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Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Pathways

For students applying in fall 2025 for admission in fall 2026 at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo:
Please see the list below for the Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs) for which Cal Poly has established pathways.

ADT Name cal poly major name concentration
Anthropology BS Anthropology and Geography
  • Individualized Course of Study (ICS)
Chemistry BS Chemistry
  • General
  • Polymers and Coatings
communication studies 2.0 BA Communication Studies
  • General
english BA English
  • General
Environmental science BS Environmental Management and Protection
  • General
Global Studies BA Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Ethics, Law and Social Justice
  • Global Citizenship and Social Sustainability
  • Health and Society
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Visual, Media and Cultural Studies
History BA History
  • General
Journalism BS Journalism
  • General
  • Individualized Course of Study (ICS)
  • Media Innovation
  • News
  • Public Relations
Law, Public Policy, and Society BA Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Ethics, Law and Social Justice
  • Global Citizenship and Social Sustainability
  • Health and Society
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Visual, Media and Cultural Studies
Music BA Music
  • General
Philosophy BA Philosophy
  • General
  • Ethics and Society
physics BS Physics
  • General
POLITICAL SCIENCE BA Political Science
  • Individualized Course of Study (ICS)
Psychology BS Psychology
  • General
Sociology BA Sociology
  • Individualized Course of Study (ICS)
Spanish BA Spanish
  • General
Theater Arts BA Theatre Arts
  • General

The Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR) Act (SB 1440), signed into legislation on September 29, 2010, enables the California Community Colleges and the California State University (CSU) to collaborate on the creation of Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) programs.  This new law requires community colleges to grant an ADT once a student has met specified major and General Education requirements for the degree. Upon completion of the degree, the student is eligible for transfer with junior standing into the CSU.

The STAR Act requires community colleges to develop and grant Associate Degrees in Art for Transfer (AA-T) or Associate Degrees in Science for Transfer (AS-T) with the following stipulations:

  • Completion of 60 semester units of coursework that would be eligible for transfer to the CSU, including General Education.
  • Completion of at least 18 units of coursework in a major or area of emphasis as defined by the community college.
  • Maintenance of a minimum grade point average of at least 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework.

A community college student who has earned an AA-T or AS-T will be granted priority admission to the CSU in a similar bachelor's degree program with a guarantee of junior standing as long as the student meets all prescribed admission requirements.  Once admitted, the student will only be required to complete 60 additional prescribed units to qualify for the appropriate bachelor's degree.

For more information about ADT programs, see the CSU's CCC-Associate Degree for Transfer page. 

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Academic Programs and Planning 
1 Grand Avenue
Chase Hall (Building 115), 2nd Floor
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 

Main Number 
(805) 756-2246

General Email
acadprog@calpoly.edu