1. Students must have an established TCU GPA of at least a 2.5 and complete a minimum of one semester of coursework at TCU. 2. Students who enter the Nursing major after the first semester of their freshman year will be on a four and a half year plan. In this scenario a student would be able to complete all TCU core classes prior to beginning Nursing clinicals.
Changing Majors Some students start college knowing exactly what major they want, while others are undecided or tentative about a major. At TCU, you will have the opportunity to select from over 100 areas of study. Many students will change their major more than once before finally discovering the right one for them. If you are one of these students, you will have numerous opportunities to change your major before or after you arrive on campus. If you want to change your major prior to Orientation, you may do so by e-mailing the Office of Admission at frogmail@ tcu.edu. Your email request must be received at least 10 days prior to the start of your Orientation session. Once you have arrived for Orientation, you can change your major at the end of the Academics at TCU presentation the first afternoon, when you register for classes on the second afternoon, or at any point by visiting the Registrar’s Office. If you have decided on a new major after you leave Orientation, you may change your major online through your my.tcu.edu portal. There are a few exceptions to these procedures. Because the schools of Biology, Business and Nursing have experienced unusual growth, they find it necessary to restrict the number of new majors this year. Students wishing to change to one of these majors should contact either the Admission office prior to Orientation or the department after they arrive on campus to discuss options that will allow them to stay on track toward graduation. If you are not able to declare Business, or Nursing as your major this year, please review the following options listed below. These options will help you to prepare to declare one of these majors at a later date.
Business
Even though you may not change your major to pre-business at Orientation, you may still take some of the prerequisite courses that are recommended for first year pre-business students. You may then request to change majors to pre-business at the end of your first year (spring semester). Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be considered for pre-business. Space is limited and acceptance is competitive and not guaranteed. Please visit www.neeley.tcu.edu/Academics/BBA/Admissions.aspx to view the requirements and processes for application. You may take the following courses which are recommended for all first year pre-business students. • ENGL 10803 – Introductory Composition • MATH 10283 – Introductory Applied Calculus (MATH 10273 with a “C-” or higher serves as a prerequisite for MATH 10283) • ECON 10223 – Introductory Microeconomics • ECON 10233 – Introductory Macroeconomics
Here is a list of prerequisite courses that can be taken prior to declaring Nursing as a major.
• PSYC 10213 – General Psychology • SOCI 20213 – Introductory Sociology • NTDT 20403 – Nutrition • MATH 10043 – Elementary Statistics • BIOL 20233 – Basic Microbiology
We would recommend that students do not take a non-Nursing course to meet the Oral Communication TCU Core Curriculum requirement because one of the Nursing required courses meets that requirement. If the student does take the course, then the oral communication course would count as a free elective. *Please note that Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL 20204) and Survey of Nursing (NURS 10043) will not be available to non-declared Nursing majors.
Double Majors
Students wishing to declare a second major may not do so until after meeting with their academic advisor during orientation.
Language Placement Students have several options for finding the appropriate level at which they should start their language studies at TCU. Various means of determining proper placement as well as obtaining credit for previous language study are outlined at www.acs.tcu.edu orientation.asp under “Guidelines for Foreign Language Placement.”
Math Placement Are you wondering which math class you should take? Check out the Department of Mathematics’ website at http://math.tcu.edu/mathcore.html to find out which math course is right for you. Students planning to take Calculus I, MATH 10524, (engineering, math, and science students, for example) should review this information and take the placement test if necessary BEFORE Orientation.
Nursing
A student who wishes to change to the nursing major is eligible to contact the nursing department for information about changing his/ her major after they have completed one long semester at TCU and achieved a TCU cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. Students who are not Nursing majors upon enrollment at TCU will need to be aware of the following requirements:
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