» IES Program Advising

• 120 credits TOTAL are needed to graduate (124 credits for catalog years 2015 and earlier). Check the “Undergraduate Degree Requirements” section on your program evaluation to confirm.
• 42 credits of the total credit count must be 300-level or above. Check the “Upper Division” section near the top of your program evaluation in the myChapman portal to confirm.
  Juniors (especially Community Emphasis IES majors) Please be aware of the number of Upper Division credits you need to take to graduate, and plan accordingly.
• Check your major requirements to see if you must complete 60 credits outside your major’s discipline (ie. if you are an IES major, you must complete 60 credits outside of IES, MACI, and EDUC course codes). Please check the “Other Major Requirements Section” as some majors do not have this.

If you are an IES Major about to reach 60 credits, and you have not done so already, you must declare an emphasis and a minor/2nd minor* with the Office of the Registrar by October 22, 2022 (submit forms for signature electronically to Ebriana Oyenuga, eoyenuga@chapman.edu, by Thursday, October 20). You request to declare your emphasis or add a minor by submitting the change of Major/Minor Form for your catalog year found on the Registrar’s webpage.

Additionally, if you are declaring a minor in addition to declaring your emphasis, please use the same change of major/minor form to submit your request to the appropriate person in the department in which the minor is housed, if a signature is required.

Attallah College affiliated minors declaration request should be submitted electronically to Ebriana Oyenuga, eoyenuga@chapman.edu

• Two minors are required for IES majors with a Schools Emphasis with a 2018 or earlier catalog year.
• The Leadership Studies (LEAD) Minor requires an application process. If you are considering applying to the LEAD Minor and would like more information, please contact Dr. Greg Warren at gwarren@chapman.edu
• For Community Emphasis Folks, your chosen focus area should not overlap with any double major or minor program you might have (i.e. LEAD minors cannot choose the LEAD F.A., English & Communication majors cannot choose the English and Comm. F.A.)

Students with Freshman or Sophomore standing (less than 60 credits completed by the end of spring semester) will NOT have the prerequisites to enroll in 300 or 400-level IES courses.

• Consideration of issuing a permission number for a class you do not have the requisites for will commence after the registration period has ended.
• For students who will be sophomore standing in the fall and have not yet declared a minor, we suggest you take an introductory course in a discipline that you may be interested in declaring as your minor if you are having trouble filling your schedule with IES classes at the 100 and 200 level. Remember, you must be enrolled in 12 credits of coursework (4 courses) to be considered full time. Taking at least 5 classes per semester by sophomore year is generally recommended.
• The vast majority of prereqs. count in-progress credit, unless a grade is required for a prerequisite course.

• Current MACI applicants: You should be given your acceptance decision to the program by March 30. You will receive instructions on declaring the Curriculum & Instruction Emphasis. Those on the secondary track should declare the Secondary Education minor if they have not already done so.
• MACI Prospectives: For students thinking about applying to MACI, both IES 102 and IES 206 should be graded (B or better) prior to applying for MACI in January of your Sophomore Year.