Information for Students Redirected from Their Major

Current Mason students who have been warned about possible termination from their major or school/college and those who have already been redirected are advised to meet with an Exploratory Academic Advisor.

Redirected (or “Terminated”) students can review the policy in the catalog for more information about Termination from the Major.

Students Redirected from the College of Engineering and Computing

Students who have been redirected from a College of Engineering and Computing major may not register for a CEC course without permission of the department offering the course. This applies to all undergraduate courses offered by the CEC except IT 104 Introduction to Computing (Mason Core) and STAT 250 Introductory Statistics I (Mason Core). A student may not declare any major in the College of Engineering and Computing if the student has previously met the termination criteria for that major at any time, regardless of what the student’s major was at the time the courses were taken (College of Engineering and Computing Undergraduate Academic Policies).

If a nonacademic issue led to your difficulties and your subsequent termination, consider inquiring about an appeal for reinstatement or for permission to pursue a different major in CEC:

Submit detailed explanation, plan for success, and all supporting documentation to CEC Undergraduate Student Services Office, 2500 Engineering Building, 703-993-1511, cecugrad@gmu.edu.

If you are exploring options for a major not associated with the College of Engineering and Computing, you are invited to meet with an Exploratory Academic Advisor.

Students Redirected from the School of Business

If a nonacademic issue led to your difficulties and your subsequent redirection and you want to inquire about an appeal consideration, contact busreqst@gmu.edu and meet with a School of Business advisor about the circumstances that led to your academic difficulty.

Students redirected from their major/concentration within business as a result from not successfully completing an upper-level major/concentration course, are able to select a different business major/concentration. Example, if you are terminated from Accounting, you may declare Marketing instead. Contact the Office of Student Success and Academic Services and meet with a School of Business advisor to discuss a different business major/concentration.

Students redirected from the entire School of Business as a result from not successfully completing a Foundations or Business Core course, may explore options for a major not associated with the School of Business with an Exploratory Academic Advisor.