How to Declare a Major or Minor
- Effective Fall 2024, Major/Minor Declarations will only be accepted via a completed myUCLA Form.
- For students who will need to extend their time to degree, students must first obtain permission from your College Counseling unit (AAP, CAC, Honors, Athletics) before your request can be processed by our office.
- All students interested in declaring one of the programs offered by the department must have an established UCLA GPA and be in good academic standing (i.e., not on Academic Probation or Subject to Dismissal, and have not met EEB’s academic eligibility policy) at the time of requesting to change their major.
How to Apply:
Major Change and/or Minor Declaration Requests: 10-15 business days (Effective Spring quarter, March 29, 2021).
Our office will only accept requests during the following weeks of regular quarters and Summer Sessions (any requests submitted outside of the noted weeks below will not be processed and a new request will need to be submitted at the next applicable timeframe):
- Fall & Winter Quarters: Weeks 0 – 3; 8 – Finals Week
- Spring Quarter: Weeks 0 – 5 & Week 8-10
- Summer Session A: Weeks 3 – 6
- Summer Session C: Weeks 1 – 6
Major/Minor Declarations are can be submitted via a myUCLA form. The link to the form is below.
*The form will only be active during times of the quarter when we are accepting Major/Minor Declaration
Declaring an EEB Major (i.e. Biology, Marine Biology, or Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution)
Pre-Requisites for the Majors (Biology; Ecology, Behavior and Evolution; Marine Biology):
For students who entered UCLA as a Freshman Admit:
- Completion of Life Sciences 7B or LS 1 with a grade of C- or better
- Enough units to complete the major without exceeding your current unit maximum
- Successful completion of latest attempt of a Life Science Core Curriculum course (C- or better)
For students who entered UCLA as a Transfer Admit in Fall 2008 or later:
- Must have been accepted as a student in a department within the Division of Life Sciences
- Completion of Life Sciences 7B or LS 1 with a grade of C- or better
- Enough units to complete the major without exceeding your current unit maximum
- Successful completion of latest attempt of a Life Science Core Curriculum course (C- or better)
Effective Fall 2008 and forward, transfer students who are not admitted to UCLA as a major in the Division of Life Sciences may not change to a Life Sciences major upon matriculation to UCLA.
If you have met the following requirements above, please fill out our major declaration form:
Declaring the Conservation Biology minor
Pre-Requisites for the Conservation Biology minor:
- Completion of Life Sciences 7B or LS 1 with a grade of C or better
- Completion of EE BIOL 100 with a grade of C or better
Effective June 2020 and forward, all departmental majors (Biology; Ecology, Behavior and Evolution; and Marine Biology) will no longer be able to declare the Conservation Biology due to extensive curriculum overlap.
Effective Fall 2024 and forward, only completion of EE BIOL 100 is needed to declare the conservation biology minor. EE BIOL 116 will still be required for the minor but can be taken after declaring the minor.
If you have met the requirements above, please fill out our minor declaration form:
Declaring the Evolutionary Medicine minor
Pre-Requisites for the Evolutionary Medicine Minor
- Completion of Life Sciences 7B or LS 1 with a grade of C or better
- Completion of EE BIOL 100 with a grade of C or better
- Completion of either EE BIOL 120* OR EE BIOL 185 with a grade of C or better
*Students who have received credit for EE BIOL 120 cannot take EE BIOL 185.
If you have met the above requirements, please fill out our minor declaration form: