Minors

A minor will consist of 15-24 semester units. Completion of the minor will require that at least 5 courses be taken.

At least 6 units of coursework will develop foundational competencies in the discipline that all students in the minor should achieve, which must be demonstrated by the course-to-PLO mapping in the minor proposal.

At least half of the minor units will be upper-division, comprising at least three courses.

At least half of the units in the minor will be completed in residence at Cal Poly. For the Chinese, French, German, Italian Studies, Japanese, and Spanish minors, the requirement for students studying abroad is that at least one third of the units must be taken at Cal Poly.

No more than 1/3 of the units will be taken with credit-no credit grading (CR/NC), not counting courses with mandatory CR/NC. Departments may further limit CR/NC grading if desired.

A GPA of 2.0 or better in the minor courses is required to complete the minor.

No other aspects of the current policies on academic minors are impacted or changed. This resolution does not pertain to Cross-Disciplinary Studies Minors as established by AS-775-14.

 

Source:

Academic Senate Resolution: AS-951-22 "Resolution on Minors and Semesters" (PDF).  Approved 21 November 2022.

 

Updated: 7/23/26