The Special Major is an individually designed course of study leading to a BA or BS degree when academic professional aims are not adequately accommodated by existing university-level San José State University degree majors. The purpose of the Special Major is to give a student with a definite educational objective the opportunity to accomplish that goal. The Special Major is not to be used to bypass either normal graduation requirements or projected programs of the university, nor to complete an existing degree major in which a student might enroll. Students must formally request admission to a Special Major program through the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Administration Building, Room 159.
In order to be admitted to the Special Major program, the student must have more than one full year of academic work still to be completed to meet minimum degree requirements. Neither lower division nor upper division courses applied to General Education-Breadth requirements are applicable toward the minimum degree major requirements. Minimum residence requirements must also be met. Students must self-identify any disabilities for which reasonable accommodations are necessary to complete the proposed degree program. The student must have both a cumulative and an SJSU GPA of at least 2.75.
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