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Students in the Exploring Major should meet with an academic advisor at least once per semester. In these appointments, students will discuss their academic progress in the current semester, their individual goals and interests, and majors and career exploration opportunities. Exploring Major advisors have resources designed to help with the exploration of various majors, minors, careers, and continuing educational pursuits. The planning process for students begins in their first semester and continues each time a student meets with an academic advisor until they declare their major of choice.
Students who have completed more than 48 credits and are declared as an Exploring Major are recommended to meet an advisor each semester to discuss their plans in more detail. Students in the Exploring Major can declare a major at any time as long as they meet the entrance requirements for the major selected.
Change of Major Policies
Students can change their major to Exploring if they are: 1) Unsure of a major/career path, and 2) have earned fewer than 48 cumulative credits. Students over 48 credits who are currently declared in a different major may meet with an Exploring advisor for major/career exploration but are generally not changed to Exploring.
Academic Warning/Suspension
All students are subject to University policies regarding University academic warning and suspension.
Students wishing to appeal University suspension may submit a petition for Early Reinstatement after University Suspension including a personal statement and supporting documentation of extenuating circumstance(s) to the Exploring Advising Petition Review Committee.
Undergraduate Non-Degree Seeking Students
Undergraduate non-degree seeking students can take a maximum of eight credits per fall/spring semester. No more than 24 credits earned as a non-degree seeking student at UNLV may be applied toward a bachelor’s degree at UNLV. Non-Degree seeking students who are close to earning or have earned 24 credits are highly encouraged to apply for degree-seeking status if they intend to complete a bachelor’s degree at UNLV.
Credit Overload Petitions
Degree-seeking students with freshmen academic standing may take a maximum of 17 credits per semester. Sophomores through seniors may take a maximum of 18 credits per semester. Degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students wanting to enroll in additional semester credits than their standing allows may submit a credit overload petition. Credit overload petitions will be considered only for students who have established a minimum GPA of 3.0 at UNLV or at the most recently attended institution of higher education and/or a combination of all institutions attended.
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