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2025-2026 Student Registration Handbook 
    
2025-2026 Student Registration Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MyCWU Apply for Admission into a Major


Instructions to Apply for Admission into a Major, Pre-Major, or Minor

1. A student can apply to a major or minor program by logging into their MyCWU account, going to their student tab and then selecting the Records tab on the menu on the left side of the screen.

 Student Tab top middle and the Records tab left hand side

2. After selecting the Records tab a student will select the Request to Apply/Drop Program.

Drop down list Request to Apply or Drop Program

3. Select “request to apply to an academic program”.

Radio button to request to apply to an academic program or drop a program

4. Enter in the program code or click on the prompt for “click here if you don’t know your program code”.

Enter in program code and click the submit button or click on the link if you do not know your program code

Search for a program and click the select button

5. Once the major or minor has been selected, it will fill in the program code automatically. Then click on the submit button to finalize the application request.

Click the submit button to finialize the application request

Once the application request is submitted it will be sent to the appropriate academic department to review to make a decision on admitting the student into the requested major.

Students may also apply to a major by going to the academic department’s web site.  Many departments have digital or downloadable application forms on their web sites.