Major only: no degrees awarded in this area. Students who begin with an Open-Enrolled major must declare a major by the start of their junior year.
The information on this page pertains to program requirements for students who matriculated in the 2024-2025 academic year. View requirements for previous catalog years here.
The open-enrolled offers structured and professional guidance, cohort support, and access to opportunities designed to aid students in discovering their strengths, goals, and career path. Through courses in the Drake Curriculum, open-enrolled students explore many fields of study while completing progress toward their degrees, allowing for both thoughtful consideration of the major path, and the ability to stay on track for graduation.
Specialized advising, peer mentoring, networking events, and career exploration workshops for open-enrolled students allow students to choose a major knowing that the choice is informed by active self-discovery and participation in coursework. This program provides students with the resources needed to succeed, graduate on time, and to navigate the university and their future chosen major. Open-enrolled students must declare a major by the start of the junior year, although 75% of students have selected a major by the end of their first year.
No specific coursework is required for the open-enrolled major, but the following introductory coursework provides a strong foundation for students’ major exploration and progress toward graduation:
| Course | Credit Hours |
| ART 013 - 2-D Design | 3 |
| ART 014 - Constructing Space | 3 |
| ART 015 - Observational Drawing | 3 |
| ASTR 001/001L - Intro to Astronomy (with lab) | 4 |
| BIO 012/012L - General and Pre-Professional Biology I (with lab) | 4 |
| CHEM 001/003 - General Chemistry I (with lab) | 4 |
| CS 065 - Intro to Computer Science | 3 |
| ECON 002 - Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 037 - Public Voices | 3 |
| ENG 038 - Literary Study | 3 |
| ENG 039 - Writing Seminar | 3 |
| ENSS 035/036 - One Earth: Global Environmental Science (with lab) | 4 |
| HIST 011 - World History: 1500 - 1750 | 3 |
| HIST 075 - U.S. History to 1877 | 3 |
| JMC 030 - Mass Media in a Global Society | 3 |
| JMC 031 - Multimedia Lab | 1 |
| Language Courses (French, German, Japanese, Spanish) | 3 |
| LPS 001 - Intro to Law, Politics and Society | 3 |
| LPS 002 - Critical Concepts in Law, Politics and Society | 3 |
| MATH 020 - Pre-calculus: Algebra and Trigonometry | 3 |
| MATH 028 - Business Calculus | 3 |
| MATH 050 - Calculus I | 3 |
| NSCI 001 - Intro to Neuroscience | 3 |
| PHIL 021 - Intro to Philosophy | 3 |
| POLS 001 - The American Political System | 3 |
| POLS 065 - Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 075 - World Politics | 3 |
| PSY 001 - Intro to Psychology | 4 |
| REL 001 - Intro to Religion | 3 |
| ANTH 002 - Intro to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| SOC 001 - Survey of Sociology | 3 |
| Discipline-Specific Introductory Courses (1 credit) | |
| BCMB 005 - Intro to Molecular Science | 1 |
| BIO 015 - Introduction to Biology | 1 |
| CHEM 008 – Chemistry Connections I | 1 |
| EDUC 001 - Intro to Education | 1 |
| HONR 001 - Honors Foundations | 3 |
| PHY 003: Contemporary Topics in Physics and Astronomy Seminar | 1 |
The information in this catalog does not constitute a contract between the university and the student. The university reserves the right to make changes in curricula, admission policies and processes, tuition and financial aid, academic standards and guidelines, student services and any other regulations or policies set forth in this catalog without giving prior notice.