Policy on Changing Majors

For the 2026-2027 School Year – major change to take effect in August 2026
The Denver School of the Arts staff recognizes that during a student’s tenure at DSA, students may desire to change majors. We do not allow mid-year major changes; however, students may apply/audition for a new major during the regular DSA audition season. The following process will be followed in order to facilitate such changes:
1. Prior to the end of 1st semester (December 2025), the student must communicate with their current arts teacher to share their desire to transfer out of the major and their intent to audition for another DSA major. This communication may be via email or in person.
2. The student must complete the DSA online application, which will open in November 2025. The link for this application is found at https://dsa.dpsk12.org/admissions/ under Step 1.
3. A parent or an adult parent designee for the applicant should attend the pre-audition meeting in order to move ahead in the audition process. We allow another adult to stand in the place of the parent in case of emergencies/vacations/work, etc. But someone must be at this meeting (or watch a recording of the meeting if they cannot attend at the meeting time) to represent the student and get the audition time at the end of the meeting. The student applicant does NOT have to attend the meeting but is highly encouraged to do so. Then, the student must complete the audition process for the new major arts area.
If the audition is successful, the student will move into the new major. If the audition is not successful, the student will remain in their original major without forgoing their current DSA seat.