FAQs

You will have to schedule an appointment with the advisor (see below), complete a four-year plan, and attend an AGNR Change of Major workshop.  Please contact Academic Programs in 0107 Symons if you have any questions about the workshop.  You can view all major requirements by viewing the four-year plan.

For Dietetics option: Please contact Dr. Margaret Udahogora, the Director of dietetics program

For Food Science or Nutritional Science option: Please contact Ms. Sara Kao, the Assistant Director of academic program

A minor is an approved, limited, structured concentration in a field of study outside of your major. Not all academic programs offer minors. For a list of minors please visit the UMD Course Catalog.

The NFSC department does not currently offer a minor. Students are free to pursue any of the minors listed regardless of their current major or department, so long as they can meet both sets of requirements.

To add a double major or double degree, you must first submit a Double major/double degree form. To submit the form, first collect signatures from the NFSC Undergraduate Office, the College of AGNR Academic Programs Office, and the advising office of the second major program. Part of the process is determining which will be your primary major; this is the department which will maintain your records and certification of general education requirements. If you are interested in double majoring, we recommend declaring as soon as possible so as not to further delay graduation.

Please note: if you wish to add a Limited Enrollment Program as a second major, you must do so at the earliest possible opportunity to assure that specific credit and GPA requirements can be met.

A double major requires students to complete all requirements of the two majors within a total of the normal total of 120 credits that undergraduates must earn. At graduation, the student will earn one degree and the student’s transcript will indicate the completion of major requirements for both majors. 

Double degrees are more ambitious, and require the completion of 150 credits while completing the degree requirements for two majors. At graduation, students will be awarded two degrees and the student’s transcript will indicate the completion of major requirements for both majors and the awarding of two bachelor’s degrees. More information about double majors/degrees can be found within the student's major college.

If you have a verified Associate's Degree (AA) from a Maryland institution, you do not have to complete all individual General Education requirements; however, you must still complete all ANSC required courses, even if they also fulfill a Gen Ed requirement. You will also need to complete a Professional Writing (PW) course at UMD. 

Please note: that this policy only applies to verified AAs from a Maryland Institution. Out of state AAs do not qualify.

Registration times can be viewed by clicking the Appointment and Registration link on Testudo. Your registration time represents the earliest time you can register, but you can register at any point after that time/date, once your advising block is cleared.

Please note: Your registration time does NOT represent a meeting time with your faculty mentor or group advising session.

Before enrolling to take a course at another institution a student must first receive permission from their college/department and verify the course will transfer by viewing the Transfer Credit Center website. All requests to take courses at another institution are reviewed by process of a Permission to Enroll Form. The permission to enroll form is available online.