Declaring a Major or Minor

Students who choose to pursue a School of Business major or minor will develop fluency in accountancy, finance, management, marketing, operations, strategy, global business, and business ethics along the way. Our curriculum prepares students to step into roles in a variety of careers.

All future and current students interested in pursuing a major in business (accountancy, finance, management, or marketing) should review the guidelines for admission to the School of Business carefully.

Major Changes

Process for Declaring a Business Major:

This process is for current PC students, including undeclared, who are not business majors.

PC students in good academic standing and meet the School of Business minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, who are interested in pursuing one of the business majors, accountancy, finance, management, or marketing, are eligible to declare a business major. Students must declare by the end of their sophomore year.

Students must submit their request to declare a business major by registering for a mandatory PC Business declaration of major session. Click on the button below to sign up for a declaration session.

Register for a Declartion Session

PC Business will accept registrations up until each session is full. Once all sessions for that semester are full, students must wait until the following semester to attend a School of Business declaration of major session and declare a business major. A student must be a declared business major to be eligible for PC Business preregistration. Only students who attend the declaration of major information session are eligible to change their major to one of the business majors. Please note that these sessions are available a limited number of times per semester.

Process for Adding or Changing a Business Major*:

This process is for any current PC business major.

Current PC Business majors in good academic standing (2.0 GPA and above), who want to add or change majors within the School of Business must follow the steps below.

1. Students need to submit their request to add or change their business major electronically via the Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form

• Instructions for Students
  • To complete a Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form, click the above link.
  • Check the box acknowledging that you have met with all necessary departments before submitting the form.
  • Add any new major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to add.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to retain.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to delete.
  • “(click to sign)” to sign and date the form, type your name exactly as it appears.
  • Click Submit Form.

2. The PC Business Undergraduate Program Office will complete a suggested 4-year plan of study for the new business major. Please allow 1-2 weeks for this process.

3. The PC Business Undergraduate Program Office will contact students via their PC email when the plan of study is ready. Students will need to schedule an appointment with the School of Business Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising for review and approval.

4. Students are responsible for checking their records in CyberFriar within one to two weeks for confirmation of their addition/change of major.

Note: It is not mandatory to make an appointment with the student’s former advisor regarding their addition/change of business major declaration.

Process for First Years Changing Majors:

Any first year business major who wants to change his/her major within the School of Business may submit his/her request by the end of the first week of classes each semester. After the first week of classes, the School of Business will not process any requests to change majors within the School of Business (e.g. ACC, FIN, MGT, MKT) until the next semester. Requests to change to a non-business major will be processed on an ongoing basis within PC guidelines.

Declaring Minors

Process for Declaring an Accountancy Minor:

This process is for any current PC student.

Current PC students in good academic standing (2.0 GPA and above), who want to declare a minor within the School of Business must follow the steps below.

1. Students need to submit their minor declaration request electronically via the Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form

• Instructions for Students
  • To complete a Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form, click the above link.
  • Check the box acknowledging that you have met with all necessary departments before submitting the form.
  • Add any new major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to add.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to retain.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to delete.
  • “(click to sign)” to sign and date the form, type your name exactly as it appears.
  • Click Submit Form.
• 2. The PC Business Undergraduate Office will contact the student to make an appointment with the School of Business Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising to discuss and obtain approval to declare the minor.
• 3. Students are responsible for checking their records in CyberFriar within one to two weeks for confirmation of the declaration.

Process for Declaring a Marketing Minor (open to non-business majors only):

The Providence College marketing minor enables students from the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Professional Studies to acquire new marketing communication skills and gain a greater understanding of the connections between the liberal arts and business. The minor complements various non-business majors by creating pathways for students to bridge their main academic focus in liberal arts or professional studies with the business world.

Additional information on the minor and the process to declare.

Process for Declaring a Finance Minor:

This process is for any current PC student.

Current PC students in good academic standing (2.0 GPA and above), who want to declare a minor within the School of Business must follow the steps below.

1. Students need to submit their minor declaration request electronically via the Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form

• Instructions for Students
  • To complete a Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form, click the above link.
  • Add any new major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to add.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to retain.
  • Add any current major(s)/minor(s)/concentration(s) that you wish to delete.
  • “(click to sign)” to sign and date the form, type your name exactly as it appears.
  • Click Submit Form.

2. Complete the finance minor application. The finance minor application is temporarily unavailable during the advising and registration season. It will be available once again in early November.

Applications will be reviewed twice per year. In the fall, they will be reviewed on the first Friday of October. In the spring, they will be reviewed on the first Friday of February. Students can expect a decision within two weeks of the review date.

Finance Minor Application

**Students must also submit their minor declaration request electronically via the Change of Major/Minor/Concentration Request Form**

Any questions or concerns should be directed to pcsb@providence.edu .