When can you declare the major?
Declare the major as soon as you are eligible. Students should declare in the beginning of their Junior year and Transfer students should declare at the beginning of their first semester at Cal. Being a declared major will give you priority enrollment for many upper division Anthropology courses.
Requirements to declare the major:
You must have two of the three prerequisite courses completed or in progress and be enrolled in the third.
Declaring the Major
Before you are eligible to declare the major, you must have completed or be in the progress of completing two of the three prerequisite courses and enrolled in the third, with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher in all courses intended for the major. For more details regarding the prerequisites, please see the Major Requirements tab on this page.
How can you declare the major?
- Check Academic Guide for Anthropology major prerequisites, and fill out L&S Major Declaration Form
- For courses taken outside of UC Berkeley, please provide a transcript of those courses to the Undergraduate Advisor.
- Email the Undergraduate Advisor Frances Bright (f.bright@berkeley.edu) to schedule a Zoom meeting to declare.