CAPPA undergraduate major change requirements:
Students fully accepted for major change in Architecture, Interior Design, or Sustainable Urban Design are accepted into the Basic Studies program.
The Basic Studies program students must complete all of the first 2 years (1st & 2nd year) major courses of the program they enter, in the prescribed sequence, also complete the required core curriculum for that program, and meet specific GPA requirements. The Basic Studies program prepares a foundation to students for declaring into the Major Studies program (see major declaration requirements) which is an additional 2 years (3rd & 4th year). Please refer to our degree plans.
To change majors into a Basic Studies program in CAPPA, we require:
1. Completion of 12 hours at UTA with a minimum 2.5 GPA
2. Minimum 2.5 GPA in any CAPPA classes taken, if applicable (ARCH, INTD, UDES, ESST, LARC, PAPP, PLAN),
3. Complete the CAPPA Major Change Module in Canvas (email arch.advising@uta.edu for access permission).
4. Respond to 1 Design-thinking prompt (found in CAPPA Major Change Module) showing your passion for a design-based major.
Prospective major changes, who meet requirements 1-4 after their current semester grades have posted, would email arch.advising@uta.edu and the department will make a final decision based on:
5. Prompt question submission review
6. Space Availability
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For students who do not meet the requirements above to enter one of our Basic Studies programs, an alternative option is to change to our pre-major designation.
To change majors into the pre-major program (UARCH/UINTD) in the School of Architecture, we require:
1. Completion of 12 hours at UTA with a minimum 2.0 GPA
2. Minimum 2.0 GPA in any CAPPA classes taken, if applicable (ARCH, INTD, UDES, ESST, LARC, PAPP, PLAN),
3. Complete the CAPPA Major Change Module in Canvas (email arch.advising@uta.edu for access permission).
4. Respond to 1 Design-thinking prompt (found in CAPPA Major Change Module) showing your passion for a design-based major.
Prospective major changes, who meet requirements 1-4 after their current semester grades have posted, would email arch.advising@uta.eduand the department will make a final decision based on:
5. Prompt question submission review
6. Space Availability
Students under the UARCH and UINTD designations are students who have expressed an interest in changing their major to architecture or interior design, but do not meet the Basic Studies major change criteria (listed above) or are requesting to change in a semester other than the Fall.
Students under the UARCH or UINTD designation:
- Are not yet in the architecture or interior design program, but are merely in a holding space until they meet the requirements to change into the intended program for a Fall semester,
- Are advised by advisors in the School of Architecture,
- Are only given permission for major courses (ARCH/INTD) after students within the major have been seated,
- Are only allowed to remain under that designation for 2 long semesters (Fall, Spring).
- Students not meeting the requirements within the 2 long semesters will be required to find a major outside the School of Architecture,
- Cannot go under one pre-major designation then change to the other if they don't meet the requirements to go in the Basic Students program by the pre-major deadline, and
- Will no longer receive permission for any major courses (ARCH/INTD).
Once a UARCH/UINTD student meets the requirements to change into the Basic Studies program, they will need to email the CAPPA undergraduate advisors at arch.advising@uta.eduto arrange an appointment for major change into the Basic Studies program.