On Oct. 9, the Faculty Senate approved the agricultural biochemistry name change to biochemistry with a majority vote.

“I’ve talked to current students with this major,” said Kristen Johansen, the department chair of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology. “They were very excited about the change.”

Along the way, Johansen said it hit a few “snags.”

“There were some concerns and discussions between the CALS and LAS departments about the budget,” said Jack Girton, a university professor.

Johansen said the major is still the same, but it just has a few different general education requirements. Students can choose if they want to be more affiliated with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences or the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

“There were some concerns and discussions between the CALS and LAS departments about the budget,” said Jack Girton, a university professor.

In order for a major’s name to be changed, a G form is filled out with information about what the new title would be, what college the new major would under and an explanation of why it should be changed.

A proposal is then sent to the Board of Regents, and the Board of Regents will chose to approve the proposal. If the proposal is approved, the faculty of the college of the major will then choose to approve the proposal.

The proposal is then sent to the Faculty Senate where a committee would discuss it and vote on it if the faculty of the college approves it. After the Faculty Senate approves of the proposal, the name change becomes official.

The agricultural biochemistry major took a year to go through this process. 

“Students and alum in agricultural biochemistry are in favor of this change,” Girton said. “They don’t have to explain their major to other people.”