Making Changes to Your Undergraduate Program
As an undergraduate student you can request to make changes to your program, request a time ticket, transfer to a different Laurier campus, and switch from part-time to full-time studies.
Revise Your Academic Journey
You deserve an academic journey at Laurier that continues to let you fuel your passions, broaden perspectives and discover new opportunities. We understand your original plans can change, where you may be interested in pursuing another pathway or customizing your program further, to expand learning in other areas of interest. During your undergraduate studies, once you have completed 4.0 credits at Laurier (transfer credits excluded), program revisions to a major, minor, option, concentration, faculty or degree, can be requested using the three methods below, depending on the type of change you are requesting and when.
Students are encouraged to review their program and request any changes on LORIS during the months of March and April. If you would like to make a request when LORIS is unavailable for program adjustments, this can be requested by submitting the appropriate Program Selection Form below. If you wish to apply to a competitive program, please refer to the Program Transfer Forms below.
To confirm you meet the requirements for a specific change, please consult the academic calendar or connect with your academic advisor. Please note that in order to request a change of program, all students must have completed a minimum of 4.0 credits in your degree.
If you have any questions, please contact Service Laurier.
Program changes to your major, minor, option, concentration, faculty or degree can be requested on LORIS during the months of March and April only.
Once you confirmed you meet requirements, you may navigate to LORIS, select the Student Services tab, then Program Change Request to follow through with your updates.
Our records specialists will review your program change during the months of May and June to determine eligibility. In late June, prior to registration for the next academic year, you may review your progression decision on LORIS, which will indicate if your program revision was approved. You will find this decision under the Unofficial Record of Course Work section or under the Official Final Grades section, once grades have been made official.
These forms allow you to request a program revision between late June and February when LORIS is unavailable for program adjustments. Changes to your major, minor, option, concentration, faculty or degree can be requested during this time by submitting the appropriate Faculty based online Program Selection form.
In addition, the Program Selection form can also be submitted if you have had an inactive period of registration of less than 18 months and would like to return to Laurier to resume your studies. If you have had an absence that exceeds 18 months, you are required to submit the appropriate re-registration request form.
The Program Selection form must be submitted by the course add deadline. Submissions received after the add deadline will take effect the following term, if approved. To confirm you have met the requirements for your desired program revision, please consult the academic calendar or talk to your academic advisor. You may then fill out the appropriate faculty program revision form, to have your request reviewed:
- Science, Music and Lazaridis School Program Selection Form
- Arts and Luther Program Selection Form
- FHSS, FLA, BSW and BTM (Brantford)
If you are eligible for the program revision requested, LORIS will be updated within seven business days. We do not reply when a request has been processed. You will be contacted via your Laurier email account if there is an issue with your request.
Note:
If you received transfer credits for studies completed before attending Laurier and you change your program of study, your transfer credit assessment may be eligible to change as well. Once your program of study has updated on your MyDegree and LORIS accounts, email transfercredit@wlu.ca to advise of this change and start the transfer credit reassessment process.
Highly competitive programs have special considerations and are not available through the LORIS program revision process or the program revision form. Program transfer forms are designed for these programs and the majority become available in March for the following academic year. They are typically due by May 1st. Note that some programs have different application deadlines.
The following programs are considered highly competitive:
- Business Administration (BBA) (*See Note 1 below)
- Business Administration/Computer Science (BBA/BSc Double Degree)
- Business Administration/Financial Math (BBA/BA Double Degree)
- Business Technology Management (BBTM)
- Economics (BA)
- Health Sciences (BSc)
- Kinesiology (BKin)
- Public Safety – 2-Year Advanced Standing Online Program (BA)
- Social Work (BSW)
- Sussex BA/LLB & BSc/LLB programs
Please complete the appropriate program transfer form:
- Kinesiology and Health Sciences Program Transfer Request Form
- Economics Program Transfer Request Form (Available from April – February)
- BBA/BA and BBA/BSC Double Degree Program Transfer Request
- FHSS, FLA, Social Work, BTM, Sussex LLB Program Transfer Request Form
- Computer Science (Brantford) Program Transfer Request Form
Note:
Students who meet the course and GPA requirements for Year 2 of the Bachelor of Business Administration program may complete the BBA program transfer request form on LORIS, available from mid-May to mid-June.
Time Ticket Request Form
This Time Ticket Request form is exclusively used to request a registration time ticket in your current program.
If you have been away from Laurier for more than 18 months, please complete the appropriate Request for Re-Registration form.
Once the form has been submitted, changes will take effect in LORIS within 2-4 business days. Please note, during high volume periods, processing times may increase.