diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/personHasEducationalTraining.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/personHasEducationalTraining.jsp
index 1a2c8fb0..4a30b2bf 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/personHasEducationalTraining.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/personHasEducationalTraining.jsp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ core:dateTimePrecision (DateTimeValue : DateTimeValuePrecision)
     
     "n3required"    : [ "${n3ForNewEdTraining}", "${orgLabelAssertion}", "${orgTypeAssertion}", "${dateTimeAssertions}" ],
     
-    "n3optional"    : [ "${n3ForEdTrainingToOrg}",                                            
+    "n3optional"    : [ "${n3ForEdTrainingToOrg}", "${majorFieldAssertion}",                                          
                         "${degreeAssertion}", "${deptAssertion}", "${infoAssertion}" ],
                         
     "newResources"  : { "edTraining" : "${defaultNamespace}",
diff --git a/productMods/templates/entity/educationalTrainingShortView.jsp b/productMods/templates/entity/educationalTrainingShortView.jsp
index fe7774cd..580beca1 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/entity/educationalTrainingShortView.jsp
+++ b/productMods/templates/entity/educationalTrainingShortView.jsp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                     <c:set var="degreeLabel" value="${!empty degreeAbbr ? degreeAbbr : degreeType.name }" />               
                 </c:if>
 
+                <%-- RY 12/10/10 majorField is no longer required, so make sure we display something reasonable if there is no major field. --%>
                 <c:set var="degreeMajor" value="${individual.dataPropertyMap['http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#majorField'].dataPropertyStatements[0].data}"/>
 
                 <c:choose>