you wish to declare.
In most cases, the major adviser will require that you bring a copy of your most recent UC
Berkeley grade report and copies of transcripts from any previous institutions to verify
completion of prerequisites.

4. You may leave the completed, signed petition in the department office (the department will
forward it to the Office of Undergraduate Advising), or you may bring it to the College office
in room 113 Campbell Hall.

5. DOUBLE MAJOR: Students who wish to declare two majors in the College of Letters &
Science must check the appropriate box on the petition, circle two majors on the petition,
obtain the signatures of both major advisers, and file a Double Major Application form.
Consult a College adviser for information on minumum requirements and required forms.

6. CHANGE OF L&S MAJOR: Students who wish to request a change of major within the
College must check the appropriate box on the petition and obtain the signature of the NEW
major adviser. Students who have completed 90 or more semester units must also submit a
planned program, signed by the NEW major adviser, with the request for a change of major.
Such changes are subject to review and may not be granted without the approval of the Dean.

7. CHANGE OF COLLEGE INTO L&S: Students enrolled in another college or school at

Berkeley who wish to change college and declare a major in the College of Letters & Science
must check the appropriate box on the petition and must file the Petition for Change of
College. Consult a College adviser about minimum requirements and required forms.

8. NEW MAJORS: Students who wish to declare new majors that have been officially approved
to admit students but that are not yet on this petition, should circle “OTHER” and write in the
name of the new major on the blank lines provided.

College of Letters & Science

Office of Undergraduate Advising
113 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-1483
ls-advise.berkeley.edu
 University of California, Berkeley College of Letters & Science

PETITION TO DECLARE A MAJOR 107017

See reverse for instructions. Please print with dark ink.
effective term: Fall Spring year:

Student name Student ID number

Postal address

Email address Phone number

Status: New Continuing Readmit Semester units completed (approximate):
See instructions on the reverse for additional forms that must be filed for options checked in this section:
Double Major Change of L&S Major After 90 Units Change of College into L&S

Student's signature Date

Major adviser's signature Date

2nd Major adviser's signature (double majors only) Date

Circle the Major or Majors You are Declaring
014 African American Studies 360 Ethnic Studies 3D2 Operations Research and
045 American Studies 379 Film Management Science
063 Anthropology 387 French 631 Peace & Conflict Studies
090 Art 9A1 Gender and Women's Studies 651 Philosophy
430 Art, History of 396 Geography 657 Physical Science
100 Asian American Studies 408 German 666 Physics
Asian Studies 414 Greek 2B2 Political Economy
095 China 429 History 699 Political Science
097 Japan 975 Integrative Biology 780 Psychology
101 Astrophysics 628 Interdisciplinary Studies 789 Public Health
147 Celtic Studies 479 Italian Studies 801 Religious Studies
153 Chemistry 495 Latin 807 Rhetoric
160 Chicano Studies 498 Latin American Studies 834 Scandinavian
169 Classical Civilizations 497 Legal Studies 849 Slavic Languages &
171 Classical Languages 510 Linguistics Literatures
179 Cognitive Science 2A9 Media Studies 864 Social Welfare
192 Comparative Literature 540 M athematics 867 Sociology
201 Computer Science 072 M athematics - Applied 877 South & Southeast Asian Studies
2A1Dance & Performance Studies 571 M iddle Eastern Studies Spanish and Portuguese
238 Development Studies M olecular & Cell Biology 882 Spanish & Spanish American
236 Dutch Studies 966 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 874 Luso-Brazilian
East Asian Languages and Cultures 967 Genetics, Genomics & Development 866 Iberian
968 Immunology & Pathogenesis 907 Latin American
469 Chinese
971 Cell & Developmental Biology 919 Hispanic Languages &
470 Japanese
972 Neurobiology Bilingual Issues
Earth & Planetary Science
1A6 Atmospheric Science 579 M usic 891 Statistics
3A0 Environmental Earth Science 587 Native American Studies 9A2Theater & Performance Studies
402 Geology Near Eastern Studies
405 Geophysics 5C1 Near Eastern Civilizations
535 Marine Science 5C2 Ancient Egyptian &
Other
246 Economics Near Eastern Art & Archaeology
345 English 588 Near Eastern Languages &
779 Environmental Economics & Policy Literatures
351 Environmental Sciences
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