Major Declaration

How to Declare Your Major

Declaring your major is an important milestone in your academic journey. The process is designed to help you reflect on your academic goals, map out your remaining semesters, and transition confidently into your chosen field of study.

You’ll complete four steps:

Complete the Pre-Major Advising Survey
Use this brief survey to reflect on your advising experience at Duke.
Build Your Four-Year Plan in Stellic
Use Stellic to create a complete academic plan for your remaining semesters.
Submit the Major Declaration Form
Once you’ve completed the survey and your Stellic plan, submit the Major Declaration Form. You’ll upload your four-year plan and confirm your proposed academic path. The Academic Advising Center will review your submission.
Declare Your Major in DukeHub
After your plan is approved, you’ll receive access to the Academic Plan Change form in DukeHub. This is where you will officially declare your major(s), minors, certificates, and concentrations. Your major is not officially declared until you complete this step.

Details for each step are found in the dropdown menus below.

Major Declaration Steps

1. Complete the Pre-Major Advising Survey

Please take a few minutes to complete the brief, Pre-major Advising Survey. Your responses are shared with the Academic Advising Center in aggregate form only—no individual students will be identified. Your honest feedback helps us strengthen advising for future students.

2. Build Your Four-Year Plan in Stellic

Stellic is a degree planning and auditing tool that helps you map out possible pathways toward graduation.
In this step, you’ll create a full academic plan for your remaining semesters. Be sure to include all intended majors, minors, certificates, and any concentrations.

This is your opportunity to think ahead and build a path that aligns with your academic goals. Your plan doesn't need to be perfect, but it should be realistic and satisfy all requirements. Your four-year plan is a working document that can change as your progress.

See how to use Stellic to create a four-year plan in this short video.

Follow the instructions below, and you can also view a Stellic Help Guide for more information.

Image	Step 1 Log into Stellic and select Plan Your Path.
Image	Step 2 Click on the Add program to plan button to select your intended primary major (either AB or BS). Next click the Plus sign button next to your major and then confirm your choice with the OK button. If you are planning to double major, or add a minor or certificate, repeat this step to add those. You can refer to this guide for additional guidance.
Image Image	Step 3 Drag and drop specific courses or general education requirements to your Planner to map out your remaining semesters. Click the Refresh icon under the Progress tab, to update your plan after making changes. When planning for "study away" you may not know exactly what courses you will take while abroad so select courses (or general placeholders) for the Trinity or major/minor requirements you think you might take. This will be an educated guess and it is fine that it won't be exact.
Image	Step 4 You can find courses via the Search Courses tab, or find courses that fulfill requirements under the Progress tab.
Image	Step 5 If a major has concentrations, you can select one by selecting Not in Plan, and then Add Concentration. Select OK to add the concentration.
Image Image	Step 6 When you’ve finished assigning your remaining requirements to future semesters, confirm that all your requirements are satisfied by selecting Track Progress, and then select the Planned audit under the Progress menu. This audit shows all your completed, registered, and planned courses, and the icons should be green and yellow, but not red. If there are items in red, go back to your Planner to add the missing courses. You can use this symbol guide to interpret the audit.
Image	Step 7 Next, you need to generate a PDF of your plan. Scroll up to the top of the page and click the printer icon to download a PDF of your plan. Make sure the format is set to Standard, the version is Planned, and all of the programs you want included are selected. Select the Create Audit Report button, and then name and save your PDF. You will attach a copy of this document to your Major Declaration Form.

3. Submit the Major Declaration Form

Please complete the Major Declaration Form, to which you will attach the copy of your four-plan from Stellic. Once you have submitted this form, the Academic Advising Center will review your four-year plan and program selections. If edits are required, you will be receive an automated email from "Kuali Notifications" requesting changes.

After approving your plan, the AAC will notify you and give you access to the Academic Plan Change menu in DukeHub, where you will officially declare your major.

4. Declare Your Major in DukeHub

Once you have received email confirmation from the Academic Advising Center [via "Kuali Notifications"] that your major declaration plan has been approved, you will have access to the Academic Plan Change menu in DukeHub, where you will formally declare your major.

Your major is not declared until you complete the steps below in DukeHub.
Failure to do so will result in future registration blocks.

You can return to the Academic Plan Change form at any time to make changes—adding, removing, or updating your plans as needed.

For information on advising in your department, visit this page.

Follow these instructions to declare your major in DukeHub:

Log in to DukeHub
Navigate to Academics
Click on Academic Plan Change
Use the edit icon (the pencil) to update your academic plan. Be sure to include all of your majors, minors, certificates and concentrations. If you are declaring a double major, the first major that you list will be your primary major.
Click "Submit New Academic Plan"
Review your submission carefully before confirming