Log into StudentAdmin to run your Standard Advisement Report (instructions here).  Take note of your unsatisfied requirements in the top half of the report--Content Areas 1 through 4, as well as the School Required Courses section. These are the two sections most impacted by the change from general education to common curriculum. Run a What If Report (instructions here). Under Define Your What-If Scenario, change the Career Catalog Term to "Fall 2025," AND under Program Scenario, change School/College Catalog Term to also say "Fall 2025." Once the What-If Report runs, scroll down to the Common Curriculum box and take note of how many TOI categories are showing as Not Satisfied. Also note if the Focus Area and Six Different Subject Areas boxes are showing as Not Satisfied. You will also see a distinct Business Critical Required Courses section now, showing the same 7 critical courses (ACCT, ECON, ENGL, MATH, STAT) as well as COMM 1000/1100, which is considered a critical course for students in the common curriculum. This is the one School Required Course that remains in these new requirements, but there are no longer any other School Required Courses. Students who started in their Business major in Spring 2025 or earlier do not need to have COMM 1000/1100 done in their first four terms, even if they advance to common curriculum through this process. Keep in mind that both your Standard Advisement Report and the What If Report assumes everything you are enrolled in will be completed, so if you are enrolled for a future term in a Content Area course, or a School Required Course, it will be showing as satisfied.

Which report is showing more requirements as Satisfied? If all gen-eds are satisfied in your Standard Report, and/or the gen-eds you have remaining are appropriately planned for, then no further action is required and you can continue with your current academic plan and requirements. However, you may find that under common curriculum some of your previous "elective" courses are now contributing to TOI categories, Focus Area, and/or Six Different Subject Areas, which could save you a required class or two as compared to the gen-ed requirements.

If both reports are showing a similar amount of Not Satisfied boxes, would you benefit from more flexibility in the courses that can satisfy your remaining requirements under common curriculum? If you have some gen-eds remaining, even as little as one (but one that perhaps you do not want to take), then you may benefit from proceeding through the remaining steps and advancing your catalog year. A good example of this change is that Business Psychology (PSYC 1100) is required in the old gen-eds, but is not specifically required in the new common curriculum, so advancing will remove PSYC 1100 as a specific requirement for a student majoring in Business. You can see a side-by-side comparison of the two sets of requirements on our General Education and Common Curriculum Requirements webpage.

You are welcome to utilize our virtual drop-in advising hours at this stage to help you make a decision, but keep in mind Advisors will NOT be able to tell you if you meet any of the new common curriculum requirements, only help you identify which general education requirements you still have remaining. You will likely benefit more from speaking with an Advisor during Step 5, when your progress on the new common curriculum is clear.

Submit your request to change your career catalog year using the Change catalog year form on the Registrar's forms website. Don't worry, you can always change it back if you realize this is not going to benefit you in the long run.

For the question on the form where it asks "Please identify the advisor you consulted." you can simply indicate "School of Business Advising" if you didn't speak with someone specifically, as we expect many students to go through this process at various times.

Since the result of this step will change your Standard Advisement Report, keep your notes from Step 1 and double check that your new Standard Advisement Report is behaving the way you expected based on the What-If Report you ran.

You will get a confirmation email once your form has been processed and your career catalog year requirement term has been adjusted. If it has been 5 business days since your request and you still have not heard back, and your Standard Advisement Report is still showing gen-eds, you can reach out to OneStop for follow-up.

Once your catalog year change request has been processed, you can run your Standard Advisement Report (instructions here) again to make sure all the changes you expected are reflected in your new requirements Remember, this reports assumes everything you are enrolled in will be completed, so if you are enrolled for a future term in a TOI course, it will be showing as satisfied. This is a great time to utilize our virtual drop-in advising hours if you need help making a decision. Advisors will NOT be able to see your progress on the gen-ed requirements, so please be prepared with notes about what gen-eds and School Required Courses you had remaining, but we can certainly help you navigate the new requirements in Student Admin and help answer questions about the new Common Curriculum.