diff --git a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/controller/AccountController.java b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/controller/AccountController.java
index 982c2b9..0683d04 100644
--- a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/controller/AccountController.java
+++ b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/controller/AccountController.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class AccountController implements Initializable {
 	@FXML private TextField fullName;
 	@FXML private TextField email;
 	@FXML private CheckBox famLast;
+	@FXML private TextField major;
 	@FXML private Button submit;
 	@FXML private GridPane pane;
 	@FXML private Alert invalidInputAlert = new Alert(AlertType.ERROR);
@@ -130,6 +131,26 @@ public boolean validateEmail() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determines if the user has entered a valid major, checking if the textfield 
+	 * is empty and by calling the validateMajor() from the Person Class in
+	 * Model, which checks that the entered Major only contains a combination
+	 * of spaces and upper/lower case letters and returns a boolean value.
+	 * Then sets the style so it is cohesive.
+	 * @returns True if the user entered a valid name. 
+	 */
+	
+	public boolean validateMajor() {
+		if(this.major.getText().trim().isEmpty()
+				|| Person.validMajor(this.major.getText().trim())) {
+			this.major.setStyle("");
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Determines if the user has entered a valid account number by checking
 	 * that the length of the text is 7, that the first character is a 'w',
@@ -191,6 +212,11 @@ public void handleSubmit() {
 				validName = false;
 			}
 		}
+		if (!validateMajor()) {
+			invalidMessage += "Please enter a valid major\n";
+			validSuccess = false;
+		}			
+		
 		if (validSuccess && validName) {
 			Person pers = new Person(this.salutation.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem().trim(),
 					this.fullName.getText().trim(), this.famLast.isSelected());
diff --git a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/model/Person.java b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/model/Person.java
index f59cfae..01d9ae9 100644
--- a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/model/Person.java
+++ b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/model/Person.java
@@ -346,6 +346,15 @@ public static boolean validEmail(String email) {
 	public static boolean validName(String name) {
 		return nameRegex.matcher(name).matches();
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given String is a valid major.
+	 * @param major The major to validate
+	 * @return true if the major is valid, false otherwise
+	 */
+	public static boolean validMajor(String major) {
+		return nameRegex.matcher(major).matches();
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Checks whether the given String is a valid salutation.
diff --git a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/view/CreateAccount.fxml b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/view/CreateAccount.fxml
index af5a7db..ef90a92 100644
--- a/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/view/CreateAccount.fxml
+++ b/src/edu/wright/cs/raiderplanner/view/CreateAccount.fxml
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
         <HBox GridPane.rowIndex="3">
             <children>
                 <Region prefHeight="51.0" prefWidth="328.0" />
+                <TextField fx:id="major"  promptText="Major" GridPane.hgrow="SOMETIMES" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
+                    <GridPane.margin>
+                        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
+                    </GridPane.margin>
+                    <HBox.margin>
+                        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
+                    </HBox.margin>
+                </TextField>                
                 <Button fx:id="submit" defaultButton="true" disable="false" mnemonicParsing="false" onMouseClicked="#handleSubmit" prefHeight="31.0" prefWidth="68.0" text="OK" GridPane.rowIndex="3">
                     <HBox.margin>
                         <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />