How to Change Your Major in Health Sciences

How to Change/Declare your major to Health Sciences:

The Health Sciences (HSCI) Department includes the following major options:

• B.S. Health Administration
• B.S. Public Health
• B.S. Radiological Sciences

Please visit our department website to learn more about each option. https://www.csun.edu/health-human-development/health-sciences

All three options are impacted which means that there are additional requirements to change or declare your major to Health Sciences.  https://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/transfer-impaction

Transfer Students: Per the Impaction Policy, students admitted to CSUN as Transfer students may not change their major to any of the eleven impacted majors at CSUN including Health Sciences.

Freshman Students: Students admitted to CSUN as freshmen must meet these three additional criteria:

• 45 units completed
• All Basic Skills Completed with a grade of “C-” or better – Writing, Math, Critical Thinking and Oral Communication
• 2.2 gpa for CSUN and Total

Students that meet the Impaction criteria must complete a two-step process:

• STEP 1: Change your major on your CSUN student portal by following these steps https://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/change-major-minor
• STEP 2: Fill out a Change of Major form and submit it to the HSCI Department in JD2500 or bring it to your advisement appointment with a faculty advisor or HSCI General Advisor.

 To Health Administration:

Change your major online through your CSUN portal. https://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/change-major-minor

1. Obtain and fill out a Change of Major form either in our Department Office (JD 2500) or online at http://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/chngmajor.pdf
2. If you have not already met with an advisor, meet with a Health Administration faculty advisor or the HSCI General Advisor (call 818-677-4081, ask who your advisor would be if you changed your major to Health Administration).

To Public Health:

1. Change your major online through your CSUN portal. https://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/change-major-minor
2. Obtain and fill out a Change of Major form either in our Department Office (JD 2500) or online at http://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/chngmajor.pdf
3. If you have not already met with an advisor, meet with a Public Health faculty advisor or the HSCI General Advisor (call 818-677-4081, ask who your advisor would be if you changed your major to Public Health).

To Radiologic Sciences:

1. Change your major online through your CSUN portal. https://www.csun.edu/admissions-records/change-major-minor
2. Obtain and fill out a Change of Major form either in our Department Office (JD 2500) or online at http://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/chngmajor.pdf
3. If you have not already met with an advisor, meet with a Radiological Sciences faculty or the HSCI General Advisor You must read the RS Information Packet before meeting with a faculty advisor https://www.csun.edu/sites/default/files/BSRS%20Information%20Packet%208-6-2019.pdf

Updated 02/10/2020