Minors at Cal Poly

At Cal Poly, you can find all current minors and their course requirements listed in the catalog or in the “Minor Course Requirements” column listed below.

Each minor is housed in a department; therefore, the process to declare a minor is customized and can vary depending on the minor. This additional information, such as contact person, paperwork needing to be filed, and or other criteria is listed on the department page. These links are listed under “Minor Declaration Information” column below.

Please don’t hesitate to contact an Academic Advisor if you have further questions about minors and how they fit into your academic plans at Cal Poly.

Policies regarding minors are outlined in the catalog. 

If you no longer plan to complete your minor, please fill out the Drop Minor Request form.

Minors at Cal Poly

Minor course requirements	Minor Declaration Information
Accounting requirements	Accounting
Actuarial Preparation requirements	Actuarial Preparation
Agribusiness requirements	Agribusiness
Agricultural Communication requirements	Agricultural Communication
Agricultural Education requirements	Agricultural Education
Agricultural Leadership	Agricultural Leadership
Anthropology and Geography requirements	Anthropology and Geography
Architectural Engineering requirements	Architectural Engineering
Architecture requirements	Architecture
Art History requirements	Art History
Asian Studies requirements	Asian Studies
Astronomy requirements	Astronomy
Biology requirements	Biology
Bioinformatics requirements	Bioinformatics
Biotechnology requirements	Biotechnology
Child Development requirements	Child Development
Chinese requirements	Chinese
City and Regional Planning requirements	City and Regional Planning
Communication Studies requirements	Communication Studies
Computer Science requirements	Computer Science
Computing for Interactive Arts requirements	Computing for Interactive Arts
Construction Management requirements	Construction Management
Crop Science requirements	Crop Science
Dairy Industries requirements	Dairy Industries
Dance requirements	Dance
Data Science, Cross Disciplinary Studies requirements	Cross Disciplinary Studies in Data Science
Economics requirements	Economics
English requirements	English
Entrepreneurship requirements	Entrepreneurship
Environmental Soil Science requirements	Environmental Soil Science
Environmental Studies requirements	Environmental Studies
Equine Science requirements	Equine Science
Equity in Education requirements	Equity in Education
Ethnic Studies requirements	Ethnic Studies
Ethics, Public Policy, Science and Technology requirements	Ethics, Public Policy, Science and Technology
Event Planning and Experience Management requirements	Event Planning and Experience Mangagement
Exercise and Sports Studies requirements	Exercise and Sports Studies
Fire Ecology and Wildfire Hazard Planning requirements	Fire Ecology and Wildfire Hazard Planning
Food Science requirements	Food Science
French requirements	French
Fruit Science requirements	Fruit Science
Gender, Race, Culture, Science and Technology requirements	Gender, Race, Culture, Science and Technology
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) requirements	Geographic Information Systems
Geology requirements	Geology
German requirements	German
Gerontology requirements	Gerontology
Global Politics requirements	Global Politics
Graphic Communication requirements	Graphic Communication Minor applications are closed for 2023-24 academic year
Heavy Civil requirements	Heavy Civil
History requirements	History
Indigenous Studies in Natural Resources and the Environment requirements	Indigenous Studies in Natural Resources and the Environment
Industrial Technology requirements	Industrial Technology
Italian Studies requirements	Italian Studies
Japanese requirements	Japanese
Land Rehabilitation and Restoration Ecology requirements	Land Rehabilitation and Restoration Ecology
Landscape Architecture requirements	Landscape Architecture
Landscape Horticulture requirements	Landscape Horticulture
Latin American Studies requirements	Latin American Studies
Law and Society requirements	Law and Society
Linguistics requirements	Linguistics
Mathematics requirements	Mathematics
Meat Science and Processing requirements	Meat Science and Processing
Media Arts, Society and Technology requirements	Media Arts, Society and Technology
Microbiology requirements	Microbiology
Military Science requirements	Contact the Department of Military Science & Leadership
Music requirements	Music
Nutrition requirements	Nutrition
Packaging requirements	Packaging
Philosophy requirements	Philosophy
Photography and Video requirements	Photography and Video
Physics requirements	Physics
Plant Protection requirements	Plant Protection
Political Science requirements	Political Science
Poultry Management requirements	Poultry Management
Queer Studies requirements	Queer Studies
Rangeland Resources requirements	Rangeland Resources
Real Property Development requirements	Real Property Development
Religious Studies requirements	Religious Studies
Sales requirements	Sales
Science Communication requirements	Science Communication
Sociology requirements	Sociology
Spanish requirements	Spanish
Statistics requirements	Statistics
Studio Art requirements	Studio Art
Sustainable Agriculture requirements	Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Environments requirements	Sustainable Environments
Theatre requirements	Theatre
Water Science requirements	Water Science
Western Intellectual Tradition requirements	Western Intellectual Tradition
Women's and Gender Studies requirements	Women's and Gender Studies

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